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G eorge L indbeck as a Potential Religious Pluralist
Author(s) -
Fridlund Patrik
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the heythrop journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.127
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1468-2265
pISSN - 0018-1196
DOI - 10.1111/heyj.12136
Subject(s) - interpretation (philosophy) , reading (process) , epistemology , order (exchange) , philosophy , religious pluralism , point (geometry) , grammar , linguistics , sociology , theology , mathematics , economics , geometry , finance
Interreligious dialogue and conversion are two contentious foci for understanding how religion operates. An interpretation of G eorge L indbeck serves as a starting point for discussion in this paper. The dominant reading is that L indbeck claims that traditions absorb the world. Religious traditions are isolated, and the one with a greater capacity to assimilate others’ concerns emerges the strongest – implying what is called exclusivism . My proposal is that a different reading of L indbeck is possible; I am not so much questioning L indbeck as highlighting another aspect of his oeuvre . If grammar, framework and structure – and not propositional first‐order ontological contents – are given first place, dialogue and conversion appear differently. Questions must be raised, however; isn't it true that there is always some content and substance – even if hidden or disguised?