RT Article
T1 Hick’s Theory of Religion and the Traditional Islamic Narrative
JF Sophia
VO 53
IS 1
SP 131
OP 144
A1 Dastmalchian, Amir
LA English
PB Springer Netherlands
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785593056
AB This article considers the traditional Islamic narrative in the light of the theory of religion espoused by John Hick (1922–2012). We see how the Islamic narrative changes on a Hickean understanding of religion, particularly in the light of the ‘bottom-up’ approach and trans-personal conception of the religious ultimate that it espouses. Where the two readings of Islam appear to conflict, I suggest how they can be reconciled. I argue that if Hick’s theory is incompatible with Islamic belief, then this incompatibility does not manifest itself at the level of belief in the narrative.
K1 Islam
K1 Pluralism
K1 Religious Studies
K1 Religious Diversity
K1 John
K1 Hick
DO 10.1007/s11841-013-0374-0