George Lindbeck as a Potential Religious Pluralist
Interreligious dialogue and conversion are two contentious foci for understanding how religion operates. An interpretation of George Lindbeck serves as a starting point for discussion in this paper. The dominant reading is that Lindbeck claims that traditions absorb the world. Religious traditions a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Heythrop journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 368-382 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AX Inter-religious relations CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NAB Fundamental theology |
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| Summary: | Interreligious dialogue and conversion are two contentious foci for understanding how religion operates. An interpretation of George Lindbeck serves as a starting point for discussion in this paper. The dominant reading is that Lindbeck claims that traditions absorb the world. Religious traditions are isolated, and the one with a greater capacity to assimilate others' concerns emerges the strongest - implying what is called exclusivism. My proposal is that a different reading of Lindbeck is possible; I am not so much questioning Lindbeck as highlighting another aspect of his oeuvre. If grammar, framework and structure - and not propositional first-order ontological contents - are given first place, dialogue and conversion appear differently. Questions must be raised, however; isn't it true that there is always some content and substance - even if hidden or disguised? |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2265 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Heythrop journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/heyj.12136 |