Surakarta is an urban area that grows dynamically in line with demographic, economic, cultural, religious, and infrastructure developments leading to a smart city. People know as multicultural, multi-ethnic, cultural religious Surakarta's public space becomes bridge for religion campaign citizenship rights social justice. How the presence of sphere promoting justice? This research type qualitat...

in this article the second and the third chapters of the book, “the qur’an and pluralism” is reviewed. according to the writer, there is an inconsistency between religious exclusivism and forbearance and tolerance and it is not possible to both conclude exclusivism from the qur’anic verses and seek to prove tolerance and forbearance. thus, the impressions given by the verses of the first chapte...

If “Globalization” is to mean something other than imposing a single set of uniform, unexamined, and unchallengeable ideas on the entire human race, we must find ways to incorporate concepts of difference, freedom, and religious pluralism. If we are to build a truly human and humane global community, we must rethink (i) human nature (especially as regards the age-old search for spiritual values...

As scholars become more aware of the importance of religion in world affairs, several have begun to ask whether specific religious traditions are compatible with the institutions and values of liberal democracy. With approximately 350 million Orthodox Christians in the world, and given the great political and economic importance of the many countries they call home, an understanding of Orthodox...

Rosman "Errol" Carrim (M.Div.) is a professor at the Caribbean Nazarene Theological College, Upper Santa Cruz, Trinidad. This paper was presented to the Caribbean Evangelical Theological Association conference in Montego Bay, March 1997. Tn order for us to clearly perceive the .I.challenge of teaching Scripture in a pluralistic age, I believe we must understand what we mean by pluralistic, or p...