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| john hick philosophy of religion: Philosophy of Religion John Hick, 1990 A contemporary introduction to the main topics in the philosophy of religion written by a world-renowned philosopher. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Dialogues in the Philosophy of Religion J. Hick, 2010-04-07 This is a collection of John Hick's essays on the understanding of the world's religions as different human responses to the same ultimate transcendent reality. He is in dialogue with contemporary philosophers (some of whom contribute new responses); with Evangelicals; with the Vatican and other both Catholic and Protestant theologians. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: An Interpretation of Religion J. Hick, 2004-10-11 An updated new edition of the groundbreaking investigation which takes full account of the finding of the social and historical sciences whilst offering a religious interpretation of the religions as different culturally conditioned responses to a transcendent Divine Reality. Written with great clarity and force, and with a wealth of fresh insights, this major work (based on the author's Gifford Lectures of 1896-7) treats the principal topics in the philosophy of religion and establishes both a basis for religious affirmation today and a framework for the developing world-wide inter-faith dialogue. Includes a new Introduction to the second edition. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Between Faith and Doubt J. Hick, 2010-04-09 This short book is a lively dialogue between a religious believer and a skeptic. It covers all the main issues including different ideas of God, the good and bad in religion, religious experience and neuroscience, pain and suffering, death and life after death, and includes interesting autobiographical revelations. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Problems in the Philosophy of Religion Harold Hewitt, 2011-08-30 Hewitt is Executive VP of Chapman University. He is a graduate of Cornell College, Iowa, and of The Claremont Graduate University's Drucker Center, where he earned his MBA with a concentration in finance. John Hick is Danforth Professor Emeritus of Religion at Claremont Graduate School. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: John Hick's Pluralist Philosophy of World Religions Paul R. Eddy, 2015-06-22 According to John Hick's model of religious pluralism, all the world's great religions present equally valid ways of understanding and responding to the same ultimate Reality. This book offers an exposition of, and critical response to, Hick's model. Following an introductory chapter that surveys dominant approaches to religious diversity, the rise and development of Hick's pluralist interpretation of religions is traced. Finally, a critical assessment of Hick's mature pluralist model is offered. The conclusion: Hick's model is ultimately unsuccessful in overcoming the pluralist's most difficult conceptual problem, namely providing an adequate account of the fact that the world's religions understand the divine Reality in often contradictory ways. Ultimately, Hick's own solution threatens two of his long-cherished goals: a robust religious realism and a tradition-neutral religious pluralism. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Against John Hick Terry Richard Mathis, 1985 The aim of this study is to examine and critically evaluate the philosophy of religion of John Hick. I refer to his having a philosophy of religion in the sense that he advocates a method of philosophical inquiry and consequently an understanding of religious phenomena that he takes to be integral to his own unique philosophical theology. In order to evaluate his views in their context, the first three chapters provide an introduction both to his overall position and to the contemporary issues with which he deals. Thereafter I proceed with my criticisms, finding most importantly that he does not have sufficient justification for the kind of theistic claims he wants to make. I reach this conclusion by playing him against his own empirical orientation to matters of fact, and since the veracity of his account of this empiricist linguistic framework is assumed, my evaluation of his work is carried on internally. My criticisms generally depend upon a lack of consistency and coherence within Hick's system of thought itself. Little attention is given to the strengths and liabilities of any particular philosophical or theological orientation he may adopt. My strategy is to assume the legitimacy of these orientations in the manner they happen to be construed by his system. In doing so, I find that he attempts to build upon a secular empiricist base that excludes the possibility of the theological superstructure he hopes to erect. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Problems of Religious Pluralism John Harwood Hick, 1985-10-07 |
| john hick philosophy of religion: God Has Many Names John Hick, 1982-01-01 Analyzes the attitudes of Christians toward other religions and examines how the major religions of the world establish a relationship with God |
