宗教多元主义的意义与价值——对约翰·希克宗教多元主义的本质主义解读

Meaning and Value of Religious Pluralism

在约翰.希克的宗教多元主义语境中,终极实在是宇宙的本体,信仰的源泉,它通过多元文化得以表达,通过不同信仰得以彰显,从而形成了从不同角度折射终极实在的多元的宗教传统和多样化的信仰体系。这些传统和体系呈现出共同的从自我中心向实在中心转变的救赎论结构,展陈出多元的但又是信念上同等有效的渡舟方式。因而,各种宗教本质上都是文化生成物,都有其反映终极实在的有限性,同时,也各有其主体认同的价值合理性和彼此间的平等性。宗教多元主义倡导和而不同与求同存异,在面对当今世界的多重挑战中展现其对话价值和实现人类和平的意义。

In Hick＇s context of Religious Pluralism, the Ultimate Reality is the noumenon of cosmos and the source of faith; it has been expressed through multiple culture and manifested through different faith. All the plural religious traditions and multiple systems of faith have been refracting the Ultimate Reality from various angles, at the same time these traditions and systems showed the common soteriological structure within which the transformation of human existence from self centredness to Reality centredness, and revealed plural but equal way of salvation, so, every religion is in fact the result developed by culture, it is limited when it reflect the Ultimate Reality, but also reasonable valuably and equality each other. In facing the various challenges in the world of today, Religious Pluralism proposes that harmony without uniformity and seeing common ground while reserving differences, and shows its value of dialogue and realizes its meaning for human peace.