CONTENTS
Outline
Introduction: Christian Theology of Religions as a
Theological Discipline..
PART ONE - BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVES: The Ambiguity and
Promise of the Biblical Testimony
1 Overview of Biblical Testimony
2 The Old Testament
3 The New Testament
4 Religion(s) in the Bible
PART TWO - HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
5 Limited Openness to Other Religions Among Some Early
Church Fathers.
6 "Outside the Church No Salvation": The
Consolidation of the Exclusive Attitude
7 The Meaning of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus for the
Contemporary Church..
8 Positive Attitudes Toward Other Religions After the Early
Fathers.
9 The Radical Challenge of the Enlightenment and Classical
Liberalism
10 The Fulfillment Theory of Religions
PART THREE-THE CURRENT SCENE: Ecclesiastical Approaches
11 The Response of the Roman Catholic Church...
12 The Response of the Anglican and Episcopalian Churches.
13 The Response of Mainline Protestant Churches
14 The Response of the Free Churches.
15 The Response of the Evangelical Movement
16 The Response of the Ecumenical Movement
PART FOUR -THE CURRENT SCENE: Theologians'
Interpretations
17 Orientation to the Study of Theologians of Religion..
ECCLESIOCENTRISM: EARLY APPROACHES
18 Karl Barth: Religion as Unbelief...
19 Hendrik Kraemer: Jesus Christ as the Way, the Truth and
the Life.
20 Paul Althaus: "Original Revelation" in
Religions...
CHRISTOCENTRISM 1: ROMAN CATHOLICS
21 Karl Rahner: "Anonymous Christians".
22 Hans Küng: Religions as the "Ordinary Way of
Salvation".
23 Jacques Dupuis: "Toward a Christian Theology of
Religious Pluralism” .
24 Gavin D'Costa: Trinitarian Theology of Religions....
CHRISTOCENTRISM 2: MAINLINE PROTESTANTS
25 Paul Tillich: The Dynamic-Typological Approach to
Religions
26 Wolfhart Pannenberg: Religions Competing for the
Universal Truth...
27 Lesslie Newbigin: The Gospel as Public Truth
28 M. M. Thomas: "Risking Christ for Christ's
Sake"
CHRISTOCENTRISM 3: EVANGELICALS
29 Sir Norman Anderson: Unique Savior but Nonexclusive
Salvation.
30 Clark Pinnock: A Wideness in God's Mercy.
31 Amos Yong: A Pneumatological Theology of Religions
THEOCENTRISM
32 John Hick: The Copernican Revolution of Religions.
33 Stanley J. Samartha: One Christ, Many Religions.
34 Raimundo Panikkar: The Unknown Christ of Hinduism.
35 Paul F. Knitter: Jesus and the Other Names.
ECCLESIOCENTRISM: CONTEMPORARY (EVANGELICAL) APPROACH
36 Millard J. Erickson: No Other Name.
37 Harold Netland: The Enigma of Pluralism
38 Vinoth Ramachandra: The Recovery of Mission
39 The Current Scene: Critical Reflections and Questions.
Epilogue: The Way Forward.
Bibliography.
Indexes
