1st Edition
Twentieth Century Christian Responses to Religious Pluralism Difference is Everything
By David Pitman
Copyright 2014
248 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
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Twentieth Century Christian Responses to Religious Pluralism begins with the recognition that the traditional three-fold typology adopted by Christians in responding to other living world religions is no longer adequate and offers a much more sophisticated and developed approach. This is accomplished with particular reference to ten key Twentieth Century theologians, each of whom had significant... Read more
Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Exclusivist Response; Chapter 2 Definitive Exclusivism: Karl Barth (1886–1968); Chapter 3 Hard Exclusivism: Hendrik Kraemer (1888–1965); Chapter 4 Conservative Exclusivism: Emil Brunner (1889–1966); Chapter 5 Moderate Exclusivism: Lesslie Newbigin (1909–98); Chapter 6 The Inclusivist Response; Chapter 7 Traditional Inclusivism: Karl Rahner (1904–84); Chapter 8 Progressive Inclusivism: Paul Tillich (1886–1965); Chapter 9 The Pluralist Response; Chapter 10 Classical Pluralism I: Hans Küng (1928–); Chapter 11 Classical Pluralism II: Raimundo Panikkar (1918–); Chapter 12 Theocentric Pluralism: John Hick (1922–2012); Chapter 13 Anthropocentric Pluralism: Wilfred Cantwell Smith (1916–2000); Chapter 14 Conclusion;
Biography
David Pitman began his professional life as a teacher before entering the ordained ministry. He served in a number of parish appointments, spent time with the Methodist Church in Fiji, and for fourteen years taught Ministry and Mission as a member of the Faculty of Trinity Theological College in Brisbane, Australia. He was twice elected to be the Moderator of the Queensland Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia. In his retirement he continues to serve the Uniting Church in various capacities and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Queensland.
’This is a highly competent, well written and very readable survey of the key players in the Christian debate on religious pluralism. It not only provides an important introduction to the field, but makes its own valuable contribution to the Christian theology of religions.’ Philip C. Almond, The University of Queensland, Australia
