Inter-Religious Models and Criteria

ISBN-13: 9781349230198 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 216 str.

J. Kellenberger

Opis

This book is a collection of papers presented and discussed at the 1992 Claremont Conference. Its contributing authors come from various disciplines that share a concern with models and criteria for inter-religious understanding, including religious studies, philosophy of religion, theology, comparative studies, and feminist philosophy.

Spis treści

Foreword; S.Sutherland - PART 1: MODELS - Appreciating Knots: An Islamic Approach to Religious Diversity; W.C.Chittick - A Religious Understanding of Religion: A Model of the Relationship between Traditions; J.Hick - A Model of the Relationship between Religions based on Feminist Theory; M.O'Neill - Models for Understanding the Relations between Religions; N.Smart - PART 2: CRITERIA - Order Out of Chaos: A Philosophical Model of Inter-Religious Dialogue; J.B.Cobb,Jr - World-Views, Criteria, and Epistemic Circularity; W.J.Wainwright - Right Conduct as a Criterion for True Religion; H.M.Vroom - PART 3: DOCTRINE, HYPOCRISY, AND FOCAL POINTS - Studying Doctrines of Religious Communities; W.A.Christian,Sr - Hypocrisy inthe Self-Understanding of Religions; T.P.Kasulis - The Concept of Focal Point in Models for Inter-Religious Understanding; F.J.Hoffman - PART 4: PLURALISMS - Some Varieties of Religious Pluralism; K.Yandell - Index