DEFENDING OR DEFRAUDING THE FAITH: A PRADIGMATIC COMPARISON OF THE "THEOLOGY OF RELIGIONS" OF HENDRIK KRAEMER and JOHN HICK

Abstract

The theologia religionum ("Theology of Religions," hereafter as "TOR") is one of the most important missiological tasks today.  The importance of TOR is acknowledged by contemporary missiologists (Anderson 1993, Bavinck 1960, Bosch 1991, Conn 1990, Knitter 1985, Küng 1988, Newbigin 1989, Rommen and Netland 1995, Verkuyl 1978).