The Biblical Approach to Other Religions

Abstract

It is quite impossible in one brief paper to do justice to this vast subject. Nor is it possible to adequately employ the wealth of relevant recent biblical scholarship. It is necessary therefore to be partial, introductory and to assume much with reference to contemporary New Testament and Old Testament studies. Moreover the assigned topic, The Biblical Approach to Other Religions, contradicts the FOIM Conference requirement that it be presented "from an Indian perspective!" The two are not necessarily the same in that an Indian viewpoint may not be that of the Bible at a number of points. Not infrequently the two approaches may represent opposing worldviews, attitudes and assumptions.1 The method which follows therefore is to seek for the Biblical approach and to find applications in the Indian context.