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    Thinking About Religious Pluralism: Shaping Theology of Religions for Our Times
    Thinking About Religious Pluralism: Shaping Theology of Religions for Our Times
    Thinking About Religious Pluralism: Shaping Theology of Religions for Our Times
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    Thinking About Religious Pluralism: Shaping Theology of Religions for Our Times

    By Alan Race

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    We live an era of globalization, and the world’s religious traditions are deeply impacted. Throughout the world, an increased awareness about and access to the world’s religions, whether through modern media, human encounter, or education, raises new questions. How should we think about different traditions? What do they mean? How should Christians respond?

    This book is about how to interpret the fact of many religions, concentrating on what we call the ‘”world religions’,” for this has been the focus of most of the theological debate over the past fifty years or so. It aims to equip Christian thinkers with a positive, affirming understanding of religious diversity, and to help Christians articulate the meaning of this diversity in the real world.

    The result for the reader is comfort, curiosity, and engagement in future meetings with members of other traditions, along with lowered anxiety and deepened understanding of the marvelous diversity of human religious expression in our world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFortress Press
    Release dateDec 1, 2015
    ISBN9781506400990
    Thinking About Religious Pluralism: Shaping Theology of Religions for Our Times
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    Alan Race

    Alan Race is a retired Anglican priest-theologian and Chair of the World Congress of Faiths. In addition to many articles and books in the Christian Theology of Religions he is the author of the classic study Christians and Religious Pluralism (1983). His work in theology of religions is known internationally and he is in much demand as a conference speaker.

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