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Is it possible to be religiously exclusive and socially inclusive? How do we deal with those outside of our own religious community who have completely different and sometimes conflicting views on what should be considered true and right behaviour? What if a religious tradition orders the expulsion...
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oapen-20.500.12657-752152023-08-09T02:47:32Z Religiously Exclusive, Socially Inclusive? Reitsma, Bernhard van Nes-Visscher, Erika Exclusion, inclusion, apostasy, Christianity, Judaism, Islam bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRH Islam::HRHP Islamic life & practice bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRC Christianity::HRCC Christian Churches & denominations Is it possible to be religiously exclusive and socially inclusive? How do we deal with those outside of our own religious community who have completely different and sometimes conflicting views on what should be considered true and right behaviour? What if a religious tradition orders the expulsion or killing of those who leave the faith community and adopt another worldview? This book focuses on biblical texts concerning exclusivity and apostasy, studying different interpretations of such texts. It starts with the Jewish and Christian tradition of the Hebrew Bible, continues with texts from the New Testament, and explores diverse social studies to find ways of understanding the relationship between exclusion and inclusion today. Part of this exploration is the interaction with Jewish and Islamic voices. The collection ends with a systematic and missiological reflection on the issues Christian churches and other religious communities must address today. 2023-08-08T09:07:11Z 2023-08-08T09:07:11Z 2023 book 9789463723480 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/75215 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9789048556434.pdf Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789463723480 10.5117/9789463723480 dd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a 9789463723480 317 Amsterdam open access |
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Is it possible to be religiously exclusive and socially inclusive? How do we deal with those outside of our own religious community who have completely different and sometimes conflicting views on what should be considered true and right behaviour? What if a religious tradition orders the expulsion or killing of those who leave the faith community and adopt another worldview? This book focuses on biblical texts concerning exclusivity and apostasy, studying different interpretations of such texts. It starts with the Jewish and Christian tradition of the Hebrew Bible, continues with texts from the New Testament, and explores diverse social studies to find ways of understanding the relationship between exclusion and inclusion today. Part of this exploration is the interaction with Jewish and Islamic voices. The collection ends with a systematic and missiological reflection on the issues Christian churches and other religious communities must address today. |
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