Who Do You Say That I Am?: Christians Encounter Other Religions PDF
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Who Do You Say That I Am? : Christians title: Encounter Other Religions author: Shenk, Calvin E. publisher: Herald Press isbn10 | asin: 0836190602 print isbn13: 9780836190601 ebook isbn13: 9780585262956 language: English Christianity and other religions, Christianity and other religions--Biblical teaching, subject Religious pluralism, Religious pluralism-- Biblical teaching, Jesus Christ--Person and offices, Witness bearing (Christianity) publication date: 1997 lcc: BR127.S46 1997eb ddc: 261.2 Christianity and other religions, Christianity and other religions--Biblical teaching, subject: Religious pluralism, Religious pluralism-- Biblical teaching, Jesus Christ--Person and offices, Witness bearing (Christianity) Page 3 Who Do You Say That I Am? Christians Encounter Other Religions Calvin E. Shenk Page 4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shenk, Calvin E., 1936- Who do you say that I am?: Christians encounter other religions / by Calvin E. Shenk. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8361-9060-2 (alk. paper) 1. Christianity and other religions. 2. Christianity and other religionsBiblical teaching. 3. Religious pluralism. 4. Religious pluralismBiblical teaching. 5. Jesus ChristPerson and offices. 6. Witness bearing (Christianity) I. Title. BR127.S46 1997 261.2dc21 97-19784 The paper used in this publication is recycled and meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. All Bible quotations are used by permission, all rights reserved, and unless otherwise indicated are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM? Copyright © 1997 by Herald Press, Scottdale, Pa. 15683 Published simultaneously in Canada by Herald Press, Waterloo, Ont. N2L 6H7. All rights reserved Library of Congress Catalog Number: 97-19784 International Standard Book Number: 0-8361-9060-2 Printed in the United States of America Book and cover design by Jim Butti 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Page 5 To our children, born in Ethiopia, and their spouses Douglas and Elaine, Duane and Tanya, Donna and Ryan all of whom have spent a semester of study in the Middle East, where they encountered the issues described here. Page 7 Contents Foreword 13 by Wilbert R. Shenk Preface 16 1. Introduction to Religious Plurality 21 Religious Plurality 22 Religious Subjectivism 24 Self-Criticism 25 Quest for Unity 26 Truth and Relativism 27 Religious Plurality and Religious Pluralism 29 Religious Pluralism and Cultural Pluralism 31 Christ as Center 31 2. Response to Religious PluralityExclusivism and 34 Inclusivism Exclusivism 34 Definition 34 Description 35 Response and Evaluation 37 Inclusivism 43 Definition 43 Description 44 Response and Evaluation 49 3. Response to Religious PluralityPluralism 53 Definition 53 Description 54 Common Essence 54 Page 8 Tolerance of Religion 54 Social Conditioning 55 Specialization of Religion 55 Twentieth-Century Pluralism 56 Theocentrism 57 Salvation-Centeredness 58 Religious Experience 59 Reinterpreting Christ 60 Relative Truth 62 Response and Evaluation 63 Vagueness of God in Religion 63 Criteria for Understanding God 64 Christ the Criterion 65 Salvation 67 Truth Is Relativized 68 Tolerance and Dogmatism 70 Understanding of Mission 71 Summary Perspectives on Exclusivism, Inclusivism, and 72 Pluralism 4. A Biblical Perspective on the ReligionsOld Testament 74 Thinking Biblically 74 Covenant of Creation and Covenant with Noah: Genesis 75 1-11 Election and Covenant Through Abraham: Witness to the78 Nations Implication of Abrahamic Faith: God and the Gods 79 Exodus, Sinai, Canaan: No Other Gods 80 Kingship, Prophets, Exile, Restoration: Protest Against 83 Idolatry and Syncretism God's Dialogue with the Nations 86 Mission in Israel 89 New Testament Interpretating of the Old Testament 91 5. A Biblical Perspective on the ReligionsNew Testament 92 Uniqueness and Lordship of Jesus Christ 92 Good News Replacing Lostness 92 Uniqueness of Christ 93 Jesus and the Kingdom 94 Uniqueness and Universality 95
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