Original scientific paper
ON DISPUTES AND IMPORTANCE OF THE INCLUSIVE MODEL IN THEOLOGY OF RELIGIONS
Nikola Bižaca
orcid.org/0000-0001-9412-508X
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split
Abstract
The inclusive Christocentric model of interpretation of
religious histories, in its various variants, prevails today in
Catholic theology and in the Magisterium documents. But, in
the last two decades major disputes over inclusivism are on the
increase. This article aims to be a contribution to understanding
the range and theological foundation of this model. The first part
presents the fundamental determinants of inclusivism through
a brief theological-historical analysis of the viewpoints of some
competent theologians from the Council period: Daniélou, von
Balthazar, De Lubac. Special critical attention is paid to the most
elaborate classic form of inclusivism presented in the works of K.
Rahner. Then some important actual objections to inclusivism
are pointed out. In the last part the author is trying to determine
some basic outlines of an open-type inclusivism, which is able
to offer, even today, convincing theological interpretative pattern
of religious history, adequate for undoubted Christocentrism of
God’s revelation, at the same time functional in promoting an
authentic religious and humane inter-religious dialogue. In final
reflections the author emphasizes the theological-praxeological
category of mutual inclusivism.
Keywords
inclusivism; mutual inclusivism; legitimate religions; history of salvation; specific history of salvation; Trinitarian inclusivism; relational Christology
Hrčak ID:
22406
URI
Publication date:
21.9.2007.
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