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In this incisive and important volume, Jacques Dupuis offers new
insights on the most important issue facing Christian theology
today -- giving an account of Christian faith as Christians go more
deeply along the road of dialogue and collaboration with the
followers of other religious traditions. His task is to square a
dogmatic circle. How does one do justice to the Gospel claim that
Jesus the Christ is the final and universal savior of all humankind
in every age, while also doing justice to the experience that
truth, grace, holiness, and power are experienced in other
religious traditions? In the first six chapters Dupuis reviews the
history of the Western Christian tradition's teaching on other
religious Ways through the breakthrough at Vatican Council II. In
chapters 7 and 8 he reviews the critical issues of uniqueness of
Christ and Christian proposals to account for the mediation of
salvation in other religious Ways. He discusses also the
relationship between the Reign of God, the Church, and the
Religions. In chapter 9 he explores the nature and role of dialogue
in a pluralistic society. In chapter 10 offers sage reflections on
interreligious prayer.
We've all heard the rationale: "It doesn't matter what you believe
as long as you're sincere." Or "All religions are pretty much the
same." But are they the same? Does it matter which one you follow?
In this insightful and compelling book, Michael Green invites
readers into a relationship with Jesus Christ, the divine
revelation and only pathway to the one true God.
In a conversational style geared toward nonbelievers, Green
compares Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and other religions to help
spiritual seekers navigate the multi-faith maze. "But Don't All
Religions Lead to God?" is an ideal reference and evangelism tool
for churches and individual Christians as well. It offers
scriptural references, looks at how divergent religious traditions
view salvation and eternity, and answers difficult questions such
as "What about people who have never heard of Jesus?" and "How
should Christians regard other religions?"
In the midst of our pluralistic and tolerant culture, here is an
important and convincing argument for faith in Jesus-the only great
teacher whose death and resurrection provided grace, forgiveness,
and an eternity in the presence of God.
During the 1650s, James Nayler was one of the most important
leaders of the emerging Quaker movement in England and, arguably,
its most effective preacher and writer. However, his legacy has
been dominated by events that took place in the summer and autumn
of 1656, leading to a conviction for blasphemy, brutal public
punishment, and imprisonment. Official histories of Quaker
beginnings portrayed him as a gifted, but flawed, character, who
brought the Quaker movement into disrepute, and prompted a concern
for corporate order. Scholarship during the past century has begun
to question this received position. However, a continued
preoccupation with his 'fall' has tended to overshadow
interpretations of his writings. In this volume, Stuart Masters
seeks to identify a number of important theological themes visible
within Nayler's works, and to locate them within their radical
religious context. He argues that a powerful Christological vision
at the heart of Nayler's religious thought engendered a practical
theology with radical political, economic, and ecological
implications.
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