Tolerant because Christianity itself is a hybrid tradition: a response to Nicholas Wolterstorff’s "Toleration, justice and dignity"
In Nicholas Wolterstorff’s "Toleration, Justice and Dignity", he argues for tolerance between religious traditions on the basis of human dignity. In this response to his paper, I argue that a general philosophical argument from human dignity will at best lead to indifference or mere praise...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 76, Issue: 5, Pages: 392-396 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious tolerance
/ Christianity
/ Interreligiosity
/ Good living (motif)
/ Freedom
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations |
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| Summary: | In Nicholas Wolterstorff’s "Toleration, Justice and Dignity", he argues for tolerance between religious traditions on the basis of human dignity. In this response to his paper, I argue that a general philosophical argument from human dignity will at best lead to indifference or mere praise, but not true tolerance. In the second part of the paper, I offer a sketch of a distinctly Christian way of arguing for tolerance towards adherents of other religions, namely on the basis of the insight that Christianity itself is a hybrid tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2327 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "Toleration, justice, and dignity (2016)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2016.1142393 |