Exploring Religious Pluralism - From Mystical Theology to the Science-Theology Dialogue

"How can we more deeply understand religious pluralism? In this study, Christopher C. Knight suggests that current explorations of the subject may be supplemented by combining new thinking about divine action with the kind of 'mystical theology' that sees doctrinal statements as aids to contemplation rather than philosophical truth claims"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Apophaticism and perennialism; 3. The philosophy of religion and its limitations; 4. Philosophy and noetic perception; 5. Philosophy and the pluralistic hypothesis; 6. Beyond philosophical argument; 7. Archetypes and 'platonic' mysticism; 8. Noetic perception and the role of the imagination; 9. The evolution of religiosity; 10. Revelation and divine action: a 'problem' solved?; 11. A pluralistic model in the making; 12. Pluralism or 'reciprocal inclusivism'?; Afterword.

About the author

Christopher C. Knight is a Senior Research Associate of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge, England. Formerly the Executive Secretary and current Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion, he is the author of Wrestling with the Divine (2001), The God of Nature (2007), Science and the Christian Faith (2020) and Eastern Orthodoxy and the Science-Theology Dialogue (Cambridge University Press 2022).

Product details

• Authors: Christopher C Knight, Christopher C. Knight, Christopher C. (University of Cambridge) Knight
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009450263
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0945026-3
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, comparative religion, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Philosophy, Theology, Philosophy of religion