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Beyond Essentialist Interreligious Education: Insights with a Whiteheadian Perspective of Multiplicity
- Source :
- Religions, Vol 10, Iss 7, p 404 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2019.
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Abstract
- In the late twentieth century, interreligious education emerged as a way to transform one’s attitude toward other religions and reduce religious prejudice. This article addresses the philosophical aspects of this practice, in particular the problems that arise when an essentialist approach is accommodated. The problems include the why (philosophical rationale), the who (subject and participant), the what (content), and the future (purpose). In response, the author explores how a relational approach grounded in a Whiteheadian philosophy of multiplicity would allow us to understand interreligious education differently. The article finds that a relational approach can help us imagine and embody interreligious education in a more humanizing, inclusive, and transformative way.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20771444
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Religions
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.4dd590e55e64cd9a419854dd803c364
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10070404