Christianity and Religious Diversity: Clarifying Christian Commitments in a Globalizing Age

· Baker Academic
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This book explores how religions have changed in a globalized world and how Christianity is unique among them. Harold Netland, an expert in philosophical aspects of religion and pluralism, offers a fresh analysis of religion in today's globalizing world. He challenges misunderstandings of the concept of religion itself and shows how particular religious traditions, such as Buddhism, undergo significant change with modernization and globalization. Netland then responds to issues concerning the plausibility of Christian commitments to Jesus Christ and the unique truth of the Christian gospel in light of religious diversity. The book concludes with basic principles for living as Christ's disciples in religiously diverse contexts.

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Wesley Sweet
May 13, 2017
I am a senior in college and I chose to read this book as one of my resources in writing my senior research paper on "pluralism & exclusivism in the context of interreligious dialogue". This book has been enlightening and indispensable in my research as Dr. Netland thoroughly explores issues raised by living in a globalized and pluralistic world. Though this book is very academic and dense, I highly recommend it for anybody trying to figure out the rightful place of their religious beliefs amidst the smorgasbord of religions and worldviews, especially for those at a secular school like the one I attend that demands intellectual answers to these questions.
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Harold A. Netland (PhD, Claremont Graduate University) is professor of philosophy of religion and intercultural studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author of several books and the coeditor of Globalizing Theology and Handbook of Religion.

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