Table of Contents
Introduction
Approach.
1 The Theology of Religions
Religious Plurality: A New Theological Challenge?
The Theology of Religions
Exclusivism
Inclusivism
Pluralism
Conclusion
2 The Theology of Religions and the Tension between Openness and Closedness
Interreligious Dialogue in the Exclusivist Model
Inclusivism and Interreligious Dialogue
Interreligious Dialogue and Pluralism Conclusion
3 A Critique of the Pluralist Model of Interreligious Dialogue
The Virtue of Openness:
Pluralism as Confessional Discourse.
Pluralism and the Inability to do Justice to Difference
Pluralism and "Faith Commitment":
The Difference between Expression and Impression
Conclusion
4 The Cultural-Linguistic Theory, Postliberalism, and Religious Incommensurability
Biographical Reflections and Theological Concerns
The Cultural-Linguistic Theory of Religion and Ecumenism
Postliberalism and the Cultural Crisis
Postliberalism, The Theology of Religions, and Interreligious Dialogue
Conclusion
5 The End of Dialogue?
A Theological Critique of Postliberalism
The "Reception History" of the Cultural-Linguistic Model
Intermezzo
Intratextual Hermeneutics and the End of Dialogue
A Theological Critique of Postliberalism: Dichotomy or Dialogue?.....
Concluding Reflections on Exclusivism, Inclusivism, and Hermeneutical Openness....
6 Interreligious Dialogue and Hermeneutical Openness
The Analogy between Language and Religion
A Theological Hermeneutics of the Story of Babel
Linguistic Hospitality
Hermeneutical Openness as Linguistic Hospitality
Narrative Identity....
Conclusion: A Theology of Interreligious Hospitality.
7 Testimony and Openness: A Theological Perspective
Fragility and Human Restlessness
Balm for the Soul: The Generosity of the Feast
Bibliography
Index of Subjects.....
Index of Names
