John Hick

• Which two books did John Hick write?

  • A Christian Theology of Religions: The Rainbow of Faiths
  • God has many names
• What is a universalist?

  Believes God's salvation is available to everyone, no matter their religion
• What does Hick believe?

  All religions contain different aspects of the truth, but they are not the same
• Hick distinguishes claims made by religion

  1. Claims related to historical fact
  2. Trans-historical questions for which there are fundamentally different answers that cannot be settled with reference to facts
• What did Hick say your religion depends on in God has many names?

  "depends nearly always on the part of the world in which one happens to be born"
• What book did Paul Griffith write?

  The Problem of Religious Diversity (2001)
• What does Griffiths ask?

  How to deal with religious groups that support extreme actions which other religions see to be against the religious spirit
• What does Griffith say is unrealistic?

  To say the differences between mainstream religious groups are superficial
• What are 2 examples of religious groups being outside the norm?

  • Jehovah's Witnesses' not having blood transfusions
  • Mormons practicing polygamy
• What does Hick want to see happen to Christian claims on truth?

  To be interpreted as mythical
• Who may challenge Hick's views?

  • Atheists- believe there is no truth to any religion
  • Religious exclusivists