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Salvations - Truth and Difference in Religion (Paperback)
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Salvations - Truth and Difference in Religion (Paperback)
Series: Faith Meets Faith S.
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For more than a century Christian theologians have attempted to
construct "theologies of religion" that would be recognized as
authentically Christian and authentic in relation to the historical
and social reality of many religions. This attempt usually ends in
an impasse in which either only one religion is portrayed as
holding the true path to salvation, or that many do. Neither the
exclusivist nor the pluralist position is completely satisfactory
in integrating the two goals of an authentically Christian and
historically viable theology of religions. In calling this book
Salvations author S. Mark Heim moves the theology of religions
project beyond taking sides on exclusivist and pluralist views. The
crux of his argument is this: that it makes more sense to speak of
salvation in the plural, to maintain that the ends of various
religions are indeed varied and significantly constituted by the
paths taken to reach them. At the same time, all paths -
Christianity included - can and must make or require exclusive
commitments on the part of those that hold them. One of the most
intriguing features of Salvations is its careful critique of the
pluralist assumption of a single religious end to the many
religions. Heim's careful analysis of the writings of John Hick,
Wilfred Cantwell Smith, and Paul Knitter points out a central
weakness in the pluralist argument: by insisting that different
religions point to the same "ultimate, " pluralism fails its own
test of plurality. Heim points out that exclusivists should note
that in hypothesizing the many ends of different religions,
Salvations contradicts neither the finality of Christ, nor the
authentic, independent validity of other religions.
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