Qualifying Religious Truth and Ecclesial Unity
The Soteriological Significance of Difference
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3218279 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ryan K Mcaleer (0000-0003-4008-2103, Evangelical Theological Faculty, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 346 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel15030346 |
| OpenAlex | W4392751910 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
The trans-phenomenology of Emmanuel Levinas has helped expose the totalising dynamic that has marked much of Western philosophy. The quest for a unity of knowledge in the truth assimilates any hint of otherness into more of the same. Plurality becomes a source of violence and dissent regarded as decay. Levinasian perspectives, however, and recent developments in magisterial teaching in the Roman Catholic Church point to a more ethical approach that can begin to escape the dialectic binary of the same and the other and so help avoid static conceptions of truth and unity. Religious truth and ecclesial unity, in other words, are explored in this paper for their ethical-dialogical quality. Indeed, the asymmetrical priority of dissent within this dialogical approach offers positive soteriological significance for the church rather than seeing dissent as a threat. Such an approach can enable the church to take plurality and diversity seriously in the current context
Epistemology · Theology · Christian Theology and Mission · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
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