Religion in the Modern World Celebrating Pluralism and Diversity

includes index and biblioraphy

1. The problem of Religious Pluralism ..........9 Emile Durkeim ..........12 Myths and Symbols .........16 Myths and History ..............21 Historical Development ...............25 2. The Perennial Philosophy..............29 Aldous Huxley .............31 Experience of the Ineffable .............34 Perennialist critiques of Other Religious Views ...........37 The Void and Pure Mind ..............39 The Supreme Good .................42 Frithjof Schuon ..........45 Problem with the Esoteric View ...............50 Huston Smith ..................54 The principle of Plenitude ............58 Perennialism and Diversity ............64 3. The Critical Turn ..............67 Rudolf Bultmann .............70 Immanuel Kant ...........80 The Extension of Moral Concern ..........85 Morality and religion .......90 Friedrich Schleiermacher .......90 G. W Friedrich Hegel ..........103 The Rise of Pluralism .........112 Ernst Troeltsch ..........115 4. The Pluralist Hypothesis ........121 John Hick ........123 Soteriological Effectiveness ...........130 Truth, Experience, and Salvation .............134 Universal Salvation .............138 Truth and Religious Language ..........145 A Case Study : Christianity and Islam .........150 Cantwell Smith ...........156 5. Catholicism and Pluralism ...............163 Karl Rahner .......165 Hans Kung ............169 Raimon Panikkar ................175 Paul Knitter ...........180 Peter Phan .........183 6. Buddhism and Christianity in Dialogue ......189 A Case study : Christianity and Buddhism ............191