| john hick philosophy of religion: A John Hick Reader J. Hick, 1990-05-09 John Hick is one of the most widely read and discussed living writers in modern theology and the philosophy of religion. This book offers students a one volume textbook on his thought. Extracts from his writings cover all the various themes for which Hick has become known: Faith and Knowledge, Philosophy of Religion, Evil and the God of Love, Death and Eternal Life, The Myth of God Incarnate, and Problems of Religious Pluralism. The extracts are preceded by an introductory essay by Paul Badham on John Hick's philosophical theology, and on the integrity of his life and thought. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: John Hick's Pluralist Philosophy of World Religions Paul Rhodes Eddy, 2020-08-26 This title was first published in 2002. One of the most fascinating and controversial interpretations of religious diversity is 'religious pluralism.' According to John Hick's model of religious pluralism, all the world's great religions are equally valid ways of understanding and responding to the ultimate spiritual reality. This book offers an exposition of, and critical response to, John Hick's model. Introducing the various interpretations of religious diversity being discussed today, this book presents constructive suggestions as to how things could be further developed to offer a more accurate, less confusing presentation of the various options in theology of religions. The standard threefold typology of responses to religious diversity - exclusivism, inclusivism, and pluralism - are explained and defended. Hick's pluralist interpretation of religious diversity is traced, culminating in a critical assessment of Hick's pluralistic model and an up-to-date summary of a variety of critiques directed toward Hick's proposal. Paul Rhodes Eddy concludes that Hick's present model is ultimately unsuccessful in retaining both of his long-cherished goals, a robust religious realism and a consistent religious pluralism, whilst overcoming the most difficult problem for the pluralist, the fact that the world's religions understand the divine in often contradictory ways. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Philosophy of Religion John Hick, 1963 |
| john hick philosophy of religion: A Christian Theology of Religions John Hick, 1995-01-01 Renowned theologian and philosopher of religion John Hick takes a hard look at intellectual problems facing Christians in the late twentieth century: 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? Employing the use of a dialogue between Phil (philosophy) and Grace (theology), Hick explores the validity of other religions and Christianity's place among them. Offering good reasons for why the traditional stance that Christianity is the only true religion is no longer workable, he puts forth a cogent defense of Christianity in the global context of other religions. This book is must reading for those concerned about the uniqueness of Christianity and how it is to be interpreted theologically in today's world. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Death and Eternal Life John Hick, 1994-01-01 In this cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study, John Hick draws upon major world religions, as well as biology, psychology, parapsychology, anthropology, and philosophy, to explore the mystery of death. He argues that scientific and philosophical objections to the idea of survival after death can be challenged, and he claims that human inadequacy in facing suffering supports the basic religious argument for immortality. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: John Hick John Hick, 2014-10-01 From Yorkshire schoolboy to philosopher and theologian of International renown, John Hick tells his life story in this warm and absorbing autobiography. Painting a vivid picture of Twentieth-century soceity, from 1950s America to racial tensions in England and in apartheid-era South Africa, he recounts the events that have shaped his life, including his early conversion to evangelical Christianity, his role as a conscientious objector in the Second World War, and his gradual often controversial- move towards a religious pluralism embracing all the world faiths. This thoughtful reflection on the changing face of religion and insight into one man's spiritual and intellectual journey will appeal to any concerned with the great human questions, from belief in the Transcendent, to the role of faith, and the nature of death and beyond. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: God and the Universe of Faiths John Hick, 2015-10-15 Hick addresses many of the major issues posing challenges to contemporary Christian belief, and offers his much-debated proposal for a Copernican revolution in our understanding of Christianity and the wider religious life of humanity. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Religious Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Philosophy Adnan Aslan, 2013-01-11 The philosophy of religion and theology are related to the culture in which they have developed. These disciplines provide a source of values and vision to the cultures of which they are part, while at the same time they are delimited and defined by their cultures. This book compares the ideas of two contemporary philosophers, John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, on the issues of religion, religions, the concept of the ultimate reality, and the notion of sacred knowledge. On a broader level, it compares two world-views: the one formed by Western Christian culture, which is religious in intention but secular in essence; the other Islamic, formed through the assimilation of traditional wisdom, which is turned against the norms of secular culture and is thus religious both in intention and essence. