02947nam 2200685 a 450 991078540310332120230222232042.01-282-97752-097866129775270-8264-2039-7(CKB)2670000000067068(EBL)655501(OCoLC)699510469(SSID)ssj0000471831(PQKBManifestationID)12124144(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471831(PQKBWorkID)10428266(PQKB)11099553(MiAaPQ)EBC655501(Au-PeEL)EBL655501(CaPaEBR)ebr10443232(CaONFJC)MIL297752(OCoLC)893335382(EXLCZ)99267000000006706820101216d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOne God of all?[electronic resource] probing pluralist identities /Garth HallettNew York ;London Continuumc20101 online resource (152 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-7048-0 0-8264-4632-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-138) and index.Contents; Preface; 1. PLURALIST IDENTITY CLAIMS: A PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW; 2. THE CLAIMS' SIGNIFICANCE; 3. FIXING A FOCUS; 4. TRANSCENDENT REFERENCE; 5. FOR AND AGAINST IDENTICAL REFERENCE; 6. NEGLECTED QUESTIONS; 7. MULTIPLE MISGIVINGS; 8. COUNTER-EXPLORATION; 9. DIALECTICAL RESPONSE; 10. PLURALISM IN A NEW KEY?; Works Cited; IndexThe claim has repeatedly been made, and has often been contested, that a single transcendent being is present or active in all of the world's major religions. In this view, names such as "God," "Allah," "nirvana," "Vishnu," and "Brahman" all refer to the same transcendent reality. Absent from the debate and here provided is a serious study of such claims in the light of the most pertinent philosophical literature, namely that concerning questions of identity and individuation. Of necessity, the terms that the claims employ are very general and abstract: the world's religions, it is said, all rReligious pluralismTranscendence (Philosophy)Transcendence of GodImmanence of GodReligionPhilosophyKnowledge, Theory of (Religion)Religious pluralism.Transcendence (Philosophy)Transcendence of God.Immanence of God.ReligionPhilosophy.Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)141.3Hallett Garth L.1927-2022.1278783MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785403103321One God of all3723400UNINA