Pluralism and Society - AO2

Question 1

What does Sharing the Gospel of Salvation argue about the impact of IFD on social cohesion?

Answer 1

A lack of social cohesion stems from material inequality (Sharing the Gospel of Salvation)

Cohesion between religions has little impact on society compared to employment, class, education

Hostility between religious groups often arises because there is already a lack of social cohesion, being a symptom of it and not its cause

Question 2

What Bible quote shows faith should not be hidden?

Answer 2

We must be the salt and light for the world”
= Faith shouldn’t be hidden and shouldn’t avoid offending others

Question 3

What would Henrik Kraemar argue about IFD?

Answer 3

The Christian message written about in books - All must convert, no point picking out likenesses in other religions

No point in inter-faith dialogue or trying to emphasise superficial similarities

Question 4

What would Karl barth argue about the SR movement?

Answer 4

Exclusivist Christian
Other religions do not contain any partial truth and should be dismissed

God is fully and exclusively revealed through Jesus and other teachings are false, pointing to uniqueness of the Bible and the consequences of not following it

Question 5

What would John Hick argue about the SR movement relativising religion?

Answer 5

Pluralist
The relativisation of religion is a good thing as all religions should be understood as cultural constructs and none can claim to have monopoly on the truth