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: An Interpretation of Religion J. Hick, 1989-03-15 A new and groundbreaking investigation which takes full account of the finding of the social and historical sciences whilst offering a religious interpretation of the religions as different culturally conditioned responses to a transcendent Divine Reality. Written with great clarity and force, and with a wealth of fresh insights, this major work (based on the author's Gifford Lectures of 1986-7) treats the principal topics in the philosophy of religion and establishes both a basis for religious affirmation today and a framework for the developing world-wide inter-faith dialogue. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Classical and Contemporary Readings in the Philosophy of Religion John Hick, 1970 Religion as illustion / Ludwig Feuerbach -- Against proofs in religion / S2ren Kierkegaard -- Evil and a finite God / John Stuart Mill -- Mysticism : The will to believe / William James -- Religion versus the religious / John Dewey -- Cosmic teleology / F.R. Tennant -- Revelation and its mode / William Temple -- The existence of God / Bertrand Russell & F.C. Copleston -- The eternal thou / Martin Buber --. - Two types of philosophy of religion : Existential analyses and religious symbols / Paul Tillich -- On death and the mystical / Ludwig Wittgenstein -- The formally possible doctrines of God : Time, death and everlasting life / Charles Hartshorne -- Personal survival and the idea of another world / H.H. Price -- An empiricist's view of the nature of religious belief / R.B. Braithwaite -- A form of religious naturalism / John Herman Randall -- Gods. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: A John Hick Reader John Hick, 2011-07-05 Canonical criticism is not a recognized branch of biblical studies--granting new focus to questions of the authority and truth of the scriptural writings. Developed within a critical sense of the dominant historical-critical tone of biblical studies, canonical criticism as it has been pursued by the American scholars Brevard S. Childs and James A. Sanders stands as witness to the theological necessity of a more literary approach to the Bible.This book both criticizes the canonical enterprise, and takes it much further into readings of the canon from the perspective not only of literature, but also art, and in particular the biblical art of Rembrandt. In addition, it remains acutely conscious of the contemporary environment of our reading within the political concerns of feminist criticism, popular absorption in film and the narratives of the screen, and finally the crisis, or crises, which characterize the so-called postmodern condition.What emerges is at once highly critical of traditional strategies of canonization, and at the same time constructive and concerned to recover the Bible for our own time in readings which move outside the limited academic concerns of the biblical critic or the institutions of the church and religious community. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Faith and Knowledge John Hick, 2009-08-01 In this revision of his widely read study, John Hick has taken advantage of constructive comments on the first edition to make the book more useful. New material has been added and the overall structure of the volume has been changed to strengthen it both as an introduction to the problem of religious knowledge and as an exposition of the view of faith that seems to him most adequate. There is a new chapter on the Thomist-Catholic view of faith; a new treatment of the controversial notion of eschatological verification, taking account of various published critiques of the concept; and a new section on the way in which the Christian faith-awareness of God expresses itself in a distinctive way of life. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: John Hick's Religious Pluralism in Global Perspective Sharada Sugirtharajah, 2023 This volume contains fresh scholarly contributions to mark the birth centenary of John Hick, the internationally well-known philosopher of religion, whose works continue to have significant global relevance in today's religiously diverse and conflict-ridden world. His writings have reset the parameters of religious pluralism. Up till now, Hick's religious pluralism has been mainly seen in relation to the Western context where Christianity is the predominant religion. This volume includes both Western and non-Western engagement with his thinking in contexts such as Japan, China, Korea, Nigeria, and India, where Christianity is a minority religion with little political power. Its distinctiveness lies in widening the debate on religious pluralism by bringing Hick's pluralistic hypothesis into a constructive cross-cultural and interreligious conversation with scholars of Hinduism, Jainism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and African traditional religions. In doing so, this collection examines how Hick's philosophy of religious pluralism has been received, appropriated and appraised by these scholars. It has been appreciated and critiqued in equal measure, and continues to impact on current thinking on religious pluralism. This volume makes a significant contribution to the debate initiated by Hick. Sharada Sugirtharajah, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Theology, Philosophy and Religion, University of Birmingham. