One God of all?: probing pluralist identities
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Main Author: Hallett, Garth L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Continuum ©2010
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-138) and index
Preface; 1. PLURALIST IDENTITY CLAIMS: A PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW; 2. THE CLAIMS' SIGNIFICANCE; 3. FIXING A FOCUS; 4. TRANSCENDENT REFERENCE; 5. FOR AND AGAINST IDENTICAL REFERENCE; 6. NEGLECTED QUESTIONS; 7. MULTIPLE MISGIVINGS; 8. COUNTER-EXPLORATION; 9. DIALECTICAL RESPONSE; 10. PLURALISM IN A NEW KEY?; Works Cited; Index
The claim has repeatedly been made, and has often been contested, that a single transcendent being is present or active in all of the world's major religions. In this view, names such as "God," "Allah," "nirvana," "Vishnu," and "Brahman" all refer to the same transcendent reality. Absent from the debate and here provided is a serious study of such claims in the light of the most pertinent philosophical literature, namely that concerning questions of identity and individuation. Of necessity, the terms that the claims employ are very general and abstract: the world's religions, it is said, all r
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 141 pages)
ISBN:9780826420398
0826420397
9780826446329
0826446329

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