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What is the main religion of the UK as of the 7th century?
Christianity
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How has the proportion of Christians in the UK changed from 2001 to 2021?
It fell from
71.7%
to
46.2%
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What is the traditional approach to religious diversity called?
Religious exclusivism
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What do inclusivist and pluralist approaches aim to achieve in society?
Enable social flourishing in a
multi-religious
society
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What is inter-faith dialogue?
Communication across faith
divides
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What does conversion refer to in a religious context?
Influencing someone to join a
religion
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How do liberal and conservative views differ on inter-faith dialogue?
Liberals favor
openness
; conservatives favor
expression
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What is required for liberal inter-faith dialogue to be effective?
Open-mindedness
and willingness to learn
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What do conservatives believe about the 'faith' element in dialogue?
It requires
genuine
expression of faith
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What is the main debate regarding inter-faith dialogue?
Which approach best enables
social cohesion
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What is the goal of scriptural reasoning?
Learning to
disagree
without conflict
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Who developed the method of Textual Reasoning?
Peter Ochs
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What is the purpose of scriptural reasoning sessions?
To read and discuss scriptures
together
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What is a claimed benefit of scriptural reasoning?
Promotes understanding across
faith
divides
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How does scriptural reasoning differ from liberalism?
It allows full
expression
of faith
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What do conservatives think about scriptural reasoning?
They may see it as
relativistic
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What is Gavin D’Costa's critique of scriptural reasoning?
It slides into
liberalism
and relativism
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What does Cardinal Ratzinger claim about secular liberal culture?
It views
exclusivist
belief as a threat
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What does Paul Eddy argue about Christians and pluralism?
They
feel
pressured
towards
pluralism
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What do secular liberals argue about exclusivist attitudes?
They cause
social problems
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What does Christopher Hitchens argue about religion and social cohesion?
Religion should be
domesticated
for peace
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What is the consequence of relativistic social pressure on traditional Christians?
It may drive them towards
extremism
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What does Hitchens believe about the criticism of exclusivists?
It is part of
free speech
in society
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What does Hitchens argue about sacrificing liberal values?
It leads to backsliding towards
theocracy
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What does Hitchens suggest about exclusivists' views?
They reflect a
totalitarian
mindset
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How does scriptural reasoning attempt to balance faith and dialogue?
By allowing personal faith without
conversion
attempts
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What is the main criticism of scriptural reasoning's approach?
It may suppress the
faith element
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What is the relationship between scriptural reasoning and liberalism?
Scriptural reasoning
aims to
avoid
liberalism's
pitfalls
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What does scriptural reasoning claim about participants' faith commitments?
Participants should not
compromise
their faith
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What is the significance of the 'tent' analogy in scriptural reasoning?
It represents a
neutral space
for dialogue
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How does scriptural reasoning view the truth of different religions?
It
does
not
discuss
which
religion
is
true
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What is the potential issue with scriptural reasoning's approach to faith?
It may relativize the
faith element
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What does the liberal approach to inter-faith dialogue aim to achieve?
Unite different religious worldviews on
common ground
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What is the critique of the liberal approach to dialogue?
It obliterates the
individuality
of faiths
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What does post-liberal dialogue accept about different worldviews?
It acknowledges
genuine
differences
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What is the main goal of post-liberal inter-faith dialogue?
Avoid
relativism
by accepting differences
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What does scriptural reasoning aim to achieve in inter-faith dialogue?
Enable
mutual understanding
across faith divides
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What is the relationship between scriptural reasoning and traditional religious views?
It encourages
understanding
without rejection
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What does scriptural reasoning discourage in its practice?
Attacking other
faiths
or conversion attempts
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What is the significance of the term 'postliberal' in scriptural reasoning?
It avoids suppressing any
part
of faith
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