The Mystery of Faith

Responding to the pressures of current theological-socio-political trends towards an amalgamation of the so-called monotheistic religions (Islam, Judaism, Christianity), the contributions to this volume bring a more critical, philosophical-theological perspective to the widespread common understanding of Abrahamic monotheism. The present volume is a study on religious faith under eight specific outlooks on the topic of religion and monotheism.

The first step, What to believe,
takes into account that each faith, monotheistic or not, must have a basic code to start with. The second step is based upon the idea that faith, monotheistic or not, is characterized by a certain existential readiness to leave behind (a world) in order to reach out for new horizons. I call this the exodus movement of religious faith. Chapter three, four and five present examples of outstanding figures of Islamic faith like Ibrahim, Ibn Arabi and Hallaj in dialogue with Christianity and Hindu mysticism.
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