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Christianity and World Religions: Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions
 
 
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Christianity and World Religions: Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions [Paperback]

Gavin D'Costa (Author)

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1405176733 978-1405176736 March 17, 2009 1
An engaging and accessible introduction to Christianity’s relationship with other world religions, addressing the questions of why the reality, and vitality, of other religions has become a challenge, and showing how Christianity is equipped to deal with religious plurality at both the doctrinal and social level.

  • Timely and accessible, this book tackles the question of why the reality, and vitality, of other religions has become a challenge for Christianity
  • Makes a decisive contribution to debates about the clash between Islam and the West, arguing that the major threat to religious freedoms come from secularism, and that Islam and Christianity both have the resources to develop a vibrant and pluralist public square; one informed by intellectual rigor and debate
  • Considers the wider issue of how modernity has defined ‘religion’, and provides a substantial critique of secular ways of controlling religions
  • Shows how Christianity is very well suited to deal with religious plurality at the doctrinal and social level
  • Addresses the core issues and describes the various answers that have been proposed in recent years – making it an ideal introduction to the field, and one which will stimulate ideas and discussions

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"I warmly encourage readers in each to take it up and read." (One in Christ, July 2010)

"[D'Costa] finds convincing substantiation for his position in biblical, patristic, and medieval Christian doctrine." (CHOICE, September 2009)"For a generation which is reasserting its Catholic identity, this thesis may serve a valuable purpose, calming the anxieties of those who, admirable, have managed to maintain an interest in the salvation of non-Christians yet are as hard put to win converts as their more pluralist co-religionists." (The Way, January 2010)

"His gazetteer of these regions at the edge of the eschatological map is fascinating. The closing pages are as perceptive a meditation on what the dereliction of the cross can and cannot mean as we might expect to find in a first-rate book devoted entirely to that subject." (Chruch Times, December 2009)

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"The deepest challenge to global Christianity is in its relation to world religions. Informative and thought-provoking, this book tackles one of the most heated issues of the time: the interactions within religious pluralism. Old-timers and newcomers to disputes over these 'disputed questions' will not walk away from this book casually or apathetically. It is provocative and, yes, challenging."
Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago

“In this book, Gavin D'Costa continues to push and stretch established categories and traditional doctrines to provide highly original and deeply provocative thoughts on the relationship between Christianity and other religions and on the role of religion in the public square.  And his approach to the question of the salvation of non-Christians in terms of Christ's descent into hell will undoubtedly be the focus of heated discussion in the theology of religions for years to come.”
–Catherine Cornille, Associate Professor of Comparative Theology at Boston College, Author of The Im-Possibility of Interreligious Dialogue.


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radical orthodoxy, unitary pluralism, restrictivist inclusivists, principled secularism, which public square, salvific structures, outsider reporting, ideological secularism, instrumental causality, rational dialectics, controlling beliefs, descent into the limbo, comparative theology, lawful religion, preparatio evangelica, salvific grace, public reasoning, unbaptized infants, magisterial teaching
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Gavin D'Costa, Jesus Christ, The Secular Construction of the Sacred, United States, Early Map Making, Changing the Angle, Recent Maps, Saudi Arabia, Cambridge Platonists, Roman Catholic, John Paul, Modernity's Story, Holy Innocents, Karl Rahner, Holy Spirit, Blessed Trinity, Lumen Gentium, Middle East, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Son of God, John Rawls, John Milbank, Good Friday, Protestant Scholastics, Supreme Leader
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