
Revelation in a Pluralistic World
Louis Roy(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 22. September 2022
Book
Hardback
322 pages
978-0-19-286484-0 (ISBN)
Description
Since the Enlightenment, the churches have progressively suffered a severe loss of status because of their belief that revelation is realized only in Christianity. The suggestion that Christian revelation might be truer than other so-called revelations seems to be preposterous. This book argues that this insistence has often remained unnuanced and simplistic, with the consequence that not only unbelievers as well as believers of other religions, but even numerous Christians no longer agree with the primacy of a truth revealed in Jesus Christ. The book addresses the difficulties affecting the interpretation of belief, given modernity's concerns.
The volume sets out a provisional synthesis on revelation and it makes available much expository and historical information. It correlates distinctions between pair members such as the natural and the supernatural, conceptualism and intellectualism, heart and reason, subjectivity and objectivity, limited perspective and universal viewpoint, permanence of doctrine and historicity, Christian and non-Christian claims regarding truth, revelation and divine speech, moderate and radical pluralism, Jesus absolutized and Jesus relativized. The thrust of the argument is towards an appropriation of what is best in ancient, medieval, and modern traditions on revelation. This book delineates, in an original way, a position on revelation that is at once traditional and relevant for today. It accepts many values brought to the fore by modernity and draws from exegetes, historians, philosophers, and theologians. Its inspiration comes principally from the Bible, Thomas Aquinas, John Henry Newman, and Bernard Lonergan.
The volume sets out a provisional synthesis on revelation and it makes available much expository and historical information. It correlates distinctions between pair members such as the natural and the supernatural, conceptualism and intellectualism, heart and reason, subjectivity and objectivity, limited perspective and universal viewpoint, permanence of doctrine and historicity, Christian and non-Christian claims regarding truth, revelation and divine speech, moderate and radical pluralism, Jesus absolutized and Jesus relativized. The thrust of the argument is towards an appropriation of what is best in ancient, medieval, and modern traditions on revelation. This book delineates, in an original way, a position on revelation that is at once traditional and relevant for today. It accepts many values brought to the fore by modernity and draws from exegetes, historians, philosophers, and theologians. Its inspiration comes principally from the Bible, Thomas Aquinas, John Henry Newman, and Bernard Lonergan.
Reviews / Votes
The book offers much that generates fresh thinking on the topic of revelation, and such material can be the basis of further discussion within one's tradition and in dialogue with others. * Rev. Mark P. Hertenstein, Reading Religion * The book is to be recommended as a learned introduction to modern questions about revelation and as a sensible effort to embrace moderate pluralism. It provides a fruitful openness to different traditions, while never losing the belief in the uniqueness of Christian revelation. * Paolo Monzani, The Heythrop Journal * The book is to be recommended as a learned introduction to modern questions about revelation and as a sensible effort to embrace moderate pluralism. lt provides a fruitful openness to different traditions, while never los!ng the belief in the uniqueness of Christian revelation. * Paolo Monzani, The Heythrop Journal * This is an insightful and clearly written work that will be of value to students and professors of theology at the graduate level. His breadth of scholarship and depth of insight are evident in every chapter of the book. * Neil Ormerod, Alphacrucis University College, Parramatta, NSW, Australia *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-286484-0 (9780192864840)
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Person
Louis Roy is a member of the Dominican Order and he holds a doctorate from Cambridge University. He taught at the grass-root level and at the Institut de Pastorale in Montreal before becoming a Full Professor of theology and philosophy at Boston College for twenty-one years, until 2006. He now teaches at the Dominican University College in Ottawa. He has published books in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Vietnamese. He has written numerous articles on the affective, intellectual, and mystical aspects of religious experience, faith and psychology, the question of God, revelation, and interreligious dialogue, especially between Christianity and Buddhism.
Content
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part One: The Groundwork
- 1: A Basic Characterization Inspired by the Past
- Part Two: The Challenge of Modernity
- 2: Modernity's Representations of Belief
- 3: Catholic Responses
- 4: The Problem of Historical Knowledge
- Part Three: Contemporary Discussions
- 5: Paul Ricœur: Testimony and Hope
- 6: Amid the Current Clash of Views
- Part Four: Revelation apart from Jesus?
- 7: Claims Made by Other Religions
- 8: Revelation, or God-Speech?
- 9: Can We either Absolutize or Relativize Jesus Christ?
- Conclusion