Revelation in a Pluralistic World

The loss of status for churches due to their belief in Christian revelation has been a problem since the Enlightenment. This book argues that this insistence has been unnuanced and simplistic, leading to disagreement among Christians and non-believers. It offers a provisional synthesis on revelation that draws from ancient, medieval, and modern traditions and is inspired by the Bible, Thomas Aquinas, John Henry Newman, and Bernard Lonergan. The book aims to provide a traditional and relevant position on revelation for today.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 22 September 2022
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Since the Enlightenment, the churches have experienced a significant decline in status due to their belief that revelation is solely realized within Christianity. The notion that Christian revelation holds greater truth than other so-called revelations appears absurd. This book contends that this insistence has often been unnuanced and simplistic, leading to disagreement among unbelievers, believers of other religions, and even many Christians regarding the primacy of a truth revealed in Jesus Christ. The book addresses the challenges affecting the interpretation of belief in the modern context. The volume presents a provisional synthesis on revelation, offering extensive expository and historical information. It explores distinctions between various aspects of belief, such as the natural and supernatural, conceptualism and intellectualism, heart and reason, subjectivity and objectivity, limited perspective and universal viewpoint, permanence of doctrine and historicity, Christian and non-Christian claims regarding truth, revelation, and divine speech, moderate and radical pluralism, Jesus absolutized and Jesus relativized. The overarching argument of the book is to draw upon the best aspects of ancient, medieval, and modern traditions on revelation. This book uniquely outlines a position on revelation that is both traditional and relevant for contemporary times. It embraces many values brought forth by modernity and draws from exegetes, historians, philosophers, and theologians. Its primary inspiration comes from the Bible, Thomas Aquinas, John Henry Newman, and Bernard Lonergan.

Weight: 616g
Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780192864840