Religious Pluralism and theology + society Flashcards
Rahner
Argues christianity is a unique religion because of the nature of Christ and therefore is the benchmark for other religions to be measured against.
Inclusivism
Christianity is the best route to salvation
some argue that there might be possibility after death for non Christians to be saved
Exlusivism
must have explicit faith in Jesus as the Son of God abd have to believe that salvation is found in Jesus or cannot be saved
Kraemer was exculsivist
Four shades of exclusivism
Narrow
Broad
Universal-access
Restrictive access
Pluralism
many different religions have potential to lead their followers to salvation
Hick argued for this because of his belief that a God of love would not deny salvation
development of multi-faith societies
UK changed from being dominated by christianity to being a multi-faith society
Atheism and agnosticism have become socially acceptable
challenges of multi-faith society
can be positive;
demonstration of living in peace
provide work for missionaries
negatives
undermine the christian message
worry about their children being attracted by false beliefs
Inter-faith dialogue
communication between people who have different faiths
Church of England four strands
the dialogue of daily life
dialogue of common good
dialogue of mutual understanding
dialogue of spiritual life
‘Sharing the Gospel of Salvation’
document issued by Church of England after member Eddy asked where the Church stood on the question of whether Christians should claim Jesus is the only means of salvation
Spiritual reasoning movement
began amongst Jewish scholars in USA, meeting to discuss sacred texts
Christians from UK asked if they could join in
then participants from Islam, Judaism and Christianity
agreement not use meetings as missionary work
