Religious Stereotyping and Interreligious Relations

This collection of essays by array of international scholars addresses some aspects of the issues of religious stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination and offers solutions through discussions of method, terminology and definitions regarding interreligious relations, the political implications in the Middle East, and various case-studies. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction: “For Six Strange Weeks They Had Acted As If They Were Friends”....Pages 1-18 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 Public Theology: Reflection on the Future of the Discourse....Pages 21-32 Love, Sexual Stereotypes, and Confidence....Pages 33-43 The Ambiguous Power of Prejudice and Love....Pages 45-53 Gordon W. Allport’s Scholarship Revisited....Pages 55-60 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 Reflections on Public, Private, and the Secular Space....Pages 63-73 Relationship between Stereotyping and the Place of Religion in the Public Sphere....Pages 75-84 Occidentalism....Pages 85-95 The Image of Islam and Muslims in the Swedish Evangelical Press....Pages 97-113 Stereotypes in Christian Theology: Methodological and Eschatological Aspects....Pages 115-122 The Challenge for Tolerance and Peaceful Coexistence between Christians and Muslims in Northern Nigeria....Pages 123-133 Front Matter....Pages 135-135 Catholic-Jewish Reconciliation: From Theology to Diplomacy....Pages 137-152 “You Only Have I Known”: Reading the Hebrew Bible as Christians in Light of the Partiality of God for Israel....Pages 153-160 Interfaith Monologue: The Presbyterian Church in Canada’s Statement of Relationship with the Jewish People....Pages 161-170 Othering the Jews from the Church Pulpit....Pages 171-181 How Can We Be “Both Loyal and Open?” Some Thoughts on Religious Education and Prejudice....Pages 183-191 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 The Theological Contribution of the Palestinian Kairos Document....Pages 195-205 Old Whines with New Spins....Pages 207-220 Recent Halakhic Discourse in Israel Encouraging Racism and Violence....Pages 221-231 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Joseph Goebbels, Kristina Söderbaum, and Jud Süss (1940): Seventy Years Later....Pages 235-245 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Asher Lev at the Israel Museum: Stereotyping Art and Craft....Pages 247-253 Can Stereotyping Be Banned? Pastor Åke Green and the Limits and Limitations of the Freedom of Expression....Pages 255-263 Back Matter....Pages 265-298 Religion can heal, but it can hurt as well. This collection of essays addresses some key issues of religious stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination, and considers a wide range of important topics which haunt our societies today. When stereotyping becomes the oxygen we inhale, when it is so important to us that we cannot see how we can survive without it - what can and should we do? Twenty-two scholars from Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America explore the anatomy of various forms of stereotyping and ways to oppose them.