Understanding Religious Pluralism: Perspectives from Religious Studies and Theology
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.
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Understanding Religious Pluralism: Perspectives from Religious Studies and Theology
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.
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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781630874896
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Publication date: 08/01/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Peter C. Phan is the Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Social Thought in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University. He is the author and editor of many books, including Being Religious Interreligiously (2004).

Jonathan S. Ray is the Samuel Eig Associate Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University. He is the author of After Expulsion: 1492 and the Making of Sephardic Jewry (2013).
Jonathan S. Ray is the Samuel Eig Associate Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University. He is the author of After Expulsion: 1492 and the Making of Sephardic Jewry (2013).

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Introduction ix

1 Following the Flows: Diversity, Santa Fe, and Method in Religious Studies Thomas A. Tweed 1

2 Between the One and the Many in the Study of Religious Pluralism: A Response to Thomas Tweed Francisca Cho 20

3 Botánicas: Sacred Sites of Plural Religious Encounter Joseph M. Murphy 28

4 The Buddha and the Dalai Lama on Religious Pluralism Abraham Vélez de Cea 46

5 The Prospects for Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding: The Jesuit Case and Its Theoretical Implications Charles B. Jones 66

6 Paul, Practical Pluralism, and the Invention of Religious Persecution in Roman Antiquity Paula Fredriksen 87

7 Families of Religion, Then and Now: A Response to Paula Fredriksen Jonathan Ray 114

8 Judaism, Christianity, and Modernity: Charles Péguy and the Mysticism of the Dreyfus Affair Matthew W. Maguire 119

9 Lashon ha-Ra and Jewish Practical Pluralism: A Case Study of Sefer Chafetz Chaim Charles Bernsen 135

10 The Jewish Origins of an American Idea: Horace Kallen's Cultural Pluralism Daniel Greene 151

11 Religious Pluralism in Islam Thomas Michel 170

12 Response to Tom Michel Paul L. Heck 186

13 One Faith, Different Rites: Nicholas of Cusa's New Awareness of Religious Pluralism Pim Valkenberg 192

14 Lateral and Hierarchical Religious Difference in the Qur'an: Muslima Theology of Religious Pluralism Jerusha Tanner Lamptey 209

15 Outside de jure Religious Pluralism No Dialogue: A Critical Socio-Theological Assessment of Christian-Muslim Dialogue in Post-Colonial Sub-Saharan Africa Marinus C. Iwuchukwo 223

16 The Shifting Significance of Theologies of Religious Pluralism S. Mark Heim 24

17 From Soteriology to Comparative Theology and Back-A Response to S. Mark Heim Peter C. Phan 260

18 What Has Renaissance Polyphony to Offer Theological Method? John N. Sheveland 264

19 Karl Rahner's "Anonymous Christianity" in Light of Pluralism and Contemporary Theology of Religions in Asia Todd E. Johanson 277

20 Relativism, Universalism, and Pluralism in the Age of Globalization A Reflection on Raimon Panjkkar's Approach Young-chan Ro 297

List of Contributors 309

Index 315

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