Beyond Essentialist Interreligious Education: Insights with a Whiteheadian Perspective of Multiplicity

Religions

JoungChul Lee¹ 

[1] Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA;

关键词: interreligious education;    essentialism;    relationalism;    Whitehead;    multiplicity;   

DOI  :  10.3390/rel10070404

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In the late twentieth century, interreligious education emerged as a way to transform one’s attitude toward other religions and reduce religious prejudice. This article addresses the philosophical aspects of this practice, in particular the problems that arise when an essentialist approach is accommodated. The problems include the why (philosophical rationale), the who (subject and participant), the what (content), and the future (purpose). In response, the author explores how a relational approach grounded in a Whiteheadian philosophy of multiplicity would allow us to understand interreligious education differently. The article finds that a relational approach can help us imagine and embody interreligious education in a more humanizing, inclusive, and transformative way.

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