Understanding Religious Pluralism

Author : Alan Race
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506400990

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Thinking About Religious Pluralilsm by Alan Race Pdf

We live an era of globalization, and the world’s religious traditions are deeply impacted. Throughout the world, an increased awareness about and access to the world’s religions, whether through modern media, human encounter, or education, raises new questions. How should we think about different traditions? What do they mean? How should Christians respond? This book is about how to interpret the fact of many religions, concentrating on what we call the ‘”world religions’,” for this has been the focus of most of the theological debate over the past fifty years or so. It aims to equip Christian thinkers with a positive, affirming understanding of religious diversity, and to help Christians articulate the meaning of this diversity in the real world. The result for the reader is comfort, curiosity, and engagement in future meetings with members of other traditions, along with lowered anxiety and deepened understanding of the marvelous diversity of human religious

Author : Peter C. Phan,Jonathan Ray
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781630874896

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Understanding Religious Pluralism by Peter C. Phan,Jonathan Ray Pdf

Our contemporary world is fast becoming religiously diverse in a variety of ways. Thanks to globalization and migration, to mention only two current worldwide trends, people of diverse and sometimes mutually hostile faiths are now sharing neighborhoods and encountering one another's religious traditions on a daily basis. For scholars in religious studies and theology the issue to be examined is whether religious diversity is merely the result of historical development and social interaction, or whether it is inherent in the object of belief--part of the very structure of faith and our attempts to understand and express it. The essays in this volume range from explorations of the impact of religious diversity on religious studies to examples of interfaith encounter and dialogue, and current debates on Christian theology of religion. These essays examine not only the theoretical issues posed by religious pluralism to the study of religion and Christian theology but also concrete cases in which religious pluralism has been a bone of contention. Together, they open up new vistas for further conversation on the nature and development of religious pluralism.

Author : Schmidt-Leukel, Perry
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608336951

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Religious Pluralism and Interreligious Theology by Schmidt-Leukel, Perry Pdf

Author : Bindu Puri,Abhishek Kumar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789811595400

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Re-thinking Religious Pluralism by Bindu Puri,Abhishek Kumar Pdf

This book combines the mainstream liberal arguments for religious tolerance with arguments from religious traditions in India to offer insights into appropriate attitudes toward religious ‘others’ from the perspective of the devout. The respective chapters address the relationship between religions from a comparative perspective, helping readers understand the meaning of religion and the opportunities for interreligious dialogue in the works of contemporary Indian philosophers such as Gandhi and Ramakrishna Paramhansa. It also examines various religious traditions from a philosophical viewpoint in order to reassess religious discussions on how to respond to differing and different religious others. Given its comprehensive coverage, the book is of interest to scholars working in the areas of anthropology, philosophy, cultural and religious diversity, and history of religion.

Author : Paul Rhodes Eddy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000160673

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John Hick's Pluralist Philosophy of World Religions by Paul Rhodes Eddy Pdf

This title was first published in 2002. One of the most fascinating and controversial interpretations of religious diversity is 'religious pluralism.' According to John Hick's model of religious pluralism, all the world's great religions are equally valid ways of understanding and responding to the ultimate spiritual reality. This book offers an exposition of, and critical response to, John Hick's model. Introducing the various interpretations of religious diversity being discussed today, this book presents constructive suggestions as to how things could be further developed to offer a more accurate, less confusing presentation of the various options in theology of religions. The standard threefold typology of responses to religious diversity - exclusivism, inclusivism, and pluralism - are explained and defended. Hick's pluralist interpretation of religious diversity is traced, culminating in a critical assessment of Hick's pluralistic model and an up-to-date summary of a variety of critiques directed toward Hick's proposal. Paul Rhodes Eddy concludes that Hick's present model is ultimately unsuccessful in retaining both of his long-cherished goals, a robust religious realism and a consistent religious pluralism, whilst overcoming the most difficult problem for the pluralist, the fact that the world's religions understand the divine in often contradictory ways.

Author : P. Byrne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995-08-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780230390072

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Prolegomena to Religious Pluralism by P. Byrne Pdf

This book surveys the thesis that all religions are alike in referring and relating to a single, common transcendent and sacred reality. It treats this thesis as one in the philosophy of religion and systematically sets out its main philosophical strengths and weaknesses. The key to understanding and defending pluralism is argued to lie in a realist understanding of religion, which is defined by way of an account of the reference of names for sacred, transcendent reality.

Author : Harold Netland
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 083081552X

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Encountering Religious Pluralism by Harold Netland Pdf

Harold Netland traces the emergence of the pluralistic ethos that challenges Christian faith and mission, interacting heavily with philosopher John Hick and providing a framework for developing a comprehensive evangelical theology of religions.

Author : Richard J. Moon
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780774858533

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Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada by Richard J. Moon Pdf

Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada seeks to elucidate the complex and often uneasy relationship between law and religion in democracies committed both to equal citizenship and religious pluralism. Leading socio-legal scholars consider the role of religious values in public decision making, government support for religious practices, and the restriction and accommodation by government of minority religious practices. They examine such current issues as the legal recognition of sharia arbitration, the re-definition of civil marriage, and the accommodation of religious practice in the public sphere.

