John Hick’s Interpretation of Religion: A Perspective from South Africa
In his 1989 book An Interpretion of Religion the eminent British philosopher of religion (and formerly philosophical theologian) John Hick provided a detailed view of what he saw as world religions, involving his wellknown and much-debated pluralistic hypothesis in terms of which he is able to see a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-14 |
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| Summary: | In his 1989 book An Interpretion of Religion the eminent British philosopher of religion (and formerly philosophical theologian) John Hick provided a detailed view of what he saw as world religions, involving his wellknown and much-debated pluralistic hypothesis in terms of which he is able to see all those religions as valid paths to salvation/liberation. How convincing is his theory? This article addresses that question by summarizing Hick’s main contentions in the 1989 book and then offering a critical discussion involving five key questions, with answers to them, from the perspective of a student of religion based in and indebted to South African traditional cultures, their beliefs and their ethics. In his 1989 book An Interpretion of Religion the eminent British philosopher of religion (and formerly philosophical theologian) John Hick provided a detailed view of what he saw as world religions, involving his wellknown and much-debated pluralistic hypothesis in terms of which he is able to see all those religions as valid paths to salvation/liberation. How convincing is his theory? This article addresses that question by summarizing Hick’s main contentions in the 1989 book and then offering a critical discussion involving five key questions, with answers to them, from the perspective of a student of religion based in and indebted to South African traditional cultures, their beliefs and their ethics. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-3027 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4314/jsr.v25i1 |