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Miss 24 (a): Religious Pluralism and Inter-Faith Dialogue

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Religious Pluralism and Inter-Faith Dialogue

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Course description

The course tends to give a brief introductory foundation to the phenomena of Religious Pluralism and Dialogue in the context of Mission and Witness of the Church.

Course objectives

To introduce to the students the pluralistic context of the Indian situation.

To provide the students the basic intellectual frame-work in understanding Plualistic ideology.

To encourage the students to review critically the major and prominent theologians of inter-faith relationship.

To discuss the issues in Mision and Evangelism in the context of Religious Pluralism and Dialogue.

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Combination of lectures and seminars which consists of paper presentations, critical responses and group discussions.

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1) Written examination - 60% 2) Seminar and paper presentation and class participation - 40%

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Miss 24 (a) Religious Pluralism and Inter-Faith Dialogue

Amazing Grace Biblical Seminary — M.Th. Missiology

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Area F: Contextual Missiological Issues Miss. 24 (a): Religious Pluralism and Inter-Faith Dialogue College Examined 2 credits Scope: The course tends to give a brief introductory foundation to the phenomena of Religious Pluralism and Dialogue in the context of Mission and Witness of the Church. Aims and Objectives: To introduce to the students the pluralistic context of the Indian situation. To provide the students the basic intellectual frame-work in understanding Plualistic ideology. To encourage the students to review critically the major and prominent theologians of inter-faith relationship. To discuss the issues in Mision and Evangelism in the context of Religious Pluralism and Dialogue. Method of Teaching: Combination of lectures and seminars which consists of paper presentations, critical responses and group discussions. Method of Evaluation: 1) Written examination - 60% 2) Seminar and paper presentation and class participation - 40% Course Outline Theology of Religions: Introduction Philosophy of Religious Pluralism Attitude towards other Faiths: Biblical Perspectives Christian Attitudes towards other Faiths: Exclusivism, Inclusivism, Relativism, Pluralism etc. Theological Responses Dialogue/ Comprehensive Dialogue Book Reviews and Critical Evaluation H. Kraemer, Christian Message in non-Christian world. R. Panikkar, The Unknown Christ of Hinduism (Revised Edition). S.J. Smartha, One Christ Many Religion Paul Knitter, No other Name (Any two of these, substituted possible) Issues in Mission and Evangelism in a pluralistic context Missiological implications of Religious Pluralism and Dialogue Christian Mission in the contemporary Indian Society: in the context of fundamentalism, militancy, violence, gharavapasi and communalism Core Bibliography Amaladoss, Michael. The Asian Jesus. New Delhi: ISPCK, 2005; Maryknoll (NY): OrbisBooks 2006. Ariarajah, S. Wesley. The Bible and People of Other Faiths. WCC, Eugene: Wipf& Stock Pub, 2009, reprint. Ariarajah, S. Wesley. Your God, My God, Our God: Rethinking Christian Theology for Religious Plurality. Geneva: WCC, 2012. Behera, Marina Ngursangzeli. Interfaith Relations after One Hundred Years: Christian Missionamong Other Faiths.Oxford: Regnum Books International, 2011. Bosch, David. Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 1991. New edition with comments of Martin Reppenhagen 2011, Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books. Indian reprint without comments Bangalore. Centre for Contemporary Christianity 2006 (Missiological Classics Series 1) Knitter, Paul. Introducing Theologies of Religions. Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 2002. Knitter, Paul. No Other Name? : A Critical Survey of Christian Attitudes to the World Religions. Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 1992, SCM Press 2012 Reprint. Knitter, Paul. One Earth Many Religions. Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 1996. Panikkar, Raimon. The Unknown Christ of Hinduism: Towards an Ecumenical Christophany. Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 1981. Samartha, Stanley J. One Christ, Many Religions: Toward a Revised Christology. Maryknoll(N.Y.): Orbis Books, 1991, reprint, Eugene: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2015. Selvanayagam, Israel, Relating to People of Other Faiths. Insights from the Bible. Tiruvalla: ChristavaSahityaSamithy& Board of Theological Text Book Programme, 2004. Wilfred, Felix. The Oxford Handbook of Christianity in Asia. New York: Oxford University 2014 Additional Bibliography Abhishiktananda, Swami. Hindu Christian Meeting Point. Delhi: ISPCK. Alangaram. Religions for Societal Transformation: Interreligious Dialogue from SubalternPerspective. Bangalore: Asian Trading 2006 Aleaz, K. P. A Christian Response to the Hindu Philosophical Systems by NehemiaNilakhantaSastriGoreh. New Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass, 2003. Aleaz, K. P. Religion in Christian Theology. Pustak Mahal, 2004. Amaladoss, Michael. "Other Religion and the Salvific Mystery of Christ." VidyaJyothi Journal of Theological Reflection, 70 (2006): 8-23. Anderson, Gerald H & Thomas E. Stransky. 