Religious Pluralism and Pragmatist Theology

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By arguing for an approach to religious plurality shaped by openness towards the religious other and resistance against making all traditions the same, this book analyses interreligious topics from an angle inspired by pragmatism. Religious Plurality and Pragmatist Theology: Openness and Resistance Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Other: Hermeneutics of Recognition 2 What Makes a Religion? Experience and Semiosis 3 A Basis for Comparison? On "religious experience" as Universals or Particulars 4 Who is the Other? Categories for Relationships Revisited 5 The Stuff of Religions: Dealing with the Human Condition 6 Salvation in the Context of Religious Practices 7 Truth and Religious Orientations 8 Conflict and the Common Good 9 Coming Together in Reasoning Practice 10 The Trinitarian God and the Diversity of Experiences with Religion Epilogue: Plurality and Unity: Two Metaphors for the Future of Religions Literature Names Index Subject Index