Christianity and World Religions
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Christianity and World Religions

Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions

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Christianity and World Religions

Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions

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An engaging and accessible introduction to Christianity's relationship with other world religions, addressing the questions of why the reality, and vitality, of other religions has become a challenge, and showing how Christianity is equipped to deal with religious plurality at both the doctrinal and social level.

  • Timely and accessible, this book tackles the question of why the reality, and vitality, of other religions has become a challenge for Christianity
  • Makes a decisive contribution to debates about the clash between Islam and the West, arguing that the major threat to religious freedoms come from secularism, and that Islam and Christianity both have the resources to develop a vibrant and pluralist public square; one informed by intellectual rigor and debate
  • Considers the wider issue of how modernity has defined 'religion', and provides a substantial critique of secular ways of controlling religions
  • Shows how Christianity is very well suited to deal with religious plurality at the doctrinal and social level
  • Addresses the core issues and describes the various answers that have been proposed in recent years – making it an ideal introduction to the field, and one which will stimulate ideas and discussions

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Year
2009
ISBN
9781444308365

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. PART I Charting the Territory: Theology of Religions
  3. 1 Early Map Making
  4. Introduction
  5. Pluralism
  6. Inclusivism
  7. Exclusivism
  8. 2 Changing the Angle: Recent Maps
  9. Some Criticisms of the Threefold Typology
  10. Comparative Theology
  11. Postmodern Postliberalism
  12. PART II The Making and Meaning of Religions
  13. 3 Modernity’s Story
  14. Introduction
  15. Modernity’s Story about Religions
  16. 4 An Alternative: The Secular Construction of the Sacred
  17. Modernity as the Establishment of a New Ruling Religion
  18. Conclusion
  19. PART III Religions in the Public Square
  20. 5 Whose Religion and Which Public Square?
  21. The Public Square
  22. A Taxonomy of Secular Modernity and Postmodernity
  23. 6 Christian and Muslim Public Squares
  24. Roman Catholicism, Modernity, and Religious Plurality
  25. Islam, Reasoned Debate, and Religious Plurality
  26. PART I V Christ’s Descent into Hell
  27. 7 Old Doctrines for New Jobs
  28. Introduction
  29. “The Descent”: Introduction to the “Circles of Hell”
  30. The Limbo of the Just and the Unevangelized
  31. 8 Further into the Inferno
  32. Purgatory and the Non-Christian
  33. The Children’s Limbo
  34. The Descent into Hell
  35. Bibliography
  36. Subject Index
  37. Index of Works