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Article: Hindu views of religious others: implications for Christian theology.
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- Theological Studies
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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IN IMPORTANT WAYS it makes good sense to compare Catholic and Hindu positions on religious pluralism just as on a wide range of other issues. (1) Differences notwithstanding, many Catholics and Hindus have much in common regarding important religious and theological truths: the world is real and intelligible; material realities must be understood in the context of larger spiritual realities; there is an ultimate goal that, when attained, offers a liberation that involves radical transformation. Many theistic Hindus share with Christians even more specific views about God: there is an omnipotent and omniscient divine person who is compassionate as well as just; God and not ...
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