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RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
 
"Evangelical Inclusivism: Progress or Betrayal?" by Chester Gillis -- "presents new options for intra-Christian dialog in which evangelical theology is no longer excluded...." Significance in work and in person here. Evangelical Quarterly, Apr '96, p139.
(from Apologia Report 1:20, July 15, 1996)
 
"The Impossibility of a Pluralist View of Religions" by Gavin D'Costa -- argues "that pluralism must always logically be a form of exclusivism and that nothing called pluralism really exists. The main purpose of [the] paper is to show that there is no high-ground in the pluralist position, for in principle its logic is no different from the exclusivist position." Religious Studies, Jun '96, p223.
(from Apologia Report 1:21, July 23, 1996)
 
"The Defiance of Pluralism" by Raimon Panikkar -- "...pluralism challenges the assumption that modern reason is the ultimate and non-negotiable canvas on which we need to situate our awareness of reality -- the myth of reason, I would say." Following this article is a counterpoint by Gerald James Larson, who "provided in this journal an incisive and well-organized critique of pluralism" in a previous issue. Soundings, Spr/Sum '96, p169.
(from Apologia Report 1:22, July 30, 1996)
 
Many Gods, Many Lords: Christianity Encounters the World Religions, by Daniel B. Clendenin (Baker, 1995) -- said to have "religious pluralism as his primary focus," Clendenin "engages the major proponents, and faults it/them for a variety of difficulties: removing all religions from their cultural context, subsuming all religions under an unexamined and innocuous Western liberalism, reducing religion to ethical principles." "[T]his book seems a response to the Clarke/Winter collection of essays, One God, One Lord: Christianity in a World of Religious Pluralism." Concordia Journal, Jul '96, p333. Also briefly reviewed in Evangelical Missions Quarterly (Jul '96, p361) where a bit of background on Clendenin was given: "...taught four years at Moscow State University and is now graduate staff member of InterVarsity at Stanford University."
(from Apologia Report 1:24, September 2, 1996)
 
"Jesus and World Religions" by Roger Haight -- the author, an inclusivist Jesuit, offers one of the most articulate and comprehensive presentations I've seen on the subject. Modern Theology, Jul '96, p322.
(from Apologia Report 1:25, September 16, 1996)
 
"New Religions: A Defense of Intolerance?" by George D. Chryssides -- the author, a Unitarian, spends the first half of his rather brief article basing his argument on John Locke before getting to a focus on human rights and their violation by multiple new religious movements. Faith and Freedom, Spr/Sum '96, p41.
(from Apologia Report 1:25, September 16, 1996)
 
"What Can Claim Absoluteness? The Uniqueness of Jesus and the Universality of the 'Self'" by Seiichi Yagi -- the author, a philosophy prof in Yokohama, says "...this does not mean I am an exclusivist, but I am not inclusive either." Journal of Asian and Asian American Theology, v1 n1 '96, p28.
(from Apologia Report 1:25, September 16, 1996)
 
Zen and Hasidism: The Similarities Between Two Spiritual Disciplines, compiled by Harold Heifetz (KTAV, 1996) -- I don't think I have yet seen a critical review in PWRB, but this one certainly describes a new frontier in pluralism. Publishers Weekly Religion BookLine, Sep 15 '96, p5.
(from Apologia Report 1:25, September 16, 1996)
 
"No Religion Has a Monopoly on God's Truth, Clerics Assert" by Larry B. Stammer -- reporting on Ronald F. Thiemann, dean of the Divinity School of Harvard University, and Rabbi A. James Rudin, national director of interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee in New York, featured seminar speakers at a Fuller seminary during the last week of January which focused on an anticipated "theology of pluralism." Notes that there was opposition to the views of the speakers, but does not indicate the official viewpoint of the school or why the seminar was held at Fuller. Los Angeles Times, Feb 1 '97, pB8.
(from Apologia Report 2:6, March 17, 1997)
 
The Recovery of Mission: Beyond the Pluralist Paradigm, by Vinoth Ramachandra (Eerdmans, 1997) -- IVCF reviewer Terry Morrison is thrilled with this book written by an Asian evangelical. "Seldom have I encountered such a breadth and depth of knowledge -- theological, philosophical, historical -- used so logically and incisively...." The book responds to three Asian thinkers who are contributors to John Hick's The Myth of Christian Uniqueness. Evangelical Missions Quarterly, Jul '97, p379.
(from Apologia Report 2:22, July 21, 1997)
 
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Sources:
 
Concordia Journal (Concordia Sem.), (314) 721-5934
 
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, (708) 653-2158, <emqjournal@aol.com>
 
Evangelical Quarterly, (800) 633-4931, <paternoster.periodicals@stl.om.org>
 
Faith and Freedom (Manchester College, Oxford), (312) 753-3287
 
Journal of Asian and Asian American Theology (Claremont), (909) 621-7707
 
Los Angeles Times, <http://www.latimes.com>
 
Modern Theology (non-conservative Catholic), fax 44-1865-791347, <jnlinfo@blackwellpublishers.co.uk>, <http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk>
 
Publishers Weekly Religion BookLine, (800) 278-2991, <72624.3562@compuserve.com>
 
Religious Studies (Cambridge Univ. Press), (800) 872-7423, <http://www.cup.org>
 
Soundings (Society for Values in Higher Education), (202) 687-3653, <rnorman@utkux.utcc.utk.edu>


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