Islam, Hinduism, Christianity and Judaism: Outspoken Religious Scholars Slug It Out In a Live Inter-faith Debate on Pluralism and Co-existence

Islam, Hinduism, Christianity and Judaism: Outspoken Religious Scholars Slug It Out In a Live Inter-faith Debate on Pluralism and Co-existence

Islam and Pluralism in a Global Era

By Dr. Fathi Osman

2 Nov 2, 2008,

"Aquinas in the Middle Ages," as Nicholas Rescher writes, Regarded consensus on fundamentals as a condition assured by God: Kant in the 18th century considered it as something rooted in the very nature of Reason; Hegel in the 19th century saw it as guar- anteed by the spirit of cultivation working through the march of history ever enlarging its hold on human society; Habermas in the 20th century sees is as inherent in the very nature of communications as an indispensables social praxis. By contrast, many present-day writers invest social consensus not with confidence, but with hope.

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