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Document Details : Title: Interreligious Relations Subtitle: Incongruent Relations and Rationalities Author(s): VROOM, Hendrik M. Journal: Studies in Interreligious Dialogue Volume: 16 Issue: 1 Date: 2006 Pages: 59-71 DOI: 10.2143/SID.16.1.2013491 Abstract : It is often thought that the differences between traditions is a matter of their having different rituals and contradicting one another with respect to beliefs and ethical views on certain points and converging on others. However true that might be, the important differences lie on a deeper level. We need to be aware of the structural differences between traditions. This article shows how these differences appear in the views that those traditions have of other religions. These views are not congruent, since they spring from different paradigms and entail different valuations of reasonableness. The article describes, first, the urgency for deepening our understanding of the otherness of other traditions and the danger of an all too-easy acceptance that “others” are “like us.” Second, the paper describes the incongruent rationalities that follow from three “types” of religions: theistic, acosmic and cosmic. Thirdly, the article discusses some considerations regarding the incompatibility of the three types. |
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