The question of religious pluralism is the most significant yet thorniest of issues in theology today, and John Hick (1922–2012) has long been recognized as its most important scholar. However, while much has been written analysing the philosophical basis of Hick's pluralism, very little attention has been devoted to the theological aspects of his argument. Filling this gap, Christian Theology and Religious Pluralism examines Hick's theological attempts to systematically deconstruct the Church's traditional incarnational Christology.
David S. Nah presents Hick's formulation of a Christology for a pluralistic age, referring to the fundamental arguments affirming Christianity. This is followed by a critical evaluation which considers Hick's theological theories whilst defending the traditional Church's 'two-natures doctrine' of Christ. Special attention is given to evaluating Hick's foundational theses "that Jesus himself did not teach what was to become the orthodox Christian understanding of him" and "that the dogma of Jesus' two natures ... has proved to be incapable of being explicated in any satisfactory way". Through his analysis, Nah concludes that Hick was unwarranted in breaking away from the Church's incarnational Christology that has been at the core of Christianity for almost two thousand years.
An important new work, Christian Theology and Religious Pluralism will be invaluable to both students and academics in the fields of theology and philosophy of religion.