A Christian Theology of Religions: The Rainbow of FaithsRenowned theologian and philosopher of religion John Hick takes a hard look at an important intellectual problem facing Christians today: where exactly does Christianity fit into the scheme of the world in light of other world religions? And is it possible to remain Christian while accepting the truth of other beliefs? Offering good reasons for why the traditional stance that Christianity is the only true religion is no longer workable, Hick puts forth a cogent defense of Christianity in the global context of other religions. |
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Avis d'utilisateur - stevenschroeder - LibraryThingOne of the most useful aspects of this book, which began as the 1994 Auburn lectures at Union Theological Seminary in New York, is Hick's discussion of the etiquette of controversy. It is not ... Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
Salvation Mission and Dialogue | 104 |
A Christianity That Sees Itself as One True Religion | 125 |
A view from the year 2056 | 134 |
Some Thanks and Explanations | 148 |
Index | 157 |
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Page 85 - What is now called the Christian religion has existed among the ancients, and was not absent from the beginning of the human race, until Christ came in the flesh; from which time the true religion, which existed already, began to be called Christian.
Page 140 - I. 13. mo ko kahan dhumo bande 0 SERVANT, where dost thou seek Me ? Lo ! I am beside thee. 1 am neither in temple nor in mosque: I am neither in Kaaba nor in Kailash : Neither am I in rites and ceremonies, nor in Yoga and renunciation. If thou art a true seeker, thou shalt at once see Me: thou shalt meet Me in a moment of time. Kabir says, ' O Sadhu! God is the breath of all breath.
Page 37 - The humble, meek, merciful, just, pious, and devout souls are everywhere of one religion, and when death has taken off the mask they will know one another, though the diverse liveries they wear here make them strangers.
Page 83 - Amen I say to you, as long as you did it for one of these, the least of my brethren, you did it for me.' "Then he will say to those on his left hand, 'Depart from me, accursed ones, into the everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels.
Page 140 - I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty; You do not see that the Real is in your home, and you wander from forest to forest listlessly!
Page 35 - If God be within the mosque, then to whom does this world belong ? If Rama be within the image, then who is there to know what happens without?
Page 145 - God is the Light of the heavens and the earth; the likeness of His Light is as a niche wherein is a lamp (the lamp in a glass, the glass as it were a glittering star) kindled from a Blessed Tree, an olive that is neither of the East nor of the West whose oil wellnigh would shine, even if no fire touched it; Light upon Light; (God guides to His Light whom He will.) (And God strikes similitudes for men, and God has knowledge of everything.
Page 83 - In the years since the war, more than one billion souls have passed into eternity and more than half of these went to the torment of hell fire without even hearing of Jesus Christ, who He was, or why He died on the cross of Calvary.