"... Schmidmeier and Mr. Ezra Tzfadya from the Research Unit KCID, along with
the student assistants. Our thanks also goes to Dr. Albrecht Döhnert, Dr. Sophie
Wagenhofer and their assistants at the publisher house Walter de Gruyter for
their."
"They reinterpreted Jesus' death on the cross as an illustrative event, not a
constitutive one, an example of self-giving love that ... 3.2.3 Salvation as
Deification The notion of salvation as deification occupied both Western and
Eastern Christian thought from the earliest times. ... The Alexandrian school,
which was strongly influenced by Hellenistic philosophy, suggested that God had
to become human so ..."
"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, f ..."
"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 communit ..."
"The art of interpreting Holy Scriptures flourished throughout the culturally heterogeneous pre-modern Orient among Jews, Christians and Muslims. Different ways of interpretation developed within each religion not without considering the others. How were the interactions and how productive were they for the further development of these traditions? Have there been blurred spaces of scholarly activity that transcended sectarian borders? Wh ..."