Open AccessResponding to the Religious Reasons of Others: Resonance and Non-Reducitve Religious Pluralism
Author(s) -
Ḥājj Muḥammad Legenhausen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal for philosophy of religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 1689-8311
DOI - 10.24204/ejpr.v5i2.232
Subject(s) - religious pluralism , religious belief , pluralism (philosophy) , perspective (graphical) , epistemology , abandonment (legal) , religious experience , sociology , religious philosophy , psychology , social psychology , philosophy , law , political science , religious studies , computer science , artificial intelligence , philosophy education
Call a belief ‘non-negotiable’ if one cannot abandon the belief without the abandonment of one’s religious (or non-religious) perspective. Although non-negotiable beliefs can logically exclude other perspectives, a non-reductive approach to religious pluralism can help to create a space within which the non- negotiable beliefs of others that contradict one’s own non-negotiable beliefs can be appreciated and understood as playing a justificatory role for the other. The appreciation of these beliefs through cognitive resonance plays a crucial role to enable the understanding of those who hold other perspectives. epistemological and spiritual consequences of this claim are explored.