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Document Details : Title: Peter C. Phan on Interreligious Encounters Author(s): LEE, Erica Siu-Mui Journal: Studies in Interreligious Dialogue Volume: 34 Issue: 1 Date: 2024 Pages: 25-43 DOI: 10.2143/SID.34.1.3293508 Abstract : In interreligious encounters, religions are mutually-interdependent partners seeking the truth. The Vietnamese-American Catholic theologian Peter C. Phan (*1943) has sought to understand religious diversity in a pioneering way and push the Catholic Church into a new paradigmatic reconsideration of its relationship with other religions following the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). This article explores the possibility of a 'perichoretic-kenotic' Christian theology of religions based on insights gleaned from Phan’s numerous writings that span decades. Bearing in mind his contributions in the contemporary age of postmodern and postcolonial religiosity, the 'perichoretic-kenotic' Christian theology of religions places the accent not on the superiority of Christianity over other religions, but on how different religions are mutually-interdependent partners with a common goal of gaining better insights on God’s revelation (for theistic religions) and achieving self-transcendence (which includes liberation, enlightenment, etc. for nontheistic religions). |
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