Approaching the World's Religions, Volume 1: Philosophically Thinking about World Religions (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498295949)

Philosophically Thinking about World Religions is different from other works in the discipline today. It deviates from the typical approaches used for the study of world religions. Its goal is to engage readers in thinking hard about world religions, not about the data surrounding those traditions. By focusing on philosophical questions, each reader should be challenged to do their own investigations that may reveal the heart of these traditions. Another stance that this project takes that distinguishes it from other texts in the discipline is that it advocates an inclusivist perspective regarding the world religions. Pluralism, which is the predominate assumption today, ends either in contradiction or in the development of a metatheory that dismisses crucial distinctions between the various traditions or eliminates some ancient religions because they do not fit the metatheory. By taking an open inclusivist approach, all religious traditions may engage at the table of dialogue. The final essay is about justice and social affairs. While that discussion is couched within the context of a particular tradition, each religious tradition must have the discussion. But it must be more than an intrareligious dialogue; it must become an interreligious dialogue.

Author: Robert Boyd
ISBN-10: 1498295940
ISBN-13: 9781498295949
Publisher: Cascade Books
Language: English
Published: 05/04/2017
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d