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: John Hick David Cheetham, 2003 John Hick is considered to be one of the greatest living philosophers of religion. Hick's philosophical journey has culminated in the grand proposal that we should see all the major world religions as equally valid responses to the same ultimate reality (the 'Real'). This book presents a critical introduction to John Hick's speculative theology and philosophy. The book begins where Hick began, with the problems of religious language, and ends where Hick is now, exploring the questions of religious plurality. Incorporating early aspects that Hick himself would now wish to qualify, as well as explanations that reflect Hick's present focus, Cheetham offers some speculative reflections of his own on key topics, highlighting Hick's influence on contemporary theology and philosophy of religion. All those studying the work of this great philosopher and theologian will find this new introduction offers an invaluable overview along with fresh critical insight. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: An Interpretation of Religion John Hick, 1989 Discusses traditional and recent arguments for and against the existence of God, the religious ambiguity of the universe, the question of transcendence and the basis for rational religious belief. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Christian Philosophy of Religion C. P. Ruloff, 2015 This book celebrates the work of Stephen T. Davis, who applied formal tools of philosophy to the articulation of Christian doctrine, in philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, and biblical studies. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Essays in the Philosophy of Religion Philip L. Quinn, 2006-10-12 This volume presents a selection of essays by the late Philip Quinn, one of the world's leading philosophers of religion. Quinn left behind an influential body of work on a wide variety of topics. He was the author of Divine Commands and Moral Requirements (1978) and of more than two hundred papers in philosophy. Fourteen of his best and most influential contributions to the philosophy of religion are gathered here. The papers have been organized around the following topics: religious epistemology, religious ethics, religion and tragic dilemmas, religion and political liberalism, topics in Christian philosophy, and religious diversity. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Faith and the Philosophers John Hick, 2011-07-05 To define and explore contemporary philosophical critiques of Christian belief is the purpose of this book, which arises out of a conference held at Princeton Theological Seminary. In a frank and extensive confrontation, outstanding philosophers and theologians met to search for greater clarity on some important issues in the philosophy of religion. The book contains the papers written for the conference, the prepared criticism, and excerpts from the debates. The discussions revolved around the experiential grounds of religious belief; the question as to what conclusions may legitimately be drawn from religious experience; the emptiness or otherwise of Christian belief and ethic in the modern world; the Freudian explanation of faith; and the Barthian defense of Christianity. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion, Second Edition Charles Taliaferro, Elsa J. Marty, 2018-01-25 A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion is an indispensable resource for students and scholars. Covering historical and contemporary figures, arguments, and terms, it offers an overview of the vital themes that make philosophy of religion the growing, vigorous field that it is today. It covers world religions and sources from east and west. Entries have been crafted for clarity, succinctness, and engagement. This second edition includes new entries, extended coverage of non-Christian topics, as well as revisions and updates throughout. The first edition was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Religious Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Philosophy Adnan Aslan, 2013-01-11 The philosophy of religion and theology are related to the culture in which they have developed. These disciplines provide a source of values and vision to the cultures of which they are part, while at the same time they are delimited and defined by their cultures. This book compares the ideas of two contemporary philosophers, John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, on the issues of religion, religions, the concept of the ultimate reality, and the notion of sacred knowledge. On a broader level, it compares two world-views: the one formed by Western Christian culture, which is religious in intention but secular in essence; the other Islamic, formed through the assimilation of traditional wisdom, which is turned against the norms of secular culture and is thus religious both in intention and essence. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Religious Pluralism and the Modern World S. Sugirtharajah, 2011-12-13 A fascinating collection of essays by leading scholars in the field engage with the idea of religious pluralism mooted by John Hick to offer incisive insights on religious pluralism and related themes and to address practical aspects such as interreligious spirituality and worship in a multi-faith context. