01837ctm a22002894a 45000010009000000050017000090060001000260070003000270080041000300100017000710200030000880400018001180500020001360820016001561000019001722450120001912600079003113000021003904400071004115040064004825050799005466000049013456000037013946500015014316500018014468560083014641529785320250312111200.0ta150206s2008    dcu      b    001 0 eng    a  2008021993  a9781565182523 (paperback)  aDLCcDLCdDLC00aBL85b.A83 200800a201/..52221 aAtaman, Kemal.10aUnderstanding other religions :h[manuscript] :bal-Biruni's and Gadamer's "fusion of horizons" /cby Kemal Ataman.  aWashington, D.C. :bCouncil for Research in Values and Philosophy,cc2008.  a135 p. ;c23 cm. 0aCultural heritages and contemporary change. Series IIA, Islam ; 19  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 105-114) and index.0 aAcknowledgments -- 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.10aB|ir|un|i, Mu|hammad ibn A|hmad,d973?-1048.10aGadamer, Hans-Georg,d1900-2002. 0aReligions. 0aHermeneutics.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0818/2008021993.html