Religious Truth and Identity in an Age of Plurality

Oliver J. Wiertz is professor of Epistemology and Philosophy of Religion at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt, Germany.

This book deals with the intellectual aspects of having diverse religious expressions in proximity and the socio-political consequences. It provides a multi-disciplinary perspective on this complex subject.

Acknowledgements; General IntroductionPeter Jonkers and Oliver J. Wiertz; Part I: Religious Diversity and Truth; Chapter 1: Introduction to Part I. The Truth-Aptness of Religious Discourse and the Problem of Realism in Relation to Religious Diversity and Pluralism.Sami Pihlströ; Chapter 2: Truth, Suffering and Religious Diversity. A Pragmatist PerspectiveSami Pihlström; Chapter 3: Truth, Meaning and Interreligious UnderstandingÅke Wahlberg; Chapter 4: Belief as an Artefact. Implications for Religious DiversityElena Kalmykova; Chapter 5: Maimonides and Kierkegaard on Fictionalism, Divine Hiddenness and the Scope for Interreligious Dialogue Nehama Verbin; Part II: Epistemic Consequences of Religious Diversity; Chapter 6: Introduction to Part II. The Epistemic Consequences of Religious Diversity.Katherine Dormandy and Oliver J. Wiertz; Chapter 7: The Epistemic Implications of Religious DiversityJohn Cottingham; Chapter 8: Epistemic Desiderata and Religious PluralityOliver J. Wiertz; Chapter 9: "In Abundance of Counsellors There is Victory": Reasoning about Public Policy from a Religious Worldview Katherine Dormandy; Chapter 10: Respecting Religious Otherness as Otherness versus Exclusivism and Religious Pluralism: Towards a Robust Interreligious Dialogue, Dirk-Martin Grube; Part III: Practical Questions Concerning Religious Diversity; Chapter 11: Introduction to Part III. Practical Questions Concerning Religious Diversity, Victoria S. Harrison; Chapter 12: Christians and the Practice of ZenAlexander Löffler SJ; Chapter 13: Reconsidering the Concept of Mission in the Light of Comparative TheologyKlaus von Stosch; Chapter 14: How to Break the Ill-Fated Bond between Religious Truth and Violence?Peter Jonkers; Chapter 15: Can Religious Diversity Help with the Problem of Religiously-Motivated Violence?Victoria S. Harrison; Index of names and terms; List of Contributors