religious pluralism and theology

Question 1

topic?

Answer 1

questions relationship between Christianity and other religions

Question 2

theology of revision

Answer 2

• ## christian thinking about its relationship with other people who belong to different religions

Question 3

exclusivism

Answer 3

you must believe that salvation is found in Jesus only to be saved
-there is truth in other religions but no salvation
- Jesus death and resurrection were cosmic events ,significant for everyone
- must believe in saving act of christ

Question 4

HENDRICK KRAEMER (EXC)

Answer 4

• salvation = christian only
  -gods revelation can be seen by others
• religion can’t be partially true , you either accept christ or not

Question 5

BARTH (EXC)

Answer 5

• theology of the word
• ## knowledge is given when god chooses to reveal it

Question 6

NARROW
BROAD

Answer 6

N= salvation is for some not all christians.
- augustine - predestination

B= all who accept christ through faith will be saved
- no matter their denomination

Question 7

Gavin de Costas two kinds of exclusivism

Answer 7

Universal access - christ salvation is offered to all
restrictive access - God will only save who he has chosen

Question 8

weakness of exc

Answer 8

• causes division and conflict
• arrogant by saying christians know best
• not compatible with idea of omnibenevolent and omniscient god.

Question 9

INCLUSIVISM

Answer 9

• christianity is best route but there are other ways
• disagree god of love would reject someone following him through different faith
• non christians can accept god after death
• truth in other religions is still christian truth (ray of truth)
• non christians call christ other names without realising he’s at work .(Sikhs share free food to poor/doing christ work feeding poor)

Question 10

KARL RAHNER

Answer 10

• Christianity is absolute offering salvation through christ
• people could be anonymous christians ,following but don’t know
• may achieve eternal salvation
• partial truth to similar religions
  -some people through no fault are not exposed to Jesus (those living BC or where gospel hasn’t reached)

Question 11

weakness of incl

Answer 11

• christianity becomes diluted if christ isn’t needed for salvation
• arrogant , saying christianity is best method
  -people who made free choices not to be christian should not be called ‘ anonymous christians’

Question 12

pluralism

Answer 12

• many different religions can lead followers to salvation
  -religions share the same goal (respond to the divine)
• ## no need for conversion instead share styles of worship

Question 13

HICK

Answer 13

• god of love would not deny salvation because someone happened to be born into a non-christian life or chose another religion to seek god
• god wills universal salvation
• COPERNICAN REVOLUTION = god at centre of universe not christianity
  -religion is a human phenomenal attempt to understand the noumenal
  -truth claims about religion should be myth as religion is flawed and limited

Question 14

PANIKKAR

Answer 14

• god makes himself know in a variety of cultural contexts

Question 15

weaknesses of pluralism

Answer 15

• rejects idea that jesus came to save humanity from sin
• arrogant to assume god will save all to be fair ,god is free to save who he wants
  -self contradictory - claiming relativist view is ‘the right view[’ makes it absolute

Question 16

biblical texts

Answer 16

EXCLUSIVIST - i am the way the truth and the life.no one comes to god except through me (john 14)
PLURALIST - and what does the lord ask of you? to act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your god (MICAH 6:8)
INCLUSIVIST - whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,you did for me (MATTHEW 25)