Theology and dialogue represent the twin tracks for Christian engagement with the rich religious diversity of the world. Tension arises due to the largely negative history of Christian approaches to other religions.

Interfaith Encounter: The Twin Tracks of Theology and Dialogue

Religion & Spirituality

Race, Alan

Christian Books & Bibles

SCM Press

Christians and Religious Pluralism: Patterns in the Christian Theology of Religions

Orbis Books

We live an era of globalization, and the world's religious traditions are deeply impacted. Throughout the world, an increased awareness about and access to the world's religions, whether through modern media, human encounter, or education, raises new questions. How should we think about different traditions? What do they mean? How should Christians respond?
This book is about how to interpret the fact of many religions, concentrating on what we call the ‘"world religions’," for this has been the focus of most of the theological debate over the past fifty years or so. It aims to equip Christian thinkers with a positive, affirming understanding of religious diversity, and to help Christians articulate the meaning of this diversity in the real world.
The result for the reader is comfort, curiosity, and engagement in future meetings with members of other traditions, along with lowered anxiety and deepened understanding of the marvelous diversity of human religious expression in our world.

Thinking About Religious Pluralism: Shaping Theology of Religions for Our Times

Fortress Press

My Journey as a Religious Pluralist: A Christian Theology of Religions Reclaimed

Christian theology of religions remains a central component of the Christian response to global religious diversity. In the face of theological refusals to engage with issues of religious absolutism and new impressions from interreligious encounters, this book seeks to inject fresh energy into a debate that has stalled in recent years. The encounter between Christians and people of different religious persuasions raises questions of how to interpret Christian absolutism for a new and developing consciousness that values the experience of the religious other.This book argues that interreligious dialogue, interreligious ethical collaboration, and comparative studies all point to a pluralist future, where we are obliged to recognize the spiritual authenticity of the experience animating many religions. Building friendly relations between faith communities is to be applauded but it is insufficient in the face of the many challenges confronting the global human community. Whether we are speaking of cooperation in civil society, peace in the world, or the overarching ecological crisis encompassing the planet as a whole, the acceptance of the diversity of religions as a positive religious value will strengthen the sense of global responsibility that is needed.

My Journey as a Religious Pluralist

Resource Publications (CA)

True to this Earth

History

World

Oneworld Pubns Ltd

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