Published by De Gruyter

Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses

Edited by: Georges Tamer
Scientific consultation: Asma Afsaruddin, Christoph Böttigheimer, Patrice Brodeur, Nader El-Bizri, Ghassan El-Masri, Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt, Assaad Elias Kattan, Elke Morlok, Manfred Pirner and Kenneth Seeskin

ISSN: 2513-1117

e-ISSN 2513-1125

Overview
Volumes

The book series Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses (KCID) brings together academic studies of essential concepts and discourses in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It offers a new approach to the study of these religions by investigating the original understandings and major developments of the central concepts responsible for shaping each one of these traditions. It also pays attention to the ways in which these concepts are related to one another. The aim of the series is to establish an archeology of religious knowledge, which can enable a new understanding of religious concepts as evolving products of living discourses that emerge under diverse historical and cultural circumstances. The series intends to create a new conceptual platform capable of engendering further interreligious discourses and fruitful interreligious exchange.

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Book Ahead of Publication 2023

The Concept of Environment in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Christoph Böttigheimer, Wenzel Maximilian Widenka

Volume 10 in this series

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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 same time, faith communities and churches with their commitment to nature and to a just world of work are moving into the concrete focus of public attention and are serious players in the current discourse. Reason enough, then, to get to the bottom of the concept of "environment" in the world religions. How do religions position themselves on the ecological question? What are the foundations of their decisions? And can they make a significant contribution to the current problem and to the enquiries of many people?

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110782455
ISBN:: 9783110782455
ISBN:: 9783110782691
ISBN:: 9783110782318
Subject:: Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Judaism
Subject:: Overviews and Introductions
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Comparative Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

The Concept of Economy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Christoph Böttigheimer, Wenzel Maximilian Widenka

Volume 9 in this series

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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.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110782486
ISBN:: 9783110782486
ISBN:: 9783110782684
ISBN:: 9783110782301
Subject:: Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Judaism
Subject:: Overviews and Introductions
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Comparative Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2020

The Concept of Peace in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Georges Tamer

Volume 8 in this series

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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 equivalents in Hebrew, Greek and Arabic describe, at first, an ideal state based on the "love" / "mercy" of God to his creation. It is a divine gift that brings inward peace to the individuum and outer peace resting upon justice and equality. One main task of Jews, Christian and Muslims in the history is to find out how to bring down this transcendent ideal upon earth.

The volume presents the concept of "peace" in its different aspects as anchored in the traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It unfolds commonalities and differences between the three monotheistic religions as well as the manifold discourses about peace within these three traditions. The book offers fundamental knowledge about the specific understanding of peace in each one of these traditions, their interdependencies and their relationship to secular world views.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110682021
ISBN:: 9783110682021
ISBN:: 9783110682229
ISBN:: 9783110681932
Subject:: General Interest
Subject:: Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Judaism
Subject:: Overviews and Introductions
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2021

The Concept of Just War in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Georges Tamer, Katja Thörner

Volume 5 in this series

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For Jews, Christians and Muslims, as for all human beings, military conflicts and war remain part of the reality of the world. The authoritative writings of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, namely the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Koran, as well as the theological and philosophical traditions based on them, bear witness to this fact. Showing the influence of different historical political situations, various views – sometimes quite similar, sometimes more divergent -- have developed in the three religions to justify the waging of war under certain circumstances. Such views have also been integrated in different ways into legal systems while, in certain cases, theologies have provide legitimation for military expansion and atrocities.

The aim of the volume The Concept of Just War in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is to explore the respective understanding of “just war” in each one of these three religions and to make their commonalities and differences discursively visible. In addition, it highlights and explains the significance of the topic to the present time. Can the concepts developed in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions in order to justify war, serve as a foundation for contemporary peace ethics? Or do religious arguments always add fuel to the fire in armed conflict? The contributions in this volume will help provide answers to these and other socially and politically relevant questions.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110733136
ISBN:: 9783110733136
ISBN:: 9783110738056
ISBN:: 9783110733266
Subject:: Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Judaism
Subject:: Overviews and Introductions
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Comparative Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

The Concept of Freedom in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Georges Tamer, Ursula Männle

Volume 3 in this series

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The third volume of the series "Key Concepts of Interreligious Discourses" investigates the roots of the concept of freedom in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and its relevance for the present time.

The idea of freedom in terms of personal freedoms, which include freedom of conscience, freedom of speech and bodily integrity, is a relatively new one and can in some aspects get into conflict with religious convictions. At the same time, freedom as an emancipatory power from outer oppression as well as from inner dependencies is deeply rooted in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It is still a vital concept in religious and non-religious communities and movements. The volume presents the concept of freedom in its different aspects as anchored in the traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It unfolds commonalities and differences between the three monotheistic religions as well as the manifold discourses about freedom within these three traditions. The book offers fundamental knowledge about the specific understanding of freedom in each one of these traditions, their interdependencies and their relationship to secular interpretations.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110561678
ISBN:: 9783110561678
ISBN:: 9783110560558
ISBN:: 9783110560633
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Jewish History
Subject:: Jewish Thought
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: Ethics
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Comparative Studies
Subject:: Islam
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

The Concept of Human Rights in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Catharina Rachik, Georges Tamer

Volume 2 in this series

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The second volume of the series "Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses" points out the roots of the concept of ''human rights'' in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It shows how far the universal validity of ''human rights'' opposes in some crucial points with religious traditions. The volume demonstrates that new perspectives are introduced to the general discussion about human rights when related to religious traditions. Especially the interreligious viewpoint proves that a new kind of debate about human rights and its history is necessary.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110561579
ISBN:: 9783110561579
ISBN:: 9783110560640
ISBN:: 9783110560534
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Jewish History
Subject:: Jewish Thought
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Political Science
Subject:: Human Rights
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Comparative Studies
Subject:: Islam
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2020

The Concept of Revelation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Georges Tamer

Volume 1 in this series

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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).

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110476057
ISBN:: 9783110476057
ISBN:: 9783110474794
ISBN:: 9783110425185
Subject:: Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Subject:: Theology
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Jewish History
Subject:: Jewish Thought
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Comparative Studies
Subject:: Christianity
Publisher:: De Gruyter