Introduction to the Theology of Religions: Biblical, Historical, and Contemporary Perspectives Book

	Outline	9
	Introduction: Christian Theology of Religious as a Theological Discipline	17
1	Overview of Biblical Testimony	33
2	The Old Testament	36
3	The New Testament	41
4	Religion(s) in the Bible	47
5	Limited Openness to Other Religions Among Some Early Church Fathers	55
6	"Outside the Church No Salvation": The Consolidation of the Exclusive Attitude	63
7	The Meaning of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus for the Contemporary Church	78
8	Positive Attitudes Toward Other Religions After the Early Fathers	82
9	The Radical Challenge of the Enlightenment and Classical Liberalism	90
10	The Fulfillment Theory of Religions	103
11	The Response of the Roman Catholic Church	111
12	The Response of the Anglican and Episcopalian Churches	123
13	The Response of Mainline Protestant Churches	127
14	The Response of the Free Churches	135
15	The Response of the Evangelical Movement	144
16	The Response of the Ecumenical Movement	151
17	Orientation to the Study of Theologians of Religion	165
18	Karl Barth: Religion as Unbelief	174
19	Hendrik Kraemer: Jesus Christ as the Way, the Truth and the Life	181
20	Paul Althaus: "Original Revelation" in Religions	187
21	Karl Rahner: "Anonymous Christians"	190
22	Hans Kung: Religions as the "Ordinary Way of Salvation"	197
23	Jacques Dupuis: "Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism"	205
24	Gavin D'Costa: Trinitarian Theology of Religions	216
25	Paul Tillich: The Dynamic-Typological Approach to Religions	224
26	Wolfhart Pannenberg: Religions Competing for the Universal Truth	235
27	Lesslie Newbigin: The Gospel as Public Truth	245
28	M. M. Thomas: "Risking Christ for Christ's Sake"	256
29	Sir Norman Anderson: Unique Savior but Nonexclusive Salvation	261
30	Clark Pinnock: A Wideness in God's Mercy	269
31	Amos Yong: A Pneumatological Theology of Religions	277
32	John Hick: The Copernican Revolution of Religions	282
33	Stanley J. Samartha: One Christ, Many Religions	294
34	Raimundo Panikkar: The Unknown Christ of Hinduism	302
35	Paul F. Knitter: Jesus and the Other Names	309
36	Millard J. Erickson: No Other Name	318
37	Harold Netland: The Enigma of Pluralism	324
38	Vinoth Ramachandra: The Recovery of Mission	333
39	The Current Scene: Critical Reflections and Questions	342
	Epilogue: The Way Forward	353
	Bibliography	356
	Indexes	367