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: The Fifth Dimension John Hick, 2013-04-01 The case for a bigger, more complete picture of reality in which a fifth, spiritual dimension plays a central role Drawing on mystical and religious traditions ancient and modern, and spiritual thinkers as diverse as Julian of Norwich and Mahatma Gandhi, The Fifth Dimension is John Hick's eloquent argument for a more complete reality, in which a fifth, spiritual dimension plays a central role. Taking into account recent global crises - including the 9/11 attacks and war in Iraq - Hick addresses a variety of timeless issues, from the validity of religious experience to the science versus religion debate. Erudite, provocative and deeply moving, Hick's persuasive narrative will prompt all curious readers to re-examine their own spiritual horizons. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Disputed Questions in Theology and the Philosophy of Religion John Hick, 1993-01-01 In this book a leading philosopher of religion offers fresh insights into some of the disputed religious questions of our time. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality Ayon Maharaj, 2018-10-08 Sri Ramakrishna is widely known as a nineteenth-century Indian mystic who affirmed the harmony of all religions on the basis of his richly varied spiritual experiences and eclectic religious practices, both Hindu and non-Hindu. In Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality, Ayon Maharaj argues that Sri Ramakrishna was also a sophisticated philosopher of great contemporary relevance. Through a careful study of Sri Ramakrishna's recorded oral teachings in the original Bengali, Maharaj reconstructs his philosophical positions and analyzes them from a cross-cultural perspective. Sri Ramakrishna's spiritual journey culminated in the exalted state of vijñana, his term for the intimate knowledge of God as the Infinite Reality that is both personal and impersonal, with and without form, immanent in the universe and beyond it. This expansive spiritual standpoint of vijñana, Maharaj contends, opens up a new paradigm for addressing central issues in cross-cultural philosophy of religion, including divine infinitude, religious pluralism, mystical experience, and the problem of evil. Sri Ramakrishna's vijñana-based religious pluralism--when grasped in all its subtlety--proves to have major philosophical advantages over dominant Western models. Moreover, his mystical testimony and teachings not only cut across long-standing debates about the nature of mystical experience but also bolster recent defenses of its epistemic value. Maharaj further demonstrates that Sri Ramakrishna's unique response to the problem of evil resonates strongly with Western soul-making theodicies and contemporary theories of skeptical theism. A pioneering interdisciplinary study of one of India's most important philosopher-mystics, Maharaj's book is essential reading for scholars and students in philosophy of religion, theology, religious studies, and Hindu studies. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Evil and the God of Love J. Hick, 2010-04-09 When first published, Evil and the God of Love instantly became recognized as a modern theological classic, widely viewed as the most important work on the problem of evil to appear in English for more than a generation. Including a foreword by Marilyn McCord Adams, this reissue also contains a new preface by the author. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Evil and the Evidence for God R. Douglas Geivett, 1995-08 How to reconcile the existence of evil with the belief in a benevolent God has long posed a philosophical problem to the system of Christian theism. This work redress this difficulty in modern terms. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: The Myth of Christian Uniqueness John Hick, Paul F. Knitter, 2005-01-25 A new model of Christian theology, the 'pluralistic' model, is taking shape, moving beyond the traditional models of exclusivism (Christianity as the only true religion) and inclusivism (Christianity as the best religion) toward a view that recognizes the possibility of many valid religions. In this volume, a widely representative group of eminent Christian theologians - Protestant and Catholic, male and female, from East and West, First and Third Worlds - explores genuinely new attitudes toward other believers and traditions, expanding and refining the discussion and debate over pluralistic theology. Contributors are: Gordon D. Kaufman, John Hick, Langdon Gilkey, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Stanley J. Samartha, Raimundo Panikkar, Seiichi Yagi, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marjorie Jewitt Suchocki, Aloysius Pieris, Tom F. Driver, and Paul F. Knitter. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: The Philosophy of Religion Reader Chad V. Meister, 2008 Reflecting current trends and research interests in the field - including the growing interest in religious diversity and global philosophy of religion - this broad and up to date introduction explores key writings from both the Western theistic tradition and from non-Western, non-theistic sources. The nine sections cover: Religious Diversity The Nature and Attributes of God Arguments for and Against the Existence of God Science Faith and Miracles The Self and Human Condition Religious Experience The Problem of Evil and Suffering Death and the Afterlife. With section introductions, discusssion questions, extensive bibliographies and a supporting website featuring additional material, it is the ideal reference tool to help clarify important points and reinforce understanding. