Pluralism and Theo

Question 1

exclusivism summary

Answer 1

cosmic sign
j 14:16
m 7:13 (gate)

Question 2

rae parts

Answer 2

• Calvin/aug, narrow excl
  no obligation to save anyone
  narrow exclusivists
  double predestination
• fundamentalists
• RCC - singulari quadam (pius x) and papal bull 1302 (Boniface viii)
• kraemer,
  only though xians
  others are broken,
  no middle ground, jc or no jc

Question 3

rae eval

Answer 3

+ Bonhoeffer

love?
knitter
violence

Question 4

uae parts

Answer 4

• 1 tim 2: wants all to be saved
• RCC - lumen gentium (truth found outside visible structure), dominus iesus (high regard for manner and conduct of other religions)
• William lane Craig, deserve punishment; culpable r 1:26; world is made so uninformed would reject
• Barth: logos, bible, church, human construct for revelation

Question 5

uae eval

Answer 5

lane Craig criticisms: maitzen (demo), Myers soterio (but, monism)
Barth criticism: alan race, a priori

Question 6

inclusivism summary

Answer 6

matt 25

acts 2:14-17 (spirit on all people)

Question 7

struct incl

Answer 7

• rahner: Heidegger influence (finite, desire grace); partial truth outside axiality; anonymous xians e.g. Abraham, ignorant cos of fall

Question 8

restrictive inc

Answer 8

heim

• true Re pluralism
• levels of salv, maintain superiority

Question 9

criticisms of structural inclus

Answer 9

\+ sensus divinitatis 
\+ Aquinas, votum ecclesia
- Kung, why JC so late
- Alan race, imperialism 
- Balthasar, water

Question 10

criticisms of rest incl

Answer 10

same as uae

knitter, patronising

Question 11

pluralism parts

Answer 11

unitary Theo plur
pluriform Theo plur
ethical Theo pluralism

Question 12

unitary Theo plur

Answer 12

hick

• Birmingham, benevolence
• copernican rev
• nominal vs. phenomenal
• re, human construct e.g. witt duck
• must discard myth in xianity

Question 13

eval of hick

Answer 13

• kant
• uniqueness of jC
• alhuwalia

Question 14

pluriform Theo plur

Answer 14

ward

• no re has truth
• indra’s jewelled net
• re tolerance
• all get to real but in diff ways

Question 15

eval of ward

Answer 15

+ interfaith dialogue
+ panikkar
- point of JC?

Question 16

ethical Theo plur

Answer 16

knitter
theology is an “open-minded conversation between the ‘two sources of theology’ – the ‘text’ of the Christian message and the ‘context’ of one’s place in the world”
- soteriocentric plur
- there is no single “absolute truth” that applies to everyone.
- praxis of lib Theo, must be open to new interp of their aims. can learn from other religions e..g it took a Buddhist to teach him how not to hate the oppressor. buddhist helped him become a better Xian

Question 17

eval of knitter

Answer 17

• marxism and praxis
• cannot disregard diff in doctrine
• Ratzinger, he is a relativist