Description: How To Do Comparative Theology clarifies method in comparative theology, dialogical learning, showcasing scholars doing theological work interreligiously. The group is diverse by age and stage of career, gender, religions studied, location in the United States and Europe. Yet the essays manifest coherence in intent, commitment to learning from the other, and confidence regarding the benefits of the questions and challenges arising.
Brief description: Klaus von Stosch holds the Schlegel Chair in Systematic Theology at Bonn University. His areas of research are comparative theology; faith and reason; the problem of evil; Christian theology responsive to Islam, especially Christology; and theology of the Trinity. His most recent books are Herausforderung Islam. Christliche Annaherungen (2016) and The Other Prophet: Jesus in the Qur'an (2019).
Review Quotes: This volume, born out of a conference in Paderborn, is an extremely rich conversation by pioneering practitioners in the field as well as by a younger generation of comparative theologians. The plurality of the contributors is a reflection of the expansion of comparative theology among theologians and scholars of different religious backgrounds.-- "Theologische Revue"