Chapter 11 Pluralsim And Theology Notes Flashcards

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Liberalsim

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An ideology which develops its laws based on the princiople that humans flourish when given maximum freedoms and minimum control by governments

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Plural society

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A society which tolerates many different beliefs and lifestyles

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Religious pluralism

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The varieties of beliefs and practices within a particular religion, as well as varieties of different religions and their beliefs and parctices

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Epistemology

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The study of knowledge

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Soteriology

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The study of salvation or liberalism according to christian teaching and the different ways in which humans achieve this

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Phenomenology

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Phenomenological existence refers to the experience of things as we encounter them and the structures of conciousness

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Theology of religious

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Primarily concerned with christianity’s theological, philosophical and practical relationship with non-christian religions

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Gavin D’Costa

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A roman catholic

Argues that the necessary and sufficient conditions for salvation depend on ‘controlling beliefs’

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Bertrand Russell

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Philosopher and atheist
‘I think all great religions of the world - Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and communism - both untrue and harmful. It is evidence as a matter of logic that, since they disagree, not more than one of them can be true’

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Theological exclusivism

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The view that only Christianity fully offers the means of salvation

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Restrictive access exclusivism

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The view that salvation is only possible by directly hearing the Gospel and accepting baptism into the church

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Universal access exclusivism

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The view that God will the redemption of everyone

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John 14:6

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Jesus said to him, ‘ i am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father accept through me’

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Acts 4:12

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There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved

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2 corinthians 5:18

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All this from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself.

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Middle knowledge

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The knowledge which God has of all possible events in the world as performed by free agents. It is so called because natural knowledge and free knowledge

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Sola Christus

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The belief that God’s grace is possible only through Christ

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Extra ecclesiam nulla salus

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The belief that salvation is not possible outside the Church as the Chruch is the continuing mediator of Christs presence on earth

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Fides ex auditu

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The belief that true faith is only possible through hearing the Gospel as witnessed in the bible and preached by the church

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God and creation

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The belief that God alone created the world, the belief that although God is one, he is also trinity

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Eschatology

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The belief that God promises a future state of bliss or ‘beatific vision’ after death for the elect or damnation for the wicked’

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Sin and election

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The belief that humans are fallen and incapable of knowing God fully by themselves; God calls or elects some to salvation and some to damnation

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1 Timothy 2: 3-6

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This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our saviour who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is on God, there is one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself a ransom for all - this was attested at the right time’

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Universalism

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The belief that God will restore the whole of the world to perfection; it rejects the belief that hell is eternal

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Pope paul VI, Nostra Aetate

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‘The Catholic Church rejects nothing of what is true and holy in these religions. She has a high regard for the manner of life and conduct, the precepts and teachings, which although differing in many ways from her one teaching, nonetheless often reflect a ray of that Truth which enlightens everyone

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Dominus lesus

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Aldo called the lord Jesus, it is the roman catholic declaration made by the congregation for the Doctrine of faith

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Congregation for the doctrine of truth

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If it is true that the followers of other religions can receive divine grace, it is also certain that objectively speaking they are in a gravely deficient situation i comparison with those who, in the church, have the fullness of the means of salvation

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Karl BArth

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Shows exclusivist/ inclusivist ambiguity in his discussion of Christianity and other religions

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Karl Barth Church Dogmatics

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It is the doctrine of the Trinity which fundamentally distinguishes the christian doctrine of God and Christian - is it it, therefore also, that which marks off the Christian concept of revelation as Christian, in face of all other possible doctrine of God ad concepts of revelation

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Theological inclusivism

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The view that although christianity is the normative means of salvation, ‘anonymous’ christians may also revive salvation

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Inculpably ignaorant

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Those who cannot be blamed for not having heard on understoon the Gospel due to age, place, culture, time, in history or poor teaching

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Karl Rhaner

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Roman Catholic who argued for an inclusivist view of christianity

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Martin Heidegger

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Philosopher who foccused on the phenomenology and existentialism

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Anonymous Christianity

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A term coined by Karl Rahner to refer to any religious institution which through its structures, practices and values is a means of grace

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Votum ecclesia

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The Latin phrase meaning wanting or desiring to be a member of the church
> aquains - those wishing to be baptised and become member but died
> Rahner - anyone who faithfully follows their non Christian religion

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Anonymous christian

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For someone who is open to God’s grace but not a Christian

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Global theology

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An overarching pluralist philosophical and theological framework to aid greater understanding between the great world religions

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Noumenal and phenomenal knowledge

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Noumenal - what a thing is in itself

Phenomenal - the world as we experience it and as it appears to us

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John hick

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He took a more liberal and pluralist interpretation of Christianity

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Karl rahner, theological investigations

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Somehow all men must be capable of being members of the church, and this capacity must not be understood merely in the sense of an abstract possibility, but as a real and historically concrete one

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Karl rahner theological investigation volume 5

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For this reason a non-christian religion can be recognised as a lawful religion without thereby denying the error or depravity contained in it

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Acts 17: 23

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What therefore you do not know and yet worship that i proclaim to you

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Theological pluralism

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The view that there are many ways to salvation, of which Christianity is one

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Reality centred

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John Hick’s description of the spiritual or religious life focused on the real
(It is a life that is unselfish and concerned for the welfare of others

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Myth

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A word or story which expresses in symbolic terms an idea or experience that cannot easily be put into ordinary language

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Keith ward

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Supports the view that we have to conclude that beliefs between religions are different and conflicting but reasons for them can be equally valid

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Paul Knitter

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Developed an ethical theological pluralism based on the view that all religions share soteriological aim of liberating humans from suffering, injustice, intolerance and falsehood

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Keith ward, the case for religion

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The pluralistic hypothesis is thus not an agreed belief along the great religous traditions. It must be an interpretation of those traditions from a specific viewpoint that they do not all share