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Reenchantment Without Supernaturalism Kathleen E. Smith, David Ray Griffin, 2001 Kathleen E. Smith examines the use of collective memories in Russian politics during the Yeltsin years, surveying the various issues that became battlegrounds for contending notions of what it means to be Russian. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Renewing Philosophy of Religion Paul Draper, J. L. Schellenberg, 2017 This book is animated by a shared conviction that philosophy of religion needs to change: thirteen new essays suggest why and how. The first part of the volume explores possible changes to the focus of the field. The second part focuses on the standpoint from which philosophers of religion should approach their field. In the first part are chapters on how an emphasis on faith distorts attempts to engage non-western religious ideas; on how philosophers from different traditions might collaborate on common interests; on why the common presupposition of ultimacy leads to error; on how new religious movements feed a naturalistic philosophy of religion; on why a focus on belief and a focus on practice are both mistaken; on why philosophy's deep axiological concern should set much of the field's agenda; and on how the field might contribute to religious evolution. The second part includes a qualitative analysis of the standpoint of fifty-one philosophers of religion, and also addresses issues about humility needed in continental philosophy of religion; about the implausibility of claiming that one's own worldview is uniquely rational; about the Moorean approach to religious epistemology; about a Spinozan middle way between 'insider' and 'outsider' perspectives; and about the unorthodox lessons we could learn from scriptures like the book of Job if we could get past the confessional turn in recent philosophy of religion.The goal of the volume is to identify new paths for philosophers of religion that are distinct from those travelled by theologians and other scholars of religion. |
| john hick philosophy of religion: Readings in the Philosophy of Religion Andrew Eshleman, 2008-04-28 Offers an array of Western and non-Western, theistic and non-theistic, religious thought. Combining key readings by contemporary philosophers with pivotal historical texts, this anthology brings together some of the best work in both Western philosophy of religion and Eastern thought - including selections on Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. |
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Philosophy of religion is, accordingly, not a branch of theology (meaning by "theology" the systematic formulation of religious beliefs), but a branch of philosophy.
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In his 1989 book An Interpretion of Religion the eminent British philosopher of religion (and formerly philosophical theologian) John Hick provided a detailed view of what he saw as world …
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JOHN HICK'S PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM - A CRITICAL EXAMINATION The philosophical challenge that religious diversity poses for religious belief has become in recent …
The Conflicting Truth Claims of Different Religions
John H. Hick. Philosophy of Religion (4th ed. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1990) 109-19. Until comparatively recently each of the different religions of the world had developed …
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In our readings, John Hick defends the pluralist position and Alvin Plantinga defends religious exclusivism. Plantinga argues that religious exclusivism is not (or need not be) morally or …
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In this paper, we re-evaluate Hick’s philosophy of religion, focusing on the underlying ethical importance of his claim regarding soteriological transformation.
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Since the publication of An Interpretation of Religion in 1989, John Hick has become arguably the most important philosophical and theological exponent of religious pluralism in Anglo …
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Hick's theory of religious pluralism advances and defends the hypothe- diverse phenomenal religions (viewed as culturally shaped and differenti- ated conceptualizations of and responses …
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John Hick argues that religion can essentially be described in two ways: as a purely human phenomenon to be accounted for in wholly naturalistic terms, or as a human response to a …
PRENTICE HALL FOUNDATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY SERIES
Philosophy of religion is, accordingly, not a branch of theology (meaning by "theology" the systematic formulation of religious beliefs), but a branch of philosophy.
John Hick’s Interpretation of Religion: A Perspective from
In his 1989 book An Interpretion of Religion the eminent British philosopher of religion (and formerly philosophical theologian) John Hick provided a detailed view of what he saw as world religions, involving his well-known and much-debated pluralistic hypothesis in terms of which he is able to see all those religions as valid paths to salvation...
