Pluralism and Theo Flashcards
exclusivism summary
cosmic sign
j 14:16
m 7:13 (gate)
rae parts
- 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
rae eval
+ Bonhoeffer
love?
knitter
violence
uae parts
- 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
uae eval
lane Craig criticisms: maitzen (demo), Myers soterio (but, monism)
Barth criticism: alan race, a priori
inclusivism summary
matt 25
acts 2:14-17 (spirit on all people)
struct incl
- rahner: Heidegger influence (finite, desire grace); partial truth outside axiality; anonymous xians e.g. Abraham, ignorant cos of fall
restrictive inc
heim
- true Re pluralism
- levels of salv, maintain superiority
criticisms of structural inclus
\+ sensus divinitatis \+ Aquinas, votum ecclesia - Kung, why JC so late - Alan race, imperialism - Balthasar, water
criticisms of rest incl
same as uae
knitter, patronising
pluralism parts
unitary Theo plur
pluriform Theo plur
ethical Theo pluralism
unitary Theo plur
hick
- Birmingham, benevolence
- copernican rev
- nominal vs. phenomenal
- re, human construct e.g. witt duck
- must discard myth in xianity
eval of hick
- kant
- uniqueness of jC
- alhuwalia
pluriform Theo plur
ward
- no re has truth
- indra’s jewelled net
- re tolerance
- all get to real but in diff ways
eval of ward
+ interfaith dialogue
+ panikkar
- point of JC?
ethical Theo plur
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
eval of knitter
- marxism and praxis
- cannot disregard diff in doctrine
- Ratzinger, he is a relativist
