Christianity and Plurality

Classic and Contemporary Readings

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Paperback, 392 blz. | Engels
John Wiley & Sons | e druk, 1999
ISBN13: 9780631209157
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This selection of source readings brings together diverse materials from the Christian tradition in order to help students think theologically about the implications of religious plurality.

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ISBN13:9780631209157
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:392

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Acknowledgments.
<p>1. Introduction: Religious Pluralism Old and New.</p>
<p>Part I: Biblical Texts:.</p>
<p>A. Old Testament:.</p>
<p>2. Genesis 1–3 (creation and fall narratives).</p>
<p>3. Genesis 9 (Noahic covenant).</p>
<p>4. Genesis 11–12, 15 (Abrahamic calling and covenant).</p>
<p>5. Ruth 1–4 (a non–Israelite′s adoption of the faith of the Israelites).</p>
<p>6. Deuteronomy 5 (law of the covenant).</p>
<p>7. I Kings 18 (the encounter of God and the gods).</p>
<p>8. Ezra [selections] (building of walls literal and otherwise to keep out non–Jews).</p>
<p>9. Esther 1–10 (a Jewess flourishes in a non–Jewish setting but rallies to the cause of her people).</p>
<p>10. Wisdom literature [selections] (human wisdom is esteemed, but the fear of Jahweh is the source of true wisdom).</p>
<p>11. Isaiah [selections] (judgement of the nations of the earth followed by promise).</p>
<p>12. Daniel 1–6 (a Jew is true to his faith in a foreign land and is blessed).</p>
<p>13. Amos 1–6 (judgement of the nations and of Israel).</p>
<p>14. Jonah 1–4 (God′s concern with nations other than Israel).</p>
<p>15. Micah 4 (the peoples of the earth walk in the name of their gods).</p>
<p>B. New Testament:.</p>
<p>16. The Gospels [selections] (life and ministry of Jesus).</p>
<p>17. Matthew 28 (the Great Commission).</p>
<p>18. John 1 (prologue concerning the logos).</p>
<p>19. John 3 (God′s love for the world and sacrificial gift for the world).</p>
<p>20. John 14 (intimate relations between Father, Son, and Spirit; bond of love between God and believing humanity).</p>
<p>21. Acts 14 (God′s universal witness).</p>
<p>22. Acts 17 (Paul on the Areopagus).</p>
<p>23. Romans 1 (universal natural knowledge of God).</p>
<p>24. Romans 2–3, 8–11 (the question of election).</p>
<p>25. I Timothy 2 (divine desire for universal salvation).</p>
<p>26. I John 4 (God is love).</p>
<p>27. Revelation 22 (the close of the Biblical narrative on an eschatological note).</p>
<p>Part II: Patristic Texts: .</p>
<p>28. Justin Martyr, ′The First Apology′.</p>
<p>29. Tertullian, ′The Prescriptions Against the Heretics′.</p>
<p>30. Origen, ′De Principiis′, Book I/6, Book III/6.</p>
<p>31. Augustine, ′On the Profit of Believing′.</p>
<p>32. Augustine, ′The City of God′, Book VI, Book VIII/1.</p>
<p>33. Athanasian Creed.</p>
<p>Part III: Medieval Texts:.</p>
<p>34. Anselm, ′Proslogium′.</p>
<p>35. Thomas Aquinas, ′Summa Theologiae′ I.1.1; I–II.109; I–II.112–114; II–II.2–10; II–II.81.</p>
<p>Part IV: Renaissance and Reformation Texts:.</p>
<p>36. Nicholas of Cusa, ′De Pace Fidei′.</p>
<p>37. John Calvin, ′Institutes of the Christian Religion′, Book I/1–10, Book II/2/12–27.</p>
<p>38. The Creed of the Council of Trent.</p>
<p>Part V: Modern Texts:.</p>
<p>39. Herbert of Cherbury ′De Veritate′ [selections].</p>
<p>40. Rene Descartes, ′Meditations on First Philosophy′ [selections].</p>
<p>41. G. E. Lessing, ′Nathan the Wise′ Act III, Scene 7.</p>
<p>42. Friedrich Schleiermacher, ′The Christian Faith′ 3–4, 6–12, 14.</p>
<p>43. Ernst Troeltsch, ′The Place of Christianity Among the World Religions′.</p>
<p>44. Karl Barth, ′The Revelation of God as the Abolition of Religion′.</p>
<p>45. Hendrik Kraemer, ′An Attempt at an Answer′.</p>
<p>46. Joachim Wach, ′General Revelation and the Religions of the World′.</p>
<p>47. Vatican II, ′Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non–Christian Religions′.</p>
<p>48. Karl Rahner, ′Christianity and the Non–Christian Religions′.</p>
<p>49. Paul Tillich, ′Christianity Judging Itself In the Light of Its Encounter With the World Religions′.</p>
<p>50. Paul Tillich, ′The Significance of the History of Religions for the Systematic Theologian′.</p>
<p>51. Stanley Samartha, ′Dialogue as a Continuing Christian Concern′.</p>
<p>52. Wilfred Cantwell Smith, ′The Christian in a Religiously Plural World′.</p>
<p>53. John Hick, ′Whatever Path Men Choose is Mine′.</p>
<p>54. John Hick, ′A Philosophy of Religious Pluralism′.</p>
<p>55. Lesslie Newbigin, ′The Gospel and the Religions′.</p>
<p>56. Peter Berger, ′God in a World of Gods′.</p>
<p>57. John Paul II, ′Crossing the Threshold of Hope′ [selections].</p>
<p>Further Reading.</p>
<p>Index.</p>
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