Are all religions equally salvific?

  • Richard Swinburne University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Keywords: Faith, Religion, Belief

Abstract

On all the views of faith, saving faith, the faith which is required for the practice of the Christian religion involves both having a good purpose and having certain beliefs, but on diferent views of faith diferent kinds of belief are needed. In this paper I shall investigate with respect to religions generally, and in particular with respect to the Christian religion, the purpose of following a religion.

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Author Biography

Richard Swinburne, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Richard Swinburne is a Fellow of the British Academy and Emeritus Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford, UK. Doctor in Philosophy (PhD) at the University of Oxford. His main interests are in philosophy of religion, metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of mind. Has published books as The Coherence of Theism (Oxford University Press, 2016); The Existence of God (Oxford University Press, 2004); Providence and the Problem of Evil (Oxford University Press, 1998); or, The Evolution of the Soul Oxford University Press, 1997). 

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Published
2022-09-30
How to Cite
[1]
Swinburne, R. 2022. Are all religions equally salvific?. Analysis. Claves de Pensamiento Contemporáneo. 34, (Sep. 2022), no. 5: pp. 1-15.
Issue
Vol. 34 (2022)
Section
Research Notes

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