No Other Gospel!: Christianity Among the World's Religions

By Carl E. Braaten

Book Overview

With increasing awareness of the permanence of religious pluralism and increasing acceptance of other religions as valid ways to God, some theologians have argued that Christianity needs to abandon... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800625390
• ISBN13: 9780800625399
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Mediating Postion of Christian theology of religions

Braaten answers Knitter's book "No Other Name?" by chaning the "?" to the "!." He contends here against the prevailing univeralism, pluralism, etc. that the Christrocentric trinitarian confession is correct and viable. In essence all religions may have "god" but not "Christ." We only can know the real God in the incarnational-sacramental event of Jesus the Christ. The other religions expose only the law to us. However, he leaves out discussion on some of the more troubling issues, e.g. why does God choose only to reveal Himself in Christ and His gospel?While I would take issue with much of Braaten's confession, this is well worth the time and effort and reading and comparing with Knitter's et al.