Christianity and world religions: disputed questions in the theology of religions

Why has the reality of other religions become a big problem for Christianity?In the past, Christianity has been able to largely ignore other religions butin recent decades, not just the reality, but the vitality of other religions have become a challenge. This book is an engaging and accessible introduction to Christianitys relationship with other world religions, showing how Christianity is equipped to deal with religious plurality at both the doctrinal and social level. INDICE: Part I: Charting the Territory: Theology of Religions 1.Early Map Making Introduction Pluralism Inclusivism Exclusivism 2. Changing the Angle: Recent Maps Some Criticisms of the Threefold Typology Comparative Theology Postmodern Postliberalism Part II: The Making and Meaning of Religions 3. Modernitys Story Introduction Modernitys Story about Religions 4. An Alternative: The Secular Construction of the Sacred Modernity as the Establishment of a New Ruling Religion Conclusion Part III: Religions in the Public Square 5. Whose Religion and Which Public Square? The Public Square A Taxonomy of Secular Modernity and Postmodernity 6. Christian and Muslim Public Squares Roman Catholicism, Modernity and Religious Plurality Islam, Reasoned Debate, and Religious Plurality Part IV: Christs Descent into Hell 7. Old Doctrines for New Jobs Introduction The Descent: Introduction to the Circles of Hell The Limbo of the Just andthe Unevangelized 8. Further into the Inferno Purgatory and the Non-ChristianThe Childrens Limbo The Descent into Hell Bibliography Subject Index Index ofWorks

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-7673-6
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 248
• Fecha Publicación: 13/02/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés