Religious Pluralism and TruthEssays on Cross - Cultural Philosophy of ReligionEdited by Thomas DeanSri Garib Dass Oriental Series No. 213Sri Satguru Publications (Delhi), ISBN: 81-7030524-1
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About the Book
This book is an introduction to cross-cultural philosophy of religion. It presents an alternative to Western-oriented philosophy of religion by focusing on questions of truth in the context of religious pluralism, including the criteria, models, and hermeneutics of cross-cultural truth in religion. The essays included are by some of the leading philosophers of religion and scholars in comparative religious thought such as Ninian Smart, Raimundo Panikkar, Harold Coward, William Wainwright, William Christian Sr., and Frederick Streng.
Thomas Dean is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Temple University. He is co-founder of the newly-established International Association of Asian Philosophy and Religion.
"This anthology helpfully and provocatively questions many current assumptions in various schools of scholarship about the value-free nature, or ethical, cultural, and rational relativism, inherent to the comparative study of religions. This I think in itself makes the book important and helpful. Moreover, many of the essays suggest and evaluate possible normative-constructive criteria appropriate to the cross-cultural philosophy of religion, and some essays also helpfully raise and clarify some of the methodological weaknesses of past comparative studies."
Michael Stoeber, The Catholic University of America
Contents:
PrefaceIntroduction: Cross-Cultural Philosophy of ReligionThomas Dean
Part I. Religious Pluralism and Cross-Cultural Truth
1. The Philosophy of Worldviews, or the Philosophy of Religion TransformedNinian Smart
2. Philosophical Pluralism and the Plurality of ReligionsRaimundo Panikkar
3. Religious Pluralism and the Future of ReligionsHarold Coward
Part II. Criteria of Cross-Cultural Truth in Religion
4. Truth, Criteria and Dialogue Between ReligionsNinian Smart
5. Doctrinal Schemes, Metaphysics and Propositional TruthWilliam J. Wainwright
6. Religious Pluralism and Cross-Cultural Criteria of Religious TruthMary Ann Stenger
Part III. Models of Cross-Cultural Truth in Religion
7. The Logic of Oppositions of Religious DoctrinesWilliam A. Christian, Sr.
8. The Doctrines of a Religious Community about Other ReligionsJoseph A. DiNoia
9. The Logic of Interreligious DialogueNorbert M. Samuelson
10. Gadamer's Hermeneutics as a Model for Cross-Cultural Understanding and Truth in ReligionMary Ann Stenger
Part IV. Hermeneutics of Cross-Cultural Truth in Religion
11. Rethinking the Doctrine of Double-Truth: Ambiguity, Relativity and UniversalityConrad Hyers
12. Mystical Experience as a Bridge for Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Religion: A CritiqueJohn Y. Fenton
13. Structures of Ultimate Transformation and the Hermeneutics of Cross-cultural Philosophy of ReligionFrderick J. Streng
14. The Hermeneutics of Comparative Ontology and Comparative TheologyAshok K. Gangadean
NotesContributorsIndex
Price: Rs. 400
About the Book
This book is an introduction to cross-cultural philosophy of religion. It presents an alternative to Western-oriented philosophy of religion by focusing on questions of truth in the context of religious pluralism, including the criteria, models, and hermeneutics of cross-cultural truth in religion. The essays included are by some of the leading philosophers of religion and scholars in comparative religious thought such as Ninian Smart, Raimundo Panikkar, Harold Coward, William Wainwright, William Christian Sr., and Frederick Streng.
Thomas Dean is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Temple University. He is co-founder of the newly-established International Association of Asian Philosophy and Religion.
"This anthology helpfully and provocatively questions many current assumptions in various schools of scholarship about the value-free nature, or ethical, cultural, and rational relativism, inherent to the comparative study of religions. This I think in itself makes the book important and helpful. Moreover, many of the essays suggest and evaluate possible normative-constructive criteria appropriate to the cross-cultural philosophy of religion, and some essays also helpfully raise and clarify some of the methodological weaknesses of past comparative studies."
Michael Stoeber, The Catholic University of America
Contents:
PrefaceIntroduction: Cross-Cultural Philosophy of ReligionThomas Dean
Part I. Religious Pluralism and Cross-Cultural Truth
1. The Philosophy of Worldviews, or the Philosophy of Religion TransformedNinian Smart
2. Philosophical Pluralism and the Plurality of ReligionsRaimundo Panikkar
3. Religious Pluralism and the Future of ReligionsHarold Coward
Part II. Criteria of Cross-Cultural Truth in Religion
4. Truth, Criteria and Dialogue Between ReligionsNinian Smart
5. Doctrinal Schemes, Metaphysics and Propositional TruthWilliam J. Wainwright
6. Religious Pluralism and Cross-Cultural Criteria of Religious TruthMary Ann Stenger
Part III. Models of Cross-Cultural Truth in Religion
7. The Logic of Oppositions of Religious DoctrinesWilliam A. Christian, Sr.
8. The Doctrines of a Religious Community about Other ReligionsJoseph A. DiNoia
9. The Logic of Interreligious DialogueNorbert M. Samuelson
10. Gadamer's Hermeneutics as a Model for Cross-Cultural Understanding and Truth in ReligionMary Ann Stenger
Part IV. Hermeneutics of Cross-Cultural Truth in Religion
11. Rethinking the Doctrine of Double-Truth: Ambiguity, Relativity and UniversalityConrad Hyers
12. Mystical Experience as a Bridge for Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Religion: A CritiqueJohn Y. Fenton
13. Structures of Ultimate Transformation and the Hermeneutics of Cross-cultural Philosophy of ReligionFrderick J. Streng
14. The Hermeneutics of Comparative Ontology and Comparative TheologyAshok K. Gangadean
NotesContributorsIndex
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