TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ataman,Kemal
TI  - Understanding other religions : : al-Biruni's and Gadamer's "fusion of horizons" 
T2  - (Cultural heritages and contemporary change. Series IIA, Islam ; 19)
SN  - 9781565182523 (pbk.)
AV  - BL85 .A83 2008
U1  - 201.5 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Council for Research in Values and Philosophy
KW  - Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad,
KW  - Gadamer, Hans-Georg,
KW  - Religions
KW  - Hermeneutics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114) and index; Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- On the way to understanding : fusion of horizons (horizontverschmelzung) -- A. Hermeneutical significance of horizon (horizont) -- B. Fusion of horizons : assimilation or participation -- Al-Biruni's understanding of other religions -- A. Background and context -- B. Fusion of horizons : assimilation or participation? -- C. al-Biruni's method of studying other religions -- Conclusion -- Ways of encountering the other -- A. Background of the problem -- B. Exclusivism : Karl Barth -- C. Inclusivism : Karl Rahner -- Pluralism : John Hick -- E. Evaluation -- F. Conclusion -- Between exclusivism and pluralism -- A. Objectivism-relativism debate revisited -- B. Beyond exclusivism and pluralism : a questionable attempt -- Conclusion -- General conclusions
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0818/2008021993.html
ER  -