Understanding other religions : [manuscript] : al-Biruni's and Gadamer's "fusion of horizons" /
Ataman, Kemal.
Understanding other religions : al-Biruni's and Gadamer's "fusion of horizons" / [manuscript] : by Kemal Ataman. - Washington, D.C. : Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, c2008. - 135 p. ; 23 cm. - Cultural heritages and contemporary change. Series IIA, Islam ; 19 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- On the way to understanding : fusion of horizons (horizontverschmelzung) -- A. Hermeneutical significance of horizon (horizont) -- B. Fusion of horizons : assimilation or participation -- Al-Biruni's understanding of other religions -- A. Background and context -- B. Fusion of horizons : assimilation or participation? -- C. al-Biruni's method of studying other religions -- Conclusion -- Ways of encountering the other -- A. Background of the problem -- B. Exclusivism : Karl Barth -- C. Inclusivism : Karl Rahner -- Pluralism : John Hick -- E. Evaluation -- F. Conclusion -- Between exclusivism and pluralism -- A. Objectivism-relativism debate revisited -- B. Beyond exclusivism and pluralism : a questionable attempt -- Conclusion -- General conclusions.
9781565182523 (paperback)
2008021993
B|ir|un|i, Mu|hammad ibn A|hmad, 973?-1048.
Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002.
Religions.
Hermeneutics.
BL85 / .A83 2008
201/..5
Understanding other religions : al-Biruni's and Gadamer's "fusion of horizons" / [manuscript] : by Kemal Ataman. - Washington, D.C. : Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, c2008. - 135 p. ; 23 cm. - Cultural heritages and contemporary change. Series IIA, Islam ; 19 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- On the way to understanding : fusion of horizons (horizontverschmelzung) -- A. Hermeneutical significance of horizon (horizont) -- B. Fusion of horizons : assimilation or participation -- Al-Biruni's understanding of other religions -- A. Background and context -- B. Fusion of horizons : assimilation or participation? -- C. al-Biruni's method of studying other religions -- Conclusion -- Ways of encountering the other -- A. Background of the problem -- B. Exclusivism : Karl Barth -- C. Inclusivism : Karl Rahner -- Pluralism : John Hick -- E. Evaluation -- F. Conclusion -- Between exclusivism and pluralism -- A. Objectivism-relativism debate revisited -- B. Beyond exclusivism and pluralism : a questionable attempt -- Conclusion -- General conclusions.
9781565182523 (paperback)
2008021993
B|ir|un|i, Mu|hammad ibn A|hmad, 973?-1048.
Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002.
Religions.
Hermeneutics.
BL85 / .A83 2008
201/..5