Religions and Conflicts
Many believe that a peaceful, tolerant and respectful coexistence among religions is not compatible with the conviction that only one of them is true. I argue that this ‘incompatibility problem’ (IP) is grounded in a ‘naturalistic assumption’ (NA), that is, the assumption that every subject, includi...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Heythrop journal
Year: 2020, Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Pages: 620-632 |
RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AX Inter-religious relations CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBC Doctrine of God |
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Summary: | Many believe that a peaceful, tolerant and respectful coexistence among religions is not compatible with the conviction that only one of them is true. I argue that this ‘incompatibility problem’ (IP) is grounded in a ‘naturalistic assumption’ (NA), that is, the assumption that every subject, including religion, should be treated without taking into account that a super-natural being may exist and reveal to us an unexpected way to deal with our experience. I then argue that in matters of religion, NA is untenable and that its very opposite, which I call ‘super-naturalistic assumption’ (SA), should be adopted. My thesis is that, once SA is adopted, IP can be dismissed and that it is plausible to maintain that a peaceful, tolerant and respectful coexistence among religions is compatible with the conviction that only one of them is true. |
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ISSN: | 1468-2265 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Heythrop journal
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/heyj.13344 |