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One God of All?

Probing Pluralist Identities

by Usa) Garth Hallett (saint Louis University

  • Paperback
  • 152 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 0.9 cm

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For scholars interested in religious pluralism and identity

Challenges assumptions about a single transcendent being

You will gain deeper insights into faith and philosophy

This insightful book explores the concept of a singular divine presence across various religions.

The claim has repeatedly been made, and has often been contested, that a single transcendent being is present or active in all of the world's major religions. In this view, names such as "God," "Allah," "nirvana," "Vishnu," and "Brahman" all refer to the same transcendent reality. Absent from the debate and here provided is a serious study of such claims in the light of the most pertinent philosophical literature, namely that concerning questions of identity and individuation. Of necessity, the terms that the claims employ are very general and abstract: the world's religions, it is said, all refer to the same "thing," "being," or "reality." Although analogy, rightly understood, can back the transcendent extension of descriptive expressions such as "wise," "good," and "powerful," it cannot do likewise for expressions such as "one," "same," and "many." So pluralists' identity claims appear empty. Hallett scrutinizes the soundness of this critique, its broad implications, and the possibility of replacing empty identity claims with suitable parables or comparisons.
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  • Title

    One God of All?

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    May 2012

  • Weight

    223g

  • Page Count

    152

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 0.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9781441170484

  • ISBN-10

    1441170480

  • Eden Code

    4030007

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