Author : Giuseppe Giordan,Enzo Pace
Publisher : Springer
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783319066233

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Religious Pluralism by Giuseppe Giordan,Enzo Pace Pdf

This volume illustrates both theoretically and empirically the differences between religious diversity and religious pluralism. It highlights how the factual situation of cultural and religious diversity may lead to individual, social and political choices of organized and recognized pluralism. In the process, both individual and collective identities are redefined, incessantly moving along the continuum that ranges from exclusion to inclusion. The book starts by first detailing general issues related to religious pluralism. It makes the case for keeping the empirical, the normative, the regulatory and the interactive dimensions of religious pluralism analytically distinct while recognizing that, in practice, they often overlap. It also underlines the importance of seeking connections between religious pluralism and other pluralisms. Next, the book explores how religious diversity can operate to contribute to legal pluralism and examines the different types of church-state relations: eradication, monopoly, oligopoly and pluralism. The second half of the book features case studies that provide a more specific look at the general issues, from ways to map and assess the religious diversity of a whole country to a comparison between Belgian-French views of religious and philosophical diversity, from religious pluralism in Italy to the shifting approach to ethnic and religious diversity in America, and from a sociological and historical perspective of religious plurality in Japan to an exploration of Brazilian religions, old and new. The transition from religious diversity to religious pluralism is one of the most important challenges that will reshape the role of religion in contemporary society. This book provides readers with insights that will help them better understand and interpret this unprecedented transition.

Author : Jan-Olav Henriksen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004412347

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Religious Pluralism and Pragmatist Theology by Jan-Olav Henriksen Pdf

Inspired by pragmatism, this book addresses religious plurality with the aim of bringing forth how it may be approached constructively by Christian theology. Accordingly, not doctrine, but practices are focussed in its analyses of interreligious topics. Henriksen argues that engagement with the diversity of religious traditions should be grounded in openness towards the other, and resistance against making others similar to oneself. Accordingly, the book presents a theological approach where interaction between religious practitioners is considered a benefit and a necessity for the positive future of religious traditions. It will be of interest to anyone who is interested in the understanding of religious pluralism from the point of view of Christian theology.

Author : Alan Race
Publisher : Morehouse Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015032473335

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Christians and Religious Pluralism by Alan Race Pdf

Author : William R. Hutchison
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300129571

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Religious Pluralism in America by William R. Hutchison Pdf

Religious toleration is enshrined as an ideal in our Constitution, but religious diversity has had a complicated history in the United States. Although Americans have taken justifiable pride in the rich array of religious faiths that help define our nation, for two centuries we have been grappling with the question of how we can coexist. In this ambitious reappraisal of American religious history, William Hutchison chronicles the country’s struggle to fulfill the promise of its founding ideals. In 1800 the United States was an overwhelmingly Protestant nation. Over the next two centuries, Catholics, Mormons, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and others would emerge to challenge the Protestant mainstream. Although their demands were often met with resistance, Hutchison demonstrates that as a result of these conflicts we have expanded our understanding of what it means to be a religiously diverse country. No longer satisfied with mere legal toleration, we now expect that all religious groups will share in creating our national agenda. This book offers a groundbreaking and timely history of our efforts to become one nation under multiple gods.

Author : Harold A. Netland
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441221902

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Christianity and Religious Diversity by Harold A. Netland Pdf

This book explores how religions have changed in a globalized world and how Christianity is unique among them. Harold Netland, an expert in philosophical aspects of religion and pluralism, offers a fresh analysis of religion in today's globalizing world. He challenges misunderstandings of the concept of religion itself and shows how particular religious traditions, such as Buddhism, undergo significant change with modernization and globalization. Netland then responds to issues concerning the plausibility of Christian commitments to Jesus Christ and the unique truth of the Christian gospel in light of religious diversity. The book concludes with basic principles for living as Christ's disciples in religiously diverse contexts.

Author : David Ray Griffin
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 066422914X

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Deep Religious Pluralism by David Ray Griffin Pdf

A groundbreaking scholarly work, Deep Religious Pluralism is based on the conviction that the philosophy articulated by Alfred North Whitehead encourages not only religious diversity but deep religious pluralism. Arising from a 2003 Center for Process Studies conference at Claremont Graduate University, this book offers an alternative to the version of religious pluralism that has dominated the recent discussion, especially among Christian thinkers in the West, which has evoked a growing call to reject pluralism as such. Renowned contributors of a diversity of faiths include: Steve Odin, John Shunji Yakota, Sandra B. Lubarsky, Jeffery D. Long, Mustafa Ruzgar, Christopher Ives, Michael Lodahl, Chung-ying Cheng, Wang Shik Jang, and John B. Cobb Jr.

Author : Adnan Aslan
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 9780700710256

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Religious Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Philosophy by Adnan Aslan Pdf

This text compares the ideas of two contemporary philosophers, John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, on the issues of religion, religions, the concept of the ultimate reality, and the notion of sacred knowledge.