Theology of Religions: Observations

Hendrik M. Vroom

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Observations

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Pages:: 339–354

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401202329_020

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This contributions tries to glean some insights into the nature of theologies of religions, the incongruity of the different approaches that follow from by the basic insights of each tradition, and some things they have in common. Each tradition has many different schools that develop in various local contexts. From this the question arises as to whether it is legitimate to state global views and “judge” Islam “as such”, Hinduism “as such,” etc. The relationship between the approaches to other local religious traditions and to their global forms is discussed. After pointing out different forms of exclusivism and inclusi-vism in the various traditions, it is stressed that a criterion for theology of religion is to acknowledge the alterité of the other. After discussing the so-called pluralist thesis a more radical, real pluralism is stressed, that, on the one hand, is problematic for global culture, because of its variety of worldviews but, on the other, can be enriching because differences between world-views can help us to learn and to see life better as it is. This process requires encounters and dialogues on different levels of life, including ethics and beliefs about transcendence, the world and humankind.

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Explorations in Pursuit of Understanding

Series: Currents of Encounter, Volume: 25 and Currents of Encounter Online, Volume: 25

E-Book ISBN:: 9789401202329

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2006

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- Religious Studies
  - Comparative Religion & Religious Studies
- Social Sciences
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