Exploring Religious Pluralism

From Mystical Theology to the Science-Theology Dialogue

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

How can we more deeply understand religious pluralism? In this study, Christopher C. Knight suggests that current explorations of religious pluralism may be supplemented by combining new thinking about divine action with the kind of 'mystical theology' that sees doctrinal statements as aids to contemplation rather than as philosophical truth claims. While Knight sees the 'perennialist' tradition of pluralistic thinking as deeply flawed, he nevertheless proposes that we can adopt a kind of neo-perennialism in which the supposed incompatibilities of different faith traditions may still be seen in the way that perennialists have usually considered them: as relating only to the exotericdimension of religious faith and practice. In this way, he suggests, the perennialist notion of esoteric ecumenism may still be valid. He cautions, nevertheless, that at a methodological level, there may be defensible reasons to hesitate before adopting a full-blown pluralism of this kind.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-03-21
Mått:146 x 222 x 20 mm
Vikt:450 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:242
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009450263

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Christopher C. Knight is a Senior Research Associate of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge, England. Formerly the Executive Secretary and current Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion, he is the author of Wrestling with the Divine (2001), The God of Nature (2007), Science and the Christian Faith (2020) and Eastern Orthodoxy and the Science-Theology Dialogue (Cambridge University Press 2022).

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'By grounding his argument in personal experience and mystical theology, Knight offers a vision of interfaith understanding that is as inspiring as it is thought-provoking. This book is a timely and important contribution to the field of religious studies, particularly to practical theology.' Narendra Jumadil Haikal Ramadhan, Practical Theology

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction; 2. Apophaticism and perennialism; 3. The philosophy of religion and its limitations; 4. Philosophy and noetic perception; 5. Philosophy and the pluralistic hypothesis; 6. Beyond philosophical argument; 7. Archetypes and 'platonic' mysticism; 8. Noetic perception and the role of the imagination; 9. The evolution of religiosity; 10. Revelation and divine action: a 'problem' solved?; 11. A pluralistic model in the making; 12. Pluralism or 'reciprocal inclusivism'?; Afterword.