Religious Pluralism

Typology

From the booknotes of Michel Bauwens of Jorge Ferrer's Revisioning Transpersonal Theory.

Ferrer distinguishes 4 related fields of inquiry into the unity vs diversity of religions:

• comparative mysticism

• the cross-cultural philosophy of religion

• East-West hermeneutics

• interreligious dialogue.

All of them moved from universalistic assumptions and aspirations to dialogical, hermeneutic, and pluralist approaches.

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Bibliography

• Byrne, P. Prolegomena to religious pluralism: reference and realism in religion. St. Martin's Press, 1995

• Dean, T. ed. Religious pluralism and truth: essays on cross-cultural philosophy of religion. SUNY, 1995

• Heim, S.M. Salvations: truth and difference in religion. Orbis, 1995

• Vroom, H.M. Religions and the truth. Philosophical reflections and perspectives. Eerdmans, 1996