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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100415916798
ISBN-139780415916790
eBay Product ID (ePID)138341
Product Key Features
Number of Pages148 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameIn Praise of Religious Diversity
Publication Year1996
SubjectComparative Religion, General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion
AuthorJames Wiggins
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN95-042245
Table Of ContentCONTENTS: 1. Situating the Issues; 2. The Untenability of Absolutism Today: The Final Word; 3. Western Exclusivism; 4. Christian Responses to Religious Diversity; 5. Pluralism: Christian Triumphalism in New Dress? or, A Christian Anxiety Attack; 6. Problems with ADialogue@; 7. Whiter Inter-religious Interchange; 8. Why Engage Other Religions?
SynopsisAs dialogue among the religions of the world has increased, the promotion of these exchanges by Christians, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, raises the question of the motives behind these discussions. Some Christians reach out in good will, others display defensive hostility, still others are simply following the mandates of their church. Religious diversity--rather than pluralism--challenges citizens of the world to learn from the differences between religions rather than glibly assuming their commonality. Acknowledging these differences, In Praise of Religious Diversity promotes active conversation--rather than conventional dialogue--as the mode of meeting between the religions. Only through a contemporaneous exchange of ideas can the benefits of diversity be realized. This new level of communication poses an exciting prospect from which previously unrecognized alternatives for religion and relationships between religions might contribute to even greater human possibilities.