Pluralism and Theology: OCR Religious Studies

In this video I go through Pluralism and Theology following the OCR spec. If you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment :)

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[@ky.mutt78]

Hi for a ‘does religious pluralism undermine central Christian beliefs’ question- is this just a pluralism question or do I write about the other approaches as well and have my evaluation be they are better because they don’t undermine ?

[@IThinkThereforeITeach]

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[@Emma-bj2wj]

If we had a question on one specific issue of the soteriological or epistemological problem e.g. "Only Christianity leads to salvation" VS "Christianity is the only true religion" Then would it be better to just focus on that issue or could you bring in points from the other? i.e. in the second question could I also include that by "true" it could also refer to truth in how to reach salvation and drop in a few points in about that or would it be wasting time?

[@IThinkThereforeITeach]

Hi Emma, because both questions are found within Pluralism and Theology you can bring elements from both areas as part of your discussion. I like your focus on what ‘true’ means/ implies, that would work well in an essay. I think the questions are actually very similar in how you would answer and approach them. You would just have to make sure you emphasise salvation or true religion as part of your line of argument :)

[@victoriabaker2662]

hii, could you use dr andy bannister's arguments in your own words as your own evaluation in an essay or would you have to say they are his arguments? thankuu

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I would do both, I would say they are his then I would evaluate why you agree with them, what makes them convincing :)

[@lisalasoya2898]

Ironically, I went down the aillie of the library and just picked up this book-cultural, moral and religious diversity is a pervasive feature of modern life. Yet, the resulting issue of pluralism has only recently become a focal point of intellectual debate, and our understanding of the philosophical, questions the good thing is they offer this course in college similar to humanities, it is a good and bad performance in life.

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[@glennsimonsen8421]

Regarding the "Copernicun revolution"/Solar system analogy of each planet orbit around the sun: I view this analogy quite differently than John Hick. Notice that all planets (religions) do travel around the Sun, however only ONE of these planets is able to support life! And the analogy of the blind men describing an elephant is a commonly used Hindu story. But notice that blind persons are especially adept at evaluating sensory clues. The blind would never draw such ignorant conclusions, and the story truly makes blind people out to be fools. Thus, none of these analogies supports religious pluralism as coherent or rational. Also notice John Hick necessarily had to reject fundamental tenets of Christianity in order to become a pluralist. Jesus said, "I AM the truth"! And there are many more of Jesus' statements which would deny a system of pluralism. But the professor didn't mention Jesus at all when discussing John Hick's transformation into pluralism. Because Christianity simply cannot be reconciled with religious pluralism for anyone who accepts Jesus' life, words, acts, execution, and resurrection as historical events. Anyone who says they are both a Christian and a Hindu or Buddhist cannot be rational thinkers.

[@IThinkThereforeITeach]

That is a very good interpretation and exploration of the analogies Glenn. Also the idea that some planets are closer to the sun so are these religions closer to the 'truth'? All very interesting :)