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Dietz Lange

Offenbarung des Heiligen im Christentum und in anderen Religionen. Überlegungen zu einer christlichen Theologie der Religionen

Section: Articles
Volume 110 (2013) / Issue 4, pp. 501-517 (17)
Published 09.07.2018
DOI 10.1628/004435413X13835622623474
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Summary
If holiness is revealed in every religion, not a single one can lay claim to domination in a pluralistic society. Rather, as Nathan Söderblom suggested, the relationship between religions must take on the form of a dialectical process of contest and cooperation. Contrary to much of the history of Christianity, such renunciation of mundane power is an expression of a theologia crucis. The question confronting this concept in the modern world is how it will fare in the face of both fundamentalism and religious shallowness.