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Religious pluralism in Christian and Islamic philosophy : the thought of John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Title
Religious pluralism in Christian and Islamic philosophy : the thought of John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr / Adnan Aslan.
Author
Aslan, Adnan.
Publication
Richmond, England : Curzon, 1998.

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Description
xiv, 290 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Hick, John, 1922-2012
  • Nasr, Seyyed Hossein
  • Hick, John, 1922-2012
  • Nasr, Seyyed Hossein
  • Naṣr, Ḥusain
  • Hick, John
  • Religion > Philosophy
  • Religious pluralism > Christianity
  • Religious pluralism > Islam
  • Philosophical theology
  • Religiöser Pluralismus
  • Islamitische filosofie
  • Pluralisme (algemeen)
  • Godsdiensten
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-285) and index.
Contents
  • Ch. 1. Intellectual Biographies. John Hick. Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Ch. 2. Religion and Tradition. The Origin of Religion. Religion and Change. The Sophia Perennis. What is Tradition? -- Ch. 3. Knowledge and the Ultimate. The Religious 'Neutrality' of the Universe. Religious Experience. Religious Language. Knowledge as Vision. 'Given Knowledge' or 'Gained Knowledge': Intellect and Reason. Is God Knowable? To Know is to be Saved -- Ch. 4. The Need for a Pluralistic Approach in Religion. Globalization and Religion. Religious Identity and Fortuity of 'Birth'. Absolute Truth Claims of Religions. The Diversity of Religions. The Cultural Limits of Hick's Hypothesis of Religious Pluralism. The Traditional Conception of Religions. Secularisation Process and the Eclipse of the Sacred. The Rediscovery of Tradition. The Limits of the Traditional Outlook -- Ch. 5. The Ultimate and Pluralism. The Ineffable Deity. Does the Real Possess any Qualities? The Real and the 'gods' of Religions.
  • Salvation as Transformation. Some Critical Remarks on Hick's Hypothesis. God as Reality. The Ultimate in the Manifested Order. The Absolute in Diverse Religious Forms. An Assessment of Nasr's Account of Reality -- Ch. 6. Christianity and Islam: Manifestations of the Ultimate. Christianity and Pluralism. A New Christology for a New World. Hick's Perception of Islam. Islam and Pluralism. A Theoretical Framework for an 'Islamic Religious Pluralism'. Historical Manifestation of the Principle of 'Islamic Pluralism'. Islam and Modernity. Christianity and Christ: A Muslim View -- App. Religions and the Concept of Ultimate.
ISBN
  • 0700710256
  • 9780700710256
LCCN
98220276
OCLC
  • ocm40057313
  • 40057313
  • SCSB-382570
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library