RELIGIOUS PLURALISM AND TURN TO THE SPIRIT: FABC’s and Gavin D’Costa’s Theology of Religions
Among the recent approaches to religious pluralism is what has been called "the turn to the Holy Spirit."[1] Theologians who employ the pneumatological approach regard it as a way out of the traditional impasses that have hindered developments in the theology of religions.[2] For instance,...
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Dharmaram College
2010
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 2010, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-38 |
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Mutual Enrichment / Fulfilment for the Church and Other Religions
B Parameters of Thinking of the Spirit in Others B Theological Starting Point B Salvific Character of Other Religions |
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| Summary: | Among the recent approaches to religious pluralism is what has been called "the turn to the Holy Spirit."[1] Theologians who employ the pneumatological approach regard it as a way out of the traditional impasses that have hindered developments in the theology of religions.[2] For instance, the Pentecostal theologian Amos Yong identifies three advantages of a pneumatological approach to other religions.[3] First, he considers pneumatology as the key to overcoming the dualism between Christological particularity and the cosmic Christ. The either/or of particularity/universality dissolves when one recalls that the historical Jesus was who he was because of the Spirit of God and that the risen Christ was resurrected by the power of the Spirit. Second, pneumatology is the key to understanding the tension between what has traditionally been labelled specific and natural revelation. While it does not deny these categories, pneumatology emphasizes the dynamism of revelation and salvation rather than dualisms. Third, pneumatology enables us to transcend questions related to other religions not merely as human efforts to reach the divine because this approach emphasizes the universality of the Spirit and the dynamic nature of divine activity. Thus, Yong sees pneumatological approach as offering a way of moving the conversation forward. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
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