UM  > Faculty of Arts and Humanities  > DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Residential Collegefalse
Status已發表Published
A Buddhist reconfiguration of John Hick's pluralistic hypothesis: A Madhyamaka perspective
Zhao, Xuan
2022-03-01
Source PublicationReligious Studies
ISSN0034-4125
Volume58Issue:1Pages:180-196
Abstract

In presenting his theory of religious pluralism, John Hick discussed the Buddhist concept of śūnyatā, emptiness, which he regarded as functionally equivalent to his postulated noumenal Real. This article introduces Hick's pluralistic hypothesis and reviews the major criticisms of his theory. It then investigates Hick's understanding of śūnyatā, before arguing that a Madhyamaka interpretation of śūnyatā, within the context of the Buddhist theory of 'two truths', differs considerably from Hick's understanding. The article suggests that the Madhyamaka interpretation of śūnyatā can be used to reconfigure Hick's pluralistic hypothesis, thereby avoiding the major criticisms Hickian pluralism faces, for it provides a new way of thinking about the relation between ultimate reality and the reality that we experience.

DOI10.1017/S0034412520000256
URLView the original
Indexed ByA&HCI
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaReligion
WOS SubjectReligion
WOS IDWOS:000750842900012
PublisherCAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10013-2473
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85089448391
Fulltext Access
Citation statistics
Document TypeJournal article
CollectionDEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Corresponding AuthorZhao, Xuan
AffiliationDepartment of Philosophy, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Macao
First Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
Corresponding Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
Recommended Citation
GB/T 7714
Zhao, Xuan. A Buddhist reconfiguration of John Hick's pluralistic hypothesis: A Madhyamaka perspective[J]. Religious Studies, 2022, 58(1), 180-196.
APA Zhao, Xuan.(2022). A Buddhist reconfiguration of John Hick's pluralistic hypothesis: A Madhyamaka perspective. Religious Studies, 58(1), 180-196.
MLA Zhao, Xuan."A Buddhist reconfiguration of John Hick's pluralistic hypothesis: A Madhyamaka perspective".Religious Studies 58.1(2022):180-196.
Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.
Related Services
Recommend this item
Bookmark
Usage statistics
Export to Endnote
Google Scholar
Similar articles in Google Scholar
[Zhao, Xuan]'s Articles
Baidu academic
Similar articles in Baidu academic
[Zhao, Xuan]'s Articles
Bing Scholar
Similar articles in Bing Scholar
[Zhao, Xuan]'s Articles
Terms of Use
No data!
Social Bookmark/Share
All comments (0)
No comment.
 

Items in the repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.