Exploring Religious Pluralism :
New,
Christian and Muslim Responses,
*[A5] Hardback - 209 pages,
by Dr. Haslina Ibrahim,
Published by ISSI,
Islamic & Strategic Studies Institute.
Description :
Exploring Religious Pluralism ; Christian Muslim Responses.
"Ten years ago, I embarked on the philosophy of religious pluralism; it was considered uncharted academic waters within Malaysia's scholarly world. Printed materials in the public universities' libraries were still scarce. Debates were confined to specific niche groups. Today, religious pluralism has received wider attention and captured the interest of many, i.e. academics, politicians, and mainly supporters of human rights from various NGO's in Malaysia. The persistent claims made by pluralist philosophers on religious freedom, equality and tolerance had made religious pluralism an attractive bargain against religious exclusivism.
In fact, religious pluralism has often been promoted as referring to a concept that celebrates plurality and diversity of religions. In reality, religious pluralism is a philosophy pregnant of meanings. It has its own historical-religio-cultural context that formalises its meanings, whether or not these meanings are known by its supporters though interesting, has yet to be researched.
This work, however, tried to unveil such meanings for the sake of objectivity. Hopefully, it would be able to explain some resistance against the philosophy and to provide alternative avenues for understanding diversity as part of reality. "
About the Author :
Dr. Haslina Ibrahim is currently an Associate Professor at the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). She held the position as the Deputy Dean from 2007 to 2009 before leaving the post for sabbatical at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She was then appointed as the Deputy Directorof the Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Mosque IIUM from March 2012 to June 2013. She is currently the Head of Student Learning Enhancement Unit (SLEU), a position she has held since July 2013. She is the author of numerous articles and published works.
*Dimensions : 22.3 x 14.8cm.
