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Religious Polemics in Context
Papers presented to the Second International Conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR) held at Leiden, 27-28 April 2000
Series: - Studies in Theology and Religion, Volume: 11
Studies in Theology and Religion,11
Polemics, as âthe art or practice of disputation or controversyâ, is a living issue in matters of religion, and is a major object of research for scholars in religious studies and theology. The second international conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR), held at Leiden in April 2000, was devoted to the subject of Religious Polemics in Context, aiming at a further exploration of the notion of religious polemics, together with the unfolding of a wide variety of case-studies from various religious traditions. The volume contains most of the papers read at the conference, and offers contributions on general issues (e.g., by M. Dascal), as well as on particular topics in the fields of history of religion (e.g., Islam), ancient Israel and early Christianity, the history of Christianity, and the social sciences of religion. An annotated bibliography is added to this collection, which may stimulate a further study of the topic.
Polemics, as âthe art or practice of disputation or controversyâ, is a living issue in matters of religion, and is a major object of research for scholars in religious studies and theology. The second international conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR), held at Leiden in April 2000, was devoted to the subject of Religious Polemics in Context, aiming at a further exploration of the notion of religious polemics, together with the unfolding of a wide variety of case-studies from various religious traditions. The volume contains most of the papers read at the conference, and offers contributions on general issues (e.g., by M. Dascal), as well as on particular topics in the fields of history of religion (e.g., Islam), ancient Israel and early Christianity, the history of Christianity, and the social sciences of religion. An annotated bibliography is added to this collection, which may stimulate a further study of the topic.
Abbreviations of Periodicals
Introduction
I â GENERAL ISSUES
On the Uses of Argumentative Reason in Religious Polemics - M. Dascal
The Noble Art of Self-Defence: Schleiermacher and Von Clausewitz on Theological Polemics and the Theory of Warfare - T. L. Hettema
II â HISTORY OF RELIGIONS
A Question of Violence: Ashurnasirpal IIâs Ninurta Temple Inscription as a Religious Polemic - B. N. Porter
Zoroastrian Religious Polemics and their Contexts: Interconfessional Relations in the Sasanian empire - A. F. de Jong
Comment on the Lecture of A. F. de Jong - T. H. J. Clemens
The Apology of Al-Kindî - P. S. van Koningsveld
Dialogue with Other Faiths as an Aspect of Islamic Theology - D. Thomas
Islamic Anti-Christian Polemics in the West. An Explorative and Typological Approach to a Contemporary Religious Phenomenon - S. Abdel Razaq
Rabbi Kemperâs Case for Christianity in his Matthew Commentary, with Reference to Exegesis - M. Eskhult
The Triune and the Decaune God: Christianity and Kabbalah as Objects of Jewish Polemics, with Special Reference to Meir ben
Simeon of Narbonneâs Nfilhemet Mitzva - A. Goshen-Gottstein
III â ANCIENT ISRAEL AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY
The Polemic of Biblical Monotheism: Outsider Context and Insider Referentiality in Second Isaiah - M. S. Smith
Religious Polemics in Exile: The Creator God of Genesis 1 - L. C. Jonker
Jeremiah 44: A Dispute on History and Religion - B. E. J. H. Becking
Who Let Grain, Grapes and Olives Grow? Hoseaâs Polemics Against the Yahwists of Israel - W. Boshoff
The Function of Religious Polemics: The Case of the Revelation of John Versus the Imperial Cult - H. J. de Jonge
A Response to H. J. de Jonge - G. G. de Kruijf
The Gospel of Mark as Polemic: The Persecution of the Markan Christian Community and the Purpose of Markâs Gospel - H. N. Roskam
Pour une histoire de la séparation entre les communautés âchrétiennesâ et les communautés âpharisiennesâ (ca. 70â135 de
notre ère) - S. C. Mimouni
The Demonization of the Opponent in Early Christian Literature - J. Verheyden
