Overview
- Situates Hick’s philosophy of religious pluralism in a wider global context
- Offers a spirited reappraisal of Hick’s pluralistic hypothesis from within Western, Eastern and African perspectives
- Makes a significant contribution to the ongoing debate on religious pluralism
Part of the book series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion (PFPR)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Hick’s Religious Pluralism: A Western Reappraisal
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Re-envisioning Hick’s Religious Pluralism: Indic and Islamic Responses
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Hick’s Religious Pluralism: Asian and African Responses
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Sharada Sugirtharajah, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Theology, Philosophy and Religion, University of Birmingham
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: John Hick's Religious Pluralism in Global Perspective
Editors: Sharada Sugirtharajah
Series Title: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11008-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11007-8Published: 02 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11010-8Published: 03 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-11008-5Published: 01 January 2023
Series ISSN: 2634-6176
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6184
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 338
Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Political Philosophy, Philosophy, general