Knowra Religious pluralism Religious pluralism Religious pluralism is the coexistence of multiple religious traditions within a society, or the view that multiple traditions may offer valid accounts of religious truth.
Religious diversity : The presence of multiple religions, beliefs, or practices within a population or society. It names the social condition that pluralist institutions accommodate and pluralist theologies interpret.
Secularism : A range of ideas and arrangements separating religion from state power or limiting religion's public authority. Secularism governs religion's place in public life; pluralism concerns coexistence or religious truth.
John Hick : A British philosopher of religion known for arguing that major religions offer culturally shaped responses to the Real. His pluralist hypothesis became one of the best-known modern accounts of religious truth.
State religion : A religion officially established or endorsed by a government. State privilege can constrain the equal standing that political pluralism seeks to protect.
Religious truth : Claims about ultimate reality, divinity, salvation, or the proper relation between humans and the sacred. Theological pluralism depends on how conflicting claims about religious truth can be assessed.
Religious tolerance : The willingness to permit religious beliefs or practices one rejects or disagrees with. Tolerance can protect coexistence without accepting pluralist claims about religious truth.
Multiculturalism : The recognition or accommodation of distinct cultural communities within a society. Its policies often address the same public differences as religious pluralism, including religious practices.
Diana Eck : An American scholar of religion whose work examines religious diversity and pluralism, especially in the United States. Her distinction between diversity and active engagement shaped contemporary discussions of pluralism.
Religious discrimination : Unfair treatment based on a person's religion, religious practice, or lack of religion. Discrimination exposes the gap between formal coexistence and substantive religious equality.
Religious epistemology : The study of how religious beliefs are justified, known, or warranted. It asks what grounds claims that different traditions offer valid religious knowledge.
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