Theology of Religion
On Thursday I will be giving a presentation on recent trends in the theology of religions at the College of the Transfiguration. The college is hosting a weeklong “refreshment in ministry” program for clergy in the province. I was asked to give a presentation and decided to do something on the theology of religion, which is the topic of a course I regularly taught when I was in the States.
The challenge is how to pare down an entire semester’s course into an hour-long presentation. I decided to offer brief remarks on the following approaches:
- Karl Barth: “Religion is Unbelief”
- Revelation Yes, Salvation No: Gerald McDermott’s Evangelical Approach
- Karl Rahner: “Anonymous Christians”
- John Hick and Pluralism
- Radical Diversity
- Comparative Theology
I’m quite interested in how folks in South Africa will respond to these diverse approaches to the issues and themes in the theology of religions.
I expect to learn a lot!
I bet your going to get a wide veriety like in the states. You could get a pocket of people with a large majority thinking the same.
Godspeed
Peter
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Thanks Peter. I bet you are right. I’ll keep you posted. Blessings, Joe
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