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" Contributions of Religions to the Common Good in Pluralistic Societies from a Christian Perspective? Some Critical Remarks "
Dirk J. Smit

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069261
Doc. No	:	LA112890
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341494‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Dirk J. Smit
Title & Author	:	Contributions of Religions to the Common Good in Pluralistic Societies from a Christian Perspective? Some Critical Remarks [Article]\ Dirk J. Smit
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	11/3
Page No	:	290–300
Abstract	:	The paper argues that, from the perspective of South African experiences, four notions in the title could easily lead to misunderstandings. The notion of a Christian perspective could ignore the deep diversity and contestation within the Christian traditions themselves. The notion pluralistic could easily be too innocent to address the deep forms of division, alienation and injustice in real life. The notion of the contributions made by religions may be understood, especially by Reformed Christians, primarily in terms of speaking, while the real contributions made by religions to the common life may in fact be more complex and more fundamental. The notion of societies in the plural may again be too superficial and innocent and obscure the ways in which we share a common world and life today.
Descriptor	:	common good
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Jewish Studies
Descriptor	:	Philosophy, Theology Science
Descriptor	:	pluralistic society
Descriptor	:	Practical Theology
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Sociology of Religion
Descriptor	:	South Africa
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341494‬