Religious pluralism in the philosophy of John Hick

Publication year: 1428 AH - 2007 AD Edition: 1 Number of pages: 213 pages Cover: Paper cover Publisher: Arab Cultural Center Religious pluralism is an objective fact that has been ignored, because we have been preoccupied with ourselves and did not realize that others also possess an equal share of the truth that any opposing party holds. Among the daily encounters with followers of religions around the world, it is clear that these are not merely a temporary historical phenomenon, but an authentic scene from the fabric of human societies. Just as human history consists of intertwined contexts of diverse and varied human manifestations, so too is the history of the relationship with God a history of spiritual currents, calls, prophecies, glad tidings, personal and collective experiences. Each community receives its share of the feeling of sanctity, its portion of righteousness, its entitlement to salvation or liberation, and its measure of awareness of the reality of the transcendent or the absolute. Religious pluralism is an objective reality that exists in multiple forms, no less real than the reality of any obvious human phenomenon or any rational or sensory given that we do not bother to prove. The awareness of religious pluralism has become as evident as the multiplicity of societies, the diversity of cultures, and the differences in languages.