IV â HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
Co-operation Between Church and State in the Condemnation of the Pelagians - M. Lamberigts
Polemics, Apologetics, and Dialogue as Forms of Interreligious Communication Between Jews, Christians and Muslims in the
Middle Ages - W. G. B. M. Valkenberg
Religious Polemics and Ritual in Early Modern Germanyâs Confessional Churches - B. Nischan
Ways of Polemicizing: The Power of Tradition in Christian Polemics - E. G. E. van der Wall
Ethics or Dogmatics? The Case of "Rendtorff vs Barth" - D.N. Stegeman
V â SOCIAL SCIENCES OF RELIGION
The Social Importance of Religious Polemics - M. B. ter Borg
On the Way Together: The Ups and Downs of Two Protestant Churches Trying to Reunite - W. J. van Noort
Authority in Question: Tools for Analysis of a Controversy on âReligionâ in Dutch Pluralist Society after the Second World War - J. O. van de Breevaart
Anti-Ecumenical Polemics and the Creation of the United Church of Canada (1902â1925) - P. W. Staples
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compiled by J. A. M. Snoek
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS
Introduction
I â GENERAL ISSUES
On the Uses of Argumentative Reason in Religious Polemics - M. Dascal
The Noble Art of Self-Defence: Schleiermacher and Von Clausewitz on Theological Polemics and the Theory of Warfare - T. L. Hettema
II â HISTORY OF RELIGIONS
A Question of Violence: Ashurnasirpal IIâs Ninurta Temple Inscription as a Religious Polemic - B. N. Porter
Zoroastrian Religious Polemics and their Contexts: Interconfessional Relations in the Sasanian empire - A. F. de Jong
Comment on the Lecture of A. F. de Jong - T. H. J. Clemens
The Apology of Al-Kindî - P. S. van Koningsveld
Dialogue with Other Faiths as an Aspect of Islamic Theology - D. Thomas
Islamic Anti-Christian Polemics in the West. An Explorative and Typological Approach to a Contemporary Religious Phenomenon - S. Abdel Razaq
Rabbi Kemperâs Case for Christianity in his Matthew Commentary, with Reference to Exegesis - M. Eskhult
The Triune and the Decaune God: Christianity and Kabbalah as Objects of Jewish Polemics, with Special Reference to Meir ben
Simeon of Narbonneâs Nfilhemet Mitzva - A. Goshen-Gottstein
III â ANCIENT ISRAEL AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY
The Polemic of Biblical Monotheism: Outsider Context and Insider Referentiality in Second Isaiah - M. S. Smith
Religious Polemics in Exile: The Creator God of Genesis 1 - L. C. Jonker
Jeremiah 44: A Dispute on History and Religion - B. E. J. H. Becking
Who Let Grain, Grapes and Olives Grow? Hoseaâs Polemics Against the Yahwists of Israel - W. Boshoff
The Function of Religious Polemics: The Case of the Revelation of John Versus the Imperial Cult - H. J. de Jonge
A Response to H. J. de Jonge - G. G. de Kruijf
The Gospel of Mark as Polemic: The Persecution of the Markan Christian Community and the Purpose of Markâs Gospel - H. N. Roskam
Pour une histoire de la séparation entre les communautés âchrétiennesâ et les communautés âpharisiennesâ (ca. 70â135 de
notre ère) - S. C. Mimouni
The Demonization of the Opponent in Early Christian Literature - J. Verheyden
IV â HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
Co-operation Between Church and State in the Condemnation of the Pelagians - M. Lamberigts
Polemics, Apologetics, and Dialogue as Forms of Interreligious Communication Between Jews, Christians and Muslims in the
Middle Ages - W. G. B. M. Valkenberg
Religious Polemics and Ritual in Early Modern Germanyâs Confessional Churches - B. Nischan
Ways of Polemicizing: The Power of Tradition in Christian Polemics - E. G. E. van der Wall
Ethics or Dogmatics? The Case of "Rendtorff vs Barth" - D.N. Stegeman
V â SOCIAL SCIENCES OF RELIGION
The Social Importance of Religious Polemics - M. B. ter Borg
On the Way Together: The Ups and Downs of Two Protestant Churches Trying to Reunite - W. J. van Noort
Authority in Question: Tools for Analysis of a Controversy on âReligionâ in Dutch Pluralist Society after the Second World War - J. O. van de Breevaart
Anti-Ecumenical Polemics and the Creation of the United Church of Canada (1902â1925) - P. W. Staples
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compiled by J. A. M. Snoek
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS