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First And The Last

The Claim of Jesus Christ and the Claims of Other Religious Traditions

by R. Sumner George

  • Paperback
  • 228 pages
  • Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

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For Christians navigating religious pluralism today

Helps clarify the uniqueness of Jesus amid other beliefs

You will deepen your understanding of interfaith dialogue

This book explores how Jesus Christ stands unique among world religions.

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As Christians become more engaged with the reality of religious pluralism, many find themselves torn between two worthy goals - to be faithful to the lordship of Jesus Christ and to be open generously to possible truths found in other religions. In The First and the Last George Sumner offers a constructive way forward, showing how Christian theology can bring these two goals together. At stake in the current debate over religious pluralism is the issue not only of evangelism and mission but also of the Christian claim to the uniqueness of Jesus Christ. Sumner leads readers through the challenges and possibilities raised by this debate, and he outlines a distinctive new method for assessing from a Christian standpoint the claims and practices of neighboring faiths. The crux of Sumner's approach is what he calls "final primacy," a position that (1) sets non-Christian religions in relation to the unique mediating role of Jesus Christ and (2) relates the truth claims of other religions to the overall scheme of grace. Sumner goes on to demonstrate the effectiveness of this position in practical terms, using final primacy as a frame of reference for a number of twentieth-century theologies - namely, those of Barth, Rahner, and Pannenberg - and as a way of examining both Indian and African theologies against their respective backgrounds of Hinduism and tribal practices. Additionally, the book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of interfaith thought: Sumner both surveys how religious pluralism has been handled in the past and illustrates how the position of final primacy at once redefines and promotes its most pressing issue - interreligious dialogue. A provocative approach to religious pluralism sure to stir widespread discussion, The First and the Last provides valuable reading for anyone interested in theology, interfaith dialogue, and missions.
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  • Title

    First And The Last

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Eerdmans Publishing Company

  • Published

    August 2007

  • Weight

    341g

  • Page Count

    228

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780802863348

  • ISBN-10

    0802863345

  • Eden Code

    1122738

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