Timothy C. Tennent (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh) is associate professor of world missions at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Argues that Christian dialogue with other faiths is an integral part of our call to proclaim the message of Christ.

Interreligious Dialogue: An Evangelical Perspective  
Part 1 Christianity and Hinduism  
1\. Doctrine of God: Brahman  
2\. Doctrine of Creation: Lila, Maya  
Part 2 Christianity and Buddhism  
3\. Doctrine of God: Dharma-kaya (Sunyata/Citta)  
4\. Doctrine of Ethics: Karuna, Maitri, Dana  
Part 3 Christianity and Islam  
5\. Doctrine of God: Allah  
6\. Doctrine of Christ and the Incarnation: Isa, Hulul  
Part 4 Case Studies  
7\. Was Socrates a Christian before Christ? A Study of Justin Martyr's Use of Logos Spermatikos  
8\. Can the Hindu Upanishads Help Us Explain the Trinity? A Study of Brahmabandhav Upadhyay's Use of Saccidananda  
9\. Can Sola Fide Be Understood Apart from the Specific, Historic Revelation of Jesus Christ? A Study of A. G. Hogg's Distinction between Faith and Faiths  
  
Epilogue: Closing Thoughts about Evangelicals and Interreligious Dialogue

Tennent, Timothy C.

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Title Page

Copyright Page

Acknowledgments

1. Interreligious Dialogue: An Evangelical Perspective

Part 1: Christianity and Hinduism

2. Doctrine of God: Brāhman

3. Doctrine of Creation: Līlā, Māyā

Part 2: Christianity and Buddhism

4. Doctrine of God: Dharma-kāya (Śunyatā/Citta)

5. Doctrine of Ethics: Karuṇā, Maitrī, and Dāna

Part 3: Christianity and Islam

6. Doctrine of God: Allah

7. Doctrine of Christ and the Incarnation: Īsā, Ḥulūl

Part 4: Case Studies and Conclusion

8. Was Socrates a Christian before Christ? A Study of Justin Martyr's Use of Logos Spermatikos

9. Can the Hindu Upanishads Help Us Explain the Trinity? A Study of Brahmabandhav Upadhyay's Use of Saccidānanda

10. Can Sola Fide Be Understood Apart from the Specific, Historic Revelation of Jesus Christ? A Study of A. G. Hogg's Distinction between Faith and Faiths

Epilogue:  Closing Thoughts about Evangelicals and Interreligious Dialogue

Glossary

Bibliography

Subject Index

Scripture Index

Notes

Back Cover

Tennent, Timothy Craig

Faced with a different apologetic task than in past ages, Christianity dialogues with formidable doctrinal challenges from Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam.

Can evangelicals learn from world religions? While evangelicals have extensive experience with other religions through missionary endeavors, in today's postmodern, pluralistic context, the nature of this experience is changing. Christ's uniqueness and the truth of the gospel are uncompromisable, but in our contemporary setting Christianity is faced with a different apologetic task than in ages past. Rather than being at the head of the table, Christianity now finds itself at a roundtable, dialoguing with competing faiths. Keenly aware of these shifts, Timothy Tennent offers Christianity at the Religious Roundtable. This book offers a focused treatment that engages doctrinal challenges to Christianity from Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. Students of world religions and missions will appreciate Tennent's attempt to stimulate serious dialogue with competing world faiths.

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