Acknowledgements ixNotes on Contributors xIntroduction 1Pim Valkenberg with Marianne Moyaert, Kristin Johnston Largen,James L. Fredericks, and Bede Benjamin BidlackPart 1Comparative Theology before 19851 Catholic Roots for the Discipline 31Francis X. Clooney, SJ2 The Science of Religion, Comparative Religion, Mission,and the Birth of Comparative Theology 50Paul Hedges3 The Development of Comparative Theology in theTwentieth Century 69Hugh Nicholson4 French Comparative Theologians Before Nostra Aetate 90Pim Valkenberg and Christian KrokusPart 2Judaism5 An Introduction to Christian-Jewish Comparative Theology 111Marianne Moyaert6 Unity and Mediation: The Nature of Torah and the Natureof Jesus Christ 132Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski “Therefore do Maidens Love You”: Passion and Pluralismin Jewish and Christian Song of Songs Commentaries 150Devorah Schoenfeld8 The Significance of the Land in Birkat Hamazon:Lessons in Self-Understanding 170Emmanuel NathanPart 3Islam9 David B. Burrell and the Horizon of a Jewish-Christian-MuslimComparative Theology 197Marianne Farina, CSC, and Pim Valkenberg10 The Qurʾānic Critique of Apocalyptic Ideas and aChristian Response 212Klaus von Stosch11 Can There Be an Islamic Comparative Theology? 230Vahid Mahdavi Mehr12 My/Our Servant Job: Creation and Temptation as a Guideto Understanding Job as God’s Servant 247María Enid Barga and Nadeen Mustafa A. AlsulaimiPart 4Hinduism13 Riches Line the Path: An Introduction to Hindu-ChristianComparative Theology 269Kristin Johnston Largen14 The Hindu-Catholic Encounter: A Natural Homefor Comparative Theology 280Francis X. Clooney, SJ15 Comparative Theologies of Pilgrimage: Faiths with Legs 294Holly Hillgardner16 Exploring the Risks and Rewards of Comparing Religions for theFuture of Hindu Studies in 21st Century America 312Jonathan EdelmannPart 5Buddhism17 The Anointing at Bethany: A Buddhist Reading of Mark’s Gospel 331James L. Fredericks18 Integrating Aspects of Buddhist and Christian Liberation Epistemologyto Empower Compassionate Social Action 349John Makransky19 Ending at the Beginning: Prenatal Theological Anthropology andPregnancy Loss Memorials in Japanese Buddhism and AmericanCatholicism 368Maureen L. Walsh20 Self-love and Altruistic Love in Bodhicaryāvatāra:A Christian Theological Reflection 388Pan-chiu Lai and Rouyan GuPart 6Chinese Religion21 Tradition, Language, and Christian-Chinese ComparativeTheology 409Bede Benjamin Bidlack22 On Comparative Theology: A Confucian Case 419Robert Cummings Neville23 A Contextual Comparison of Conceptual Categories:A Christian-Confucian Test Case in Taiwan from a RitualPerspective 446Kijin James Wu24 Towards a Daoist Comparative Theology 467Louis Komjathy 康思奇PART 7New Perspectives in Comparative Theology25 Theology without Walls 489Jerry L. Martin26 Toward a Comparative Feminist Theology 505Jerusha Tanner Rhodes27 A Ritual Turn in Comparative Theology 517Marianne Moyaert28 Multiple Religious Belonging and Comparative Theology 531André van der Braak29 Comparative Theology, Calligraphy and Iconography 548Lucinda Allen Mosher30 Comparative Theology and Interreligious Studies: Embracingand Transgressing the Dialogical Relationships Among ReligiousTraditions 563Axel Marc Oaks Takacs31 Comparative Theology: More than Comparing Theologies 583Catherine CornilleIndex 605