اسلام و کثرت‌گرایی دینی

by Muhammad Legenhausen

The phenomenon of religious diversity is one of the questions with which today’s religious thought is faced. The existence of communities in which people of different religious traditions live together and the expansion of social relationships and communication at the threshold of the third millennium are among the reasons for paying attention to this vital issue. The main question is how to better understand and account for the diversity of religions? Is one of these faiths the only authentic, perfect and true religion and are others invalid and untrue human constructions? Or can we see the light of the truth in all the world’s religions so they are to be regarded as different mirrors in which the sunlight of truth and salvation is reflected? If only the adherents of one particular religion can obtain salvation, then how is God’s mercy, love, and guidance to be understood? On tje other hand, if the possibility of salvation obtains for all adherents of various religions, then how can different people with such radically different religious convictions attain salvation? Such important and vexed questions as these are the main problems of religious diversity. Muslim thinkers have tried to deal with these questions according to their intellectual tendencies and positions. Obviously none of the answers proposed is perfectly right and ultimate, and so the door should remain open for further discussion. The present study is the effort of one Muslim thinker, in which he tries to analyze and criticizes some of the answers to the question of religious diversity especially the religious pluralism which is advocated by its famous proponet John Hick. Then he goes on to propose an Islamic answer On the basis of Islamic sources.

Genres: Islam

176 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Mohammad Mirzaali · Rating 3 out of 5]

نیمه‌ی اول کتاب به بررسی ریشه‌ها و مفهوم پلورالیزم دینی می‌پردازد. نویسنده معتقد است و استدلال‌های روشنی می‌آورد که این نحله، فرزند لیبرالیزم سیاسی ست و به طور خاص الهیات لیبرال (اشلایرماخر). در ادامه با معرفی تقریر اصلی پلورالیزم دینی، نزد جان هیک، نقدهای آلستن، پلنتینگا و فن‌اینواگن هم طرح و بررسی می‌شوند

در نیمه‌ی دوم کتاب، لگن‌هاوزن به‌سان متکلمی مسلمان و شیعه، با نقد پلورالیزم فروکاهشی هیک، بدیل اسلامی آن را معرفی می‌کند که نوعی پلورالیزم غیرفروکاهشی ست؛ دیدگاهی که بر این است که با وجود این‌که اسلام کامل‌ترین دین الهی ست ولی امکان نجات برای پیروان سایر دین‌ها هم فراهم است؛ در مقابلِ هیک که اصولا رجحانی بین تجربه‌های دینی دین‌های مختلف و اثر معرفتی آن‌ها قائل نیست

[Shahab · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was great... A little bit heavy for me...but awesome!

[Alex]

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