The Christian Attitude to Other Religions
- Author: E. C. Dewick
- Date Published: June 2011
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- isbn: 9780521242608
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First published in 1953, these Hulsean Lectures inquire 'what has been, and what should be, the attitude of the Church and of individual Christians towards religions other than their own' and review the policy and methods of Christian missions to non-Christians. Dr Dewick has adopted a definition of 'religion' sufficiently wide to cover the challenging political-philosophical systems - such as Communism, Fascism and Nationalism - which, though professedly non-religious or even anti-religious, display many of the characteristics of religion; and he shows clearly what principles should underlie the Christian attitude to such pseudo-religions. Dr Dewick spent many years as a missionary in India and Ceylon, and writes with particular knowledge of Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists. the concluding lectures, on 'The Recovery of First Principles' and 'The Reform of Missionary Policy and Practice', are particularly interesting.
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- Date Published: June 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521242608
- length: 232 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 13 mm
- weight: 0.3kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. The Challenge from Other Religions to the Christian Church To-Day:
1. The challenge from the 'political religions'
2. The challenge from the non-Christian religions
3. The need for an answer to these challenges
Part II. The Answers from the Church To-Day:
4. The answer to the political religions
5. The answers to the non-Christian religions
6. The motives behind these answers
Part III. The Message of Jesus Christ, in Relation to Other Religions:
7. The Hebrew background of Christ's message
8. The message of Jesus of Nazareth
9. Indirect inferences from the Gospels
Part IV. The Tradition of the Church:
10. The changing historical background
11. Some permanent trends in Christian thought
Part V. The Recovery of First Principles:
12. The supremacy of Jesus Christ
13. Principles clearly taught by Jesus Christ
14. Further principles sometimes regarded as essential to Christianity
15. The problems of tolerance and impartiality
16. The validity of the appeal to religious experience
Part VI. The Reform of Missionary Policy and Practice:
17. The constructive purpose of reforms
18. The weaknesses of missions to-day
19. Some outstanding problems of missionary work to-day
20. The aim and purpose of Christian missions
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of subjects
Index of Persons, authors and books.
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