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The Concept of Environment in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
On the seventh day, God rested and thus completed his creation. Likewise, man should rest on the seventh day and every seven years leave the fields fallow to rest. If you like, a divine economic and environmental programme is encountered here. "Subdue the earth" is not to be misunderstood as a mandate to subjugate and exploit, but on the contrary as a call to preserve God's "very good" creation. Its current explosiveness illustrates precisely this fundamental relationship. Even secular circles now speak of the "integrity of creation" as a matter of course. And in Muslim countries, scholars and activists are preparing to launch a "green Islam", based of course on Quranic principles. At the sa...
The Concept of Soul in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
This volume of the series "Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses" investigates the roots of the concept of "soul" in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The human soul fascinates not only believers in the three monotheistic faiths. Believing in an immortal entitiy, surpassing body, materia and their temporality and thus seeming to be closer to the creator that the mere body was and remains to be a vividly discussed theme in theological and practical debates. Even our secular, postreligious environment is unable to disengage from the key concept of the soul. Numerous proverbs, undefined concepts and hopes prove this fact. Asking for the soul means asking fundamental questions like life after...
The Concept of Economy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
The present volume of Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses offers a fascinating insight into the history, the main ideas and current developments in economic thought from the perspective of the three major monotheistic faiths Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The reader encounters topics such as price control in rabbinic Judaism, Christian monks elaborating the foundations of modern accounting, and the latest innovations in Islamic banking. Each article has been written by a renowned expert on the subject and offers a historical overview over the development of the concept, the theological and philosophical principles in the Holy Scriptures of each faith, an outline of the practical application of the concept in the present, its significance for the future, and many more.
The Concept of Body in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
This volume of the series "Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses" investigates the roots of the concept of "body" in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The Body and being a created being stands in the focus of all the thre major monotheistic faiths. It is not just by the christian idea of man's likeness to God that indicates that the human body is a central object of religious thinking, both culturally and theologically charged. Here, the body stands in the crossfire of terms like "pure" and "unpure", "sacred" and "profane", "male" and "femal". And besides the theological controversies, everyday experiences like sexuality, gender equality and how to dispose of the own body (and that of oth...
The Concept of Sin in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
It is asserted by Judaism, Christianity and Islam alike that sin is a central part of human life. Where sin comes from, however, is answered differently in the respective religions. While both the Bible and the Qur’an agree that there was a kind of "fall" of Adam at the beginning of human history, this fall is interpreted solely in classical Christian theology in terms of an "original" or "ancestral sin." Moreover, the classical doctrine of original sin is becoming increasingly called into question in today's Christian theology. This example already shows that the concept of sin is anything but clear. What does sin mean? Is sin primarily a violation of God's commandments? Or does the term "sin" refer to a radical corruption of man’s nature? How does sin relate to man’s redemption, toward which all three religions aim? The book "The Concept of Sin in Judaism, Christianity and Islam" addresses these and related questions. It analyzes how "sin" has been understood in the three religions in the past and the present and points out similarities and differences.
The Concept of Peace in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
The eighth volume of the series "Key Concepts of Interreligious Discourses" investigates the roots of the concept of "peace" in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and its relevance for the present time. Facing present violent conflicts waged and justified by religious ideas or reasons, peace building prevails in current debates about religion and peace. Here the central question is: How may traditional sources in religions help to put down the weapons and create a society in which everyone can live safely without hostilities and the threat of violence? When we take the Sacred Scriptures of Judaism, Christianity and Islam into consideration it becomes obvious that the term "peace" and its equiva...
Prinz Max von Sachsen
Prinz Max von Sachsen (1871–1951), der jüngste Bruder des letzten sächsischen Königs, ist eine historische Wiederentdeckung ersten Ranges. Sein konsequentes Engagement für Frie-den und gegen Krieg ragen in einer Zeit heraus, welche sich begeistert in die Schlachten des Ersten Weltkrieges stürzte. Als katholischer Priester und Theologieprofessor trat er gegen den Widerstand Roms für die Begegnung von Ost- und Westkirche auf Augenhöhe ein. Seine Menschlichkeit, sein Einsatz für die Natur, die Bewahrung der Schöpfung, seine Liebe zu den Tieren könnten aktueller nicht sein. Seiner Zeit voraus oder Kind seiner Zeit? Die Autoren dieses Tagungsbandes beleuchten eindrücklich die vielfältigen Facetten des so ungewöhnlichen Wettiners und stellen Prinz Max als Menschen vor, der aus seiner Zeit heraus verstanden werden muss und gleichzeitig über seine Zeit hinausweist.
The Concept of Revelation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
The idea that God reveals himself to human beings is central in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but differs in regard of content and conceptualization. The first volume of the new series Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses points out similarities and differences of “revelation”. KCID aims to establish an archeology of religious knowledge in order to create a new conceptual platform of mutual understanding among religious communities. Erratum: Wenzel Maximilian Widenka is co-author of the epilogue (pp. 195-206).
"Tradition ist nicht die Anbetung der Asche, sondern die Weitergabe des Feuers"
"Raban - Bildung in Bewegung" mit diesem Motto beteiligten sich die Theologische Fakultät Fulda, ihre Bibliothek und das Institut Bibliotheca Fuldensis an der Bewerbung Fuldas und Petersbergs um das Europäische Kultursiegel. Schlüsselfigur dieses Projekts ist Rabanus Maurus, der an der Wende zum 9. Jahrhundert als Abt des Klosters Fulda und als Gelehrter ein Bildungsnetzwerk von europäischer Dimension aufgebaut hat. Die vielen schriftlichen Zeugnisse dieser Zeit sind Grundlage für das Verständnis der mittelalterlichen Geisteswelt bis heute und werden in einer neuen Forschungsplattform zur virtuellen Rekonstruktion der im Zuge des 30jährigen Krieges zerstörten Fuldaer Klosterbibliothek sichtbar. Der Band versammelt die Vorträge des Kontaktstudiums im WS 2021/2022 mit Beiträgen von Thomas Böhm, Andreas Nievergelt, Gereon Becht-Jördens, Alessandra Sorbello Staub, Berthold Jäger und Cornelius Roth.
"Sehet, da kommen Schakale, den Weinberg zu zerstören, den Weinberg Israels"
"Die Religionsgeschichte des ländlichen Judentums war lange ein Stiefkind der Forschung. Neben der blühenden Gelehrsamkeit im städtisch-jüdischen Milieu, mit seinen Salons, seiner Debattenkultur auf der einen Seite und der geheimnisvoll anmutenden, sichtlich abgeschlossenen Welt des osteuropäischen Stetls auf der anderen, schien wenig Platz und Interesse für eine Kultur- und Religionsgeschichte des ländlichen, mitteleuropäischen Judentums zu sein. Die Vorstellung des Zustandes der Religion auf dem Land ist hierbei geprägt von Stereotypen und Vorurteilen, vor allem hinsichtlich der angeblichen Rückständigkeit und des vormodernen Traditionalismus, welcher unreflektiert auf dem Land ...
