Louis Roy

Revelation in a Pluralistic World (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Since the Enlightenment, the churches have progressively suffered a severe loss of status because of their belief that revelation is realized only in Christianity. The suggestion that Christian revelation might be truer than other so-called revelations seems to be preposterous. This book argues that this insistence has often remained unnuanced and simplistic, with the consequence that not only unbelievers as well as believers of other religions, but even numerous Christians no longer agree with the primacy of a truth revealed in Jesus Christ. The book addresses the difficulties affecting the interpretation of belief, given modernity's concerns. The volume sets out a provisional synthesis on revelation and it makes available much expository and historical information. It correlates distinctions between pair members such as the natural and the supernatural, conceptualism and intellectualism, heart and reason, subjectivity and objectivity, limited perspective and universal viewpoint, permanence of doctrine and historicity, Christian and non-Christian claims regarding truth, revelation and divine speech, moderate and radical pluralism, Jesus absolutized and Jesus relativized. The thrust of the argument is towards an appropriation of what is best in ancient, medieval, and modern traditions on revelation. This book delineates, in an original way, a position on revelation that is at once traditional and relevant for today. It accepts many values brought to the fore by modernity and draws from exegetes, historians, philosophers, and theologians. Its inspiration comes principally from the Bible, Thomas Aquinas, John Henry Newman, and Bernard Lonergan.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780192688194
• Artikelnr.: 65656533

Autorenporträt

Louis Roy is a member of the Dominican Order and he holds a doctorate from Cambridge University. He taught at the grass-root level and at the Institut de Pastorale in Montr?al before becoming a Full Professor of theology and philosophy at Boston College for twenty-one years, until 2006. He now teaches at the Dominican University College in Ottawa. He has published books in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Vietnamese. He has written numerous articles on the affective, intellectual, and mystical aspects of religious experience, faith and psychology, the question of God, revelation, and interreligious dialogue, especially between Christianity and Buddhism.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part One: The Groundwork
1: A Basic Characterization Inspired by the Past
Part Two: The Challenge of Modernity
2: Modernity's Representations of Belief
3: Catholic Responses
4: The Problem of Historical Knowledge
Part Three: Contemporary Discussions
5: Paul Ricur: Testimony and Hope
6: Amid the Current Clash of Views
Part Four: Revelation apart from Jesus?
7: Claims Made by Other Religions
8: Revelation, or God-Speech?
9: Can We either Absolutize or Relativize Jesus Christ?
Conclusion