Religious Truth and Identity in an Age of Plurality [Hardcover]

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, cross-fertilizing work on religious plurality with truth-claims from theologians as well as philosophers from the continental and analytic traditions.

The book includes three major parts. Part 1 explores the ideas around religious diversity and truth; Part 2 draws out the epistemic import of religious diversity; and Part 3 concludes the volume by examining the practical and social aspects of religious diversity.

Bringing a transdisciplinary perspective to a topic that remains at the forefront of conversation around the religious life of the world, this book will be of great interest to scholars of Religious Studies, Theology and the Philosophy of Religion.

Acknowledgements; General Introduction
Peter 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 Pihlstr?; Chapter 2: Truth, Suffering and Religious Diversity. A Pragmatist Perspective
Sami Pihlstr?m; Chapter 3: Truth, Meaning and Interreligious Understanding
?ke Wahlberg; Chapter 4: Belief as an Artefact. Implications for Religious Diversity
Elena 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 Diversity
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