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JOHN HICK'S PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM - A CRITICAL EXAMINATION The philosophical challenge that religious diversity poses for religious belief has become in recent years the focal point of a very engaging theological and philosophical debate. The debate began in the Christian context and it would be fair to say that its main issue
The Conflicting Truth Claims of Different Religions
John H. Hick. Philosophy of Religion (4th ed. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1990) 109-19. Until comparatively recently each of the different religions of the world had developed in substantial ignorance of the others.
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While acknowledging the value of Hick’s recognition of the variety of reincarnation beliefs, this paper critically engages with certain aspects of his approach. It argues that Hick’s search for a ‘criterion’ of reincarnation is misguided, and that his distinction between ‘factual’ and ‘mythic’ forms of the doctrine is over-simplifying.
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John Hick is one of the most widely read and discussed philo sophers of religion in the contemporary world. Scholars who take up topics on which Hick has written normally find it essential to engage themselves in dialogue with or criticism of what he has said. And what is striking is the range of topics in which this is true.
Transformation from Real-Centredness to Other-Centredness: A …
In this paper, we re-evaluate Hick’s philosophy of religion, focusing on the underlying ethical importance of his claim regarding soteriological transformation.
John Hick and Religious Pluralism: Yet Another Revolution
John Hick's An Interpretation of Religion (based on the Gifford Lectures of 1986-7) offers us his latest and most systematic reflections on religious pluralism.
The Philosophy of Religious Pluralism: A Critical Appraisal of Hick …
Hick's theory of religious pluralism advances and defends the hypothe- diverse phenomenal religions (viewed as culturally shaped and differenti- ated conceptualizations of and responses to the divine noumenon).
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Since the publication of An Interpretation of Religion in 1989, John Hick has become arguably the most important philosophical and theological exponent of religious pluralism in Anglo-American scholarship. His influence is undeniable, perhaps more for the vigorous dissent that his views provoke than anything else.
John Hick: Theologian or Philosopher of Religion? - Springer
The key factor differentiating philosophy of religion from theology, and more specifically, the theology of religions, is the perspective from which a scholar analyses other religions.
Suffering and Soul-Making: Rethinking John Hick’s Theodicy
John Hick transformed the shape of thinking about theodicy in con-temporary philosophical theology with his conception of the world as a “vale of soul-making.”1 Suffering, he argues, enables our development as spiritually and morally mature persons. Without suffering we could not cultivate virtue and character.
Mackay, Murdo John Norman (2016) A critical study of John Hick…
This study examines the pluralistic hypothesis advanced by the late Professor John Hick viz. that all religious faiths provide equally salvific pathways to God, irrespective of their theological and doctrinal differences.
The Religious Pluralism of John Hick: a Critique - CORE
The Religious Pluralism of John Hick: a Critique Author: Paul E. Krisak Subject: Religion, General; Religion, Philosophy of Created Date: 2/5/2009 9:52:37 AM
John Hick's An Interpretation of Religion - Springer
John Hick argues that religion can essentially be described in two ways: as a purely human phenomenon to be accounted for in wholly naturalistic terms, or as a human response to a transcen
Hick's Interpretation of Religious Pluralism - JSTOR
problem of de facto diversity in the realm of religion 2 has been the interpretation of religious pluralism developed along Kantian lines, and against the background of a discussion of mystical experience,3 by the British philosopher of religion, John Hick. The problem, as perceived by Hick, is one of articulating philosophically how the many ...
John Hick on the Self and Resurrection - Springer
The early John Hick produced a provocative combination of biblical theology and analytic philosophy, the two views which were the fashion in the late 1940s and 1950s in the Anglo American intellectual world. Biblical scholars were reinterpreting biblical religion in such a way as to emphasize its materialism, the
John Hick and Religious Knowledge - JSTOR
John Hick may well be the most influential thinker in the field of religious philosophy in the English speaking world. This is a position which, in my opinion, Hick well deserves, and one which makes his. thought "fair game" for detailed attention and critical analysis.
John Hick on Religious Experience and Perception - JSTOR
In several of his writings Professor John Hick has sought to point out certain parallels between religious experience and perception in order to make it more difficult to justify treating religious experience