'Attitude of the Church towards the Followers of other Religion.' 1984 Issued by the Vatican Council for Interreligious Dialogue. In Bulletin Secretariatus pro non-Christians 56: 126-141. Also in ActaApostolicaeSedis 76 (1984): 816-826. Boesel, Chris, & S. Wesley Ariarajah, eds. Divine Multiplicity: Trinities, Diversities, and the Nature of Relation (Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia). Fordham University Press, 2013. Boulay, Shirley Du, ed. Swami Abhishiktananada: Essential Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters). Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 2007. D'Costa, Gavin & Emma Jane Harris, eds. The Second Vatican Council: Celebrating its Achievements and the Future. Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014. D'Costa, Gavin. Christianity and World Religions: Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. D'Costa, Gavin. The Catholic Church and the World Religions: A Theological and Phenomenological Account. New York: T & K Clark International, 2011. Devanandan, Paul David. Preparation for Dialogue: A collection of essays on Hinduism and Christianity in new India. Bangalore: CISRS, 1964. Dharmaraj Jacob S. Colonialization and Christian Mission. Delhi: ISPCK, 1991. Engineer, Asghar Ali. Religion in South Asia A Liberative Perspective. Gurgaon: Hope India Publications, 2005. Hick, John and Paul F. Knitter. The Myth of Christian Uniqueness, Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books 1987, SCM reprint 2012 Hick, John. A John Hick Reader. Eugene: Wipf& Stock Pub, 2011. Hick, John. God Has Many Names. Philadelphia: Westminster John Knox Press, 1982. Irudayaraj, Xavier, ed. Liberation and Dialogue. Bangalore: Claretian Publications, 1989. Knitter, Paul. The Myth of Religious Superiority: A Multi-faith Exploration. Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 2005 Knitter, Paul. Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian. One World Publications 2009. Kotian, Harsha K. Christo Normative Pluralism, a Critical appraisal of the Works of Stanley Jones, Stanley Samartha and Paul Knitter. Delhi: ISPCK 2011 Lefebure, Leo. D. True and Holy. Christian Scripture and Other Religions. Maryknoll (N.Y.) Orbis Books 2014, Bangalore: Theological Publications in India 2014 reprint. Mojzes, Paul & Leonard Swidler. Christian Mission and Interreligious Dialogue. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 1991. Mong, Ambrose. Are Non-Christians saved? Joseph Ratzinger's Thoughts on ReligiousPluralism. London: Oneworld Publications 2015 Pachuau, Lalsangkima&Knud Jorgensen. Witnessing to Christ in a Pluralistic Age: Christian Mission among Other Faiths. Oxford: Regnum Books International, 2011. Panikkar, Raimon, The Intra-Religious Dialogue. New York: Paulist Press, 1988. Panikkar, Raimon. The Cosmotheandric Experience: Emerging Religious Consciousness. Maryknoll (N.Y.): Orbis Books 1993. Panikkar, Raimon. The Risen of Being. Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 2010. Parekh, M C. A Hindu Portrait of Jesus Christ. Harmony House, 1953. Pathil, Kuncheria. Religious Pluralism: an Indian Christian Perspective. South Asia Books, 1991. Pawlikowski Paul, Christ in the Light of the Christian-Jewish Dialogue. Eugene: Wipf& Stock Pub, 1982, reprint, 2001. Pieris, Aloysius. An Asian Theology of Liberation. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1988. Pieris, Aloysius.Give Vatican II a Chance. Bangalore: Claretian Publication, Pieris, Aloysius. Love Meets Wisdom: A Christian Experience of Wisdom. Maryknoll (N.Y.): Orbis Books 1988 Premawardhana, Shanta, ed. Religious Conversion: Religion Scholars Thinking Together. Geneva: WCC, 2015. Premawardhana,Devaka. "The Unremarkable Hybrid: Aloysius Pieris and the Redundancy of Multiple Religious Belonging." Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 46/1 (2011): 76-101. Race, Alan & Paul Hedges. SCM Core Text Christian Approaches to Other Faiths. London: SCM Press, 2008. Rahner, Karl. Foundations of Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Idea of Christianity. New York: Cross Road, 1982, revised and reprint. Rajashekar, J. P, ed. Religious Pluralism and Lutheran Theology. Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 1991. Samartha, Stanley J. Courage for Dialogue: Ecumenical Issues in Inter-Religious Relationships. Maryknoll (N.Y.): Orbis Books, 1982 Schmidt-Leukel, Perry. Buddhism and Christianity in Dialogue. Norwich: SCM Press and Delhi: ISPCK, 2012. Swidler, Leonard, Khalid Duran & Reuven Firestone. Trialogue: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Dialogue. New London: Twenty-Third Publications, 2007. Swidler, Leonard. After the Absolute: The Dialogical Future of Religious Reflection. Augsburg: Fortress Press, 1987, reprint, 2000. Sugirtharajah, R.S. The Bible and Asia - From the Pre-Christian era to the Postcolonial Age. Harvard: Harvard University Press 2013. Thomas, M. M. Risking Christ for Christ's Sake: Towards and Ecumenical Theology of Pluralism. Thiruvalla: ChristavaSahityaSamithy, 1999. Thomas, M. M. The Acknowledged Christ of the Indian Renaissance. [publisher name omitted], 1991. Thomas, M. M. The Church's mission and post-modern humanism: a collection of essays and talks, 1992-1996. Thiruvalla: ChristavaSahityaSamithi& Delhi: ISPCK, 1996. Wilfred, Felix. Leave the Temple: Indian Paths to Human Liberation. Maryknoll (N.Y.): Orbis Books, 1996. Wilfred, Felix. On the Banks of Ganges: Doing Contextual Theology. Delhi: ISPCK, 2002.

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