John Hick's Religious Pluralism in Global Perspective

John Hick's Religious Pluralism in Global Perspective
Author: Sharada Sugirtharajah
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2023-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3031110080


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This volume contains fresh scholarly contributions to mark the birth centenary of John Hick, the internationally well-known philosopher of religion, whose works continue to have significant global relevance in today’s religiously diverse and conflict-ridden world. His writings have reset the parameters of religious pluralism. Up till now, Hick’s religious pluralism has been mainly seen in relation to the Western context where Christianity is the predominant religion. This volume includes both Western and non-Western engagement with his thinking in contexts such as Japan, China, Korea, Nigeria, and India, where Christianity is a minority religion with little political power. Its distinctiveness lies in widening the debate on religious pluralism by bringing Hick’s pluralistic hypothesis into a constructive cross-cultural and interreligious conversation with scholars of Hinduism, Jainism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and African traditional religions. In doing so, this collection examines how Hick’s philosophy of religious pluralism has been received, appropriated and appraised by these scholars. It has been appreciated and critiqued in equal measure, and continues to impact on current thinking on religious pluralism. This volume makes a significant contribution to the debate initiated by Hick.

John Hick's Pluralist Philosophy of World Religions

John Hick's Pluralist Philosophy of World Religions
Author: Paul R. Eddy
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2015-06-22
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1498230598


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According to John Hick's model of religious pluralism, all the world's great religions present equally valid ways of understanding and responding to the same ultimate Reality. This book offers an exposition of, and critical response to, Hick's model. Following an introductory chapter that surveys dominant approaches to religious diversity, the rise and development of Hick's pluralist interpretation of religions is traced. Finally, a critical assessment of Hick's mature pluralist model is offered. The conclusion: Hick's model is ultimately unsuccessful in overcoming the pluralist's most difficult conceptual problem, namely providing an adequate account of the fact that the world's religions understand the divine Reality in often contradictory ways. Ultimately, Hick's own solution threatens two of his long-cherished goals: a robust religious realism and a tradition-neutral religious pluralism.

John Hick's Pluralist Philosophy of World Religions

John Hick's Pluralist Philosophy of World Religions
Author: Paul Rhodes Eddy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2020-08-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 100016067X


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This title was first published in 2002. One of the most fascinating and controversial interpretations of religious diversity is 'religious pluralism.' According to John Hick's model of religious pluralism, all the world's great religions are equally valid ways of understanding and responding to the ultimate spiritual reality. This book offers an exposition of, and critical response to, John Hick's model. Introducing the various interpretations of religious diversity being discussed today, this book presents constructive suggestions as to how things could be further developed to offer a more accurate, less confusing presentation of the various options in theology of religions. The standard threefold typology of responses to religious diversity - exclusivism, inclusivism, and pluralism - are explained and defended. Hick's pluralist interpretation of religious diversity is traced, culminating in a critical assessment of Hick's pluralistic model and an up-to-date summary of a variety of critiques directed toward Hick's proposal. Paul Rhodes Eddy concludes that Hick's present model is ultimately unsuccessful in retaining both of his long-cherished goals, a robust religious realism and a consistent religious pluralism, whilst overcoming the most difficult problem for the pluralist, the fact that the world's religions understand the divine in often contradictory ways.

Dialogues in the Philosophy of Religion

Dialogues in the Philosophy of Religion
Author: J. Hick
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2010-04-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0230283977


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This is a collection of John Hick's essays on the understanding of the world's religions as different human responses to the same ultimate transcendent reality. He is in dialogue with contemporary philosophers (some of whom contribute new responses); with Evangelicals; with the Vatican and other both Catholic and Protestant theologians.

Religious Pluralism and the Modern World

Religious Pluralism and the Modern World
Author: S. Sugirtharajah
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2011-12-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0230360130


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A fascinating collection of essays by leading scholars in the field engage with the idea of religious pluralism mooted by John Hick to offer incisive insights on religious pluralism and related themes and to address practical aspects such as interreligious spirituality and worship in a multi-faith context.

Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World

Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World
Author: Zondervan,
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2010-09-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310872383


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Religious pluralism is the greatest challenge facing Christianity in today's Western culture. The belief that Christ is the only way to God is being challenged, and increasingly Christianity is seen as just one among many valid paths to God. In Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World, four perspectives are presented by their major proponents: Normative Pluralism: All ethical religions lead to God (John Hick) Inclusivism: Salvation is universally available, but is established by and leads to Christ (Clark Pinnock) Salvation in Christ: Agnosticism regarding those who haven't heard the gospel (Alister McGrath) Salvation in Christ Alone: Salvation depends on explicit personal faith in Jesus Christ alone (R. Douglas Geivett and W. Gary Phillips) This book allows each contributor to not only present the case for his view, but also to critique and respond to the critiques of the other contributors. The Counterpoints series presents a comparison and critique of scholarly views on topics important to Christians that are both fair-minded and respectful of the biblical text. Each volume is a one-stop reference that allows readers to evaluate the different positions on a specific issue and form their own, educated opinion.

An Interpretation of Religion

An Interpretation of Religion
Author: J. Hick
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 417
Release: 1989-03-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0230371280


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A new and groundbreaking investigation which takes full account of the finding of the social and historical sciences whilst offering a religious interpretation of the religions as different culturally conditioned responses to a transcendent Divine Reality. Written with great clarity and force, and with a wealth of fresh insights, this major work (based on the author's Gifford Lectures of 1986-7) treats the principal topics in the philosophy of religion and establishes both a basis for religious affirmation today and a framework for the developing world-wide inter-faith dialogue.

Problems of Religious Pluralism

Problems of Religious Pluralism
Author: John Harwood Hick
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 157
Release: 1985-10-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1349179752


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Problems in the Philosophy of Religion

Problems in the Philosophy of Religion
Author: Harold Hewitt Jr
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1349215473


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In 1989 John Hick published his Gifford Lectures under the title An Interpretation of Religion, a work which provided important new insights about the nature of the world's religions. Soon after, a group of scholars from around the world gathered in Claremont, California to discuss, analyze and criticize An Interpretation of Religion. This book is a written record of those proceedings - including Hick's responses - that serves to clarify both Hick's position as well as the issues which concern his critics.

No One Like Him

No One Like Him
Author: John S. Feinberg
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 881
Release: 2006-04-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433519569


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Many contemporary theologians claim that the classical picture of God painted by Augustine and Aquinas is both outmoded and unbiblical. But rather than abandoning the traditional view completely, John Feinberg seeks a reconstructed model—one that reflects the ongoing advances in human understanding of God's revelation while recognizing the unchanging nature of God and His Word. Feinberg begins by exploring the contemporary concepts of God, particularly the openness and process views, and then studies God's being, nature, and acts—all to articulate a mediating understanding of God not just as the King, but the King who cares! Part of the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series.