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NICHOLSON, H., Comparative Theology and the Problem of Religious Rivalry. Oxford University Press, 2011. 344p. Hardback. Series: AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion. This book is going to disrupt (I expect) and redirect (I hope) the contemporary, often contorted, discussion on how scholars and/or believers are to deal with religious diversity. In a carefully crafted, broadly informed argument, Nicholson sounds his warning that whether one is a scholar of religious studies or a comparative theologian, to neglect the political element in all religious identities is to imperil not only oneself but the religious other. Nicholson's theoretical case is made all the more convincing when he applies it to a creative and exciting analysis of Rudolf Otto's classic Mysticism East and West. This book will be much talked about. (I'm sure). Paul F. Knitter, Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions, and Culture, Union Theological Seminary, New York (Publisher's information). € 131.80 (New) (Printed on Demand) (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9780199772865