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Analyzing John H. Hick’s religious pluralism and its implications from Islamic ethical perspectives

This paper underscores religious pluralism postulated by John Hick (1922–2012) to (re)solve various perceived conflicts of religious diversity and inter-religious relationships in the modern times. To embark on the religious implications of Hick’s postulation from an Islamic standpoint with an empha...

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Main Authors: Kazeem, Akeem Olayinka, Shehu, Fatmir Mehdi
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Language:English
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Published: University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan 2023
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BC Logic
BJ1188 Religious ethics
BL Religion
BP1 Islam
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spelling my.iium.irep.1083262023-12-21T03:17:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/108326/ Analyzing John H. Hick’s religious pluralism and its implications from Islamic ethical perspectives Kazeem, Akeem Olayinka Shehu, Fatmir Mehdi BC Logic BJ1188 Religious ethics BL Religion BP1 Islam This paper underscores religious pluralism postulated by John Hick (1922–2012) to (re)solve various perceived conflicts of religious diversity and inter-religious relationships in the modern times. To embark on the religious implications of Hick’s postulation from an Islamic standpoint with an emphasis on the ethical perspectives, this study discusses all the relevant conflicts arising due to the misrepresentation of certain issues in a religious context. Additionally, this research is eloquent as it highlights certain moral principles provided by Islam to address the real and potential conflicts of religious diversity and inter-religious issues without any apologetic view of Islamic core doctrines; this contrasts with Hick’s approach that implies a fundamental revision in the foundational doctrines of Islamic belief system. Therefore, to focus on the doctrinal, theological, and epistemic implications; concerning any attempt by the Muslims to adopt Hick’s view with special attention on Islamic ethics as the better alternative, this research analyzed various Qur’ānic verses. Furthermore, the study uses a qualitative method of interpretive and critical analysis approaches and the relevant Qur’ānic verses and previous studies to originate its sources of data from related research. Moreover, the paper concludes that an ethical approach to religious diversity and interreligious issues and conflicts is more pragmatic and effective based on Islamic perspectives other than Hick’s religious pluralism, which necessarily implies religious relativism, agnosticism, and skepticism that are antithetical to the Islamic worldview. University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan 2023-12-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/108326/1/108326_Analyzing%20John%20H.%20Hick%E2%80%99s%20religious.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/108326/2/108326_Analyzing%20John%20H.%20Hick%E2%80%99s%20religious_SCOPUS.pdf Kazeem, Akeem Olayinka and Shehu, Fatmir Mehdi (2023) Analyzing John H. Hick’s religious pluralism and its implications from Islamic ethical perspectives. Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, 13 (2). pp. 178-194. ISSN 2075-0943 E-ISSN 2520-0313 https://journals.umt.edu.pk/index.php/JITC/article/view/4648 10.32350/jitc.132.12
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topic BC Logic
BJ1188 Religious ethics
BL Religion
BP1 Islam
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BJ1188 Religious ethics
BL Religion
BP1 Islam
Kazeem, Akeem Olayinka
Shehu, Fatmir Mehdi
Analyzing John H. Hick’s religious pluralism and its implications from Islamic ethical perspectives
description This paper underscores religious pluralism postulated by John Hick (1922–2012) to (re)solve various perceived conflicts of religious diversity and inter-religious relationships in the modern times. To embark on the religious implications of Hick’s postulation from an Islamic standpoint with an emphasis on the ethical perspectives, this study discusses all the relevant conflicts arising due to the misrepresentation of certain issues in a religious context. Additionally, this research is eloquent as it highlights certain moral principles provided by Islam to address the real and potential conflicts of religious diversity and inter-religious issues without any apologetic view of Islamic core doctrines; this contrasts with Hick’s approach that implies a fundamental revision in the foundational doctrines of Islamic belief system. Therefore, to focus on the doctrinal, theological, and epistemic implications; concerning any attempt by the Muslims to adopt Hick’s view with special attention on Islamic ethics as the better alternative, this research analyzed various Qur’ānic verses. Furthermore, the study uses a qualitative method of interpretive and critical analysis approaches and the relevant Qur’ānic verses and previous studies to originate its sources of data from related research. Moreover, the paper concludes that an ethical approach to religious diversity and interreligious issues and conflicts is more pragmatic and effective based on Islamic perspectives other than Hick’s religious pluralism, which necessarily implies religious relativism, agnosticism, and skepticism that are antithetical to the Islamic worldview.
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title Analyzing John H. Hick’s religious pluralism and its implications from Islamic ethical perspectives
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title_full Analyzing John H. Hick’s religious pluralism and its implications from Islamic ethical perspectives
title_fullStr Analyzing John H. Hick’s religious pluralism and its implications from Islamic ethical perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Analyzing John H. Hick’s religious pluralism and its implications from Islamic ethical perspectives
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publisher University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
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