John Hick Centenary Conference and Book Launch
53 Edgbaston Park Road
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Sponsor(s):
- The Spalding Trust
- The World Congress of Faiths
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John Hick’s Religious Pluralism in Global Perspective
Hick Centenary Conference and Book Launch
15th March 2023, 9.30-5pm
Edgbaston Park Hotel & Conference Centre
Birmingham B15 2RS
Only limited places available
The conference and book launch commemorate John Hick’s (1922-2012) one hundredth birthday. The presentations and discussions interrogate the major enduring contributions of John Hick in the philosophy and theology of religious pluralism. His pluralist conviction has stimulated wide-ranging responses, both supportive and against. No matter what one’s own theology or philosophy is on this subject, Hick’s contributions cannot be ignored. His pluralistic vision was not a closed one, but an invitation to reflect on the religious/spiritual quest of humanity in an open and dialogical way. The presentations will reflect on Hick’s work in the light of criticism and ongoing debate. Hick’s contributions have resonated across the world and some of this is reflected in the conference programme.
Conference Speakers
Rex Ambler (University of Birmingham, UK)
Introductory Remarks
Perry Schmidt-Leukel (University of Muenster, Germany)
Religious Pluralism at the Apophatic Crossroad
Dan Cohn-Sherbok (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, UK)
Jewish Pluralism and John Hick
Keith Ward (University of Oxford, UK)
Ethics and Pluralism
Amir Dastmalchian (Independent scholar, UK)
Hick’s Theory of Religion and a Muslim view on the Inclusivist Option
Alan Race (World Congress of Faiths, UK)
Pointers to Pluralism Not Relativism
Tim Musgrove (Independent Scholar, USA)
Does Linguistic Relativity Support a Pluralistic Interpretation of Religion ?
Dan Silfwerin (UWC Red Cross Nordic, Norway)
The Continuing Relevance of John Hick for thinkers of all ages
Sharada Sugirtharajah (University of Birmingham, UK)
The Knowable and the Unknowable ‘Real’ in Radhakrishnan’s and Hick’s Thinking
Book Launch
Sharada Sugirtharajah (ed.) John Hick’s Religious Pluralism in Global Perspective (2023, Palgrave Macmillan)
Amy Daughton (University of Birmingham, UK)
Brendan George (Palgrave Macmillan, UK)
Sharada Sugirtharajah (University of Birmingham, UK)
Book to be received by the Hick family: Eleanor, Mark and Peter Hick (UK) & Response
Closing Remarks
Paul Hedges (Interreligious Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU, Singapore)
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February 28, 2023, 9:00am BST
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