Pluralism
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- Created on: 25-03-18 15:20
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- Pluralism
- Exclusivism
- What?
- Only Christians will be saved
- Barth - Jesus revealed God, no other people will be saved
- Kraemer - Christianity is the only way to be saved
- Only specific domination's saved?
- Only Christians will be saved
- Why?
- 'Do not worship false idols'
- 'Parable of the sheep and the goats'
- 'I am the way the truth and the life'
- Strengths +
- + Gives motivation for moral action
- + Makes Jesus death worthwhile
- Weakness -
- - Harsh
- Benevolence?
- - Jesus was kind and inclusive
- What?
- Inclusivism
- What?
- Karl Rahner - Christianity is unique but good people will be saved (e.g anonymous Christians)
- Why?
- Good people lived before Jesus death (Prophets)
- 'Parable of sheep and goats'
- 'I am the way'..
- Strengths +
- + Fair
- + Benevolent
- + Solves problem of good people, before Jesus
- Weakness -
- - Von Balthosar, waters down
- - Arrogant
- - "Honorary status given to those who do not desire it" Hick
- What?
- Pluralism
- What?
- Hick : Religions revolve around God, We cannot fully experience God it is all an interpretation of true reality.
- Panikkar : People are looking through different ways. God is mysterious and shows himself in different ways
- Why?
- 'My fathers home has many forms'
- Paul : Neither Jew, nor Greek...
- Weakness -
- - Jesus' death?
- - Moral lives?
- - Devalues religion
- - Devalues peoples beliefs that their religion is truth
- P's God is arbitory
- Strengths +
- + Explains contradictions
- + Values others
- + Not arrogant
- + Consistent with Jesus' openness
- + Language Games
- What?
- Christian Responses
- Roman Catholic : Redemptor Mussio
- Pope John Paul II : all religions have value, respectful, but always try to baptise them
- COE : Sharing the gospel of salvation
- Christianity is the only way to be saved. Be respectful. Engage with others & let them take time to convert. "Go beyond tolerance into positive engagement"
- Scriptural Reasoning Movement
- Members of Abrahimc faiths come together, read texts and compare. Say what it means for them. Engage, Debate, Dialouge : "This means to me"
- Strength +
- + Provides a platform
- + Brings people together
- + Promotes respect more than Rm / SGOS
- + Promotes community
- + Tackles differences
- + Opens doalogue
- Roman Catholic : Redemptor Mussio
- Exclusivism
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