Pluralism (OCR A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Pluralism definition
Pluralism definition
Many routes to salvation, Christianity is one path
Key unitary theological pluralist
Key unitary theological pluralist
John Hick
Hick's phrase about condemning good non-Christians
Hick's phrase about condemning good non-Christians
Paradox of gigantic proportions
Hick's Copernican revolution analogy
Hick's Copernican revolution analogy
God at centre, not Christianity
Hick: salvation is theocentric not...
Hick: salvation is theocentric not...
Christocentric
Kant's distinction: noumenal vs phenomenal
Kant's distinction: noumenal vs phenomenal
World as it is vs world as we see it
Hick's term for underlying reality religions refer to
Hick's term for underlying reality religions refer to
'The real' / An-Sich
Hick: religious truth claims (e.g. Jesus as God) are
Hick: religious truth claims (e.g. Jesus as God) are
Myth, not literal facts
Hick's parable: different religious understandings
Hick's parable: different religious understandings
Blind men and the elephant
Hick's belief everyone will be saved
Hick's belief everyone will be saved
Universal salvation
Keith Ward's pluralist view vs Hick
Keith Ward's pluralist view vs Hick
Many different 'reals', not one God
Paul Knitter: all religions' soteriology aim
Paul Knitter: all religions' soteriology aim
Liberate from injustice, suffering
Knitter: primary purpose of religious community
Knitter: primary purpose of religious community
Praxis (action)
Raimon Panikkar's key concept
Raimon Panikkar's key concept
Openness to truth
Pluralism weakness: undermines what about Jesus?
Pluralism weakness: undermines what about Jesus?
His sacrifice - why incarnate if not needed?