A critical examination of plantinga's arguments in defense of religious exclusivism

Singh, Richa (2024) A critical examination of plantinga's arguments in defense of religious exclusivism. Analítica (4). pp. 173-182. ISSN 2805-1815

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Abstract

In "Pluralism: A Defense of Religious Exclusivism" Alvin Plantinga defends religious exclusivism from a variety of objections. In this paper I discuss two of those objections. First, where Plantinga set two grounds of their religious beliefs as exclusivist, they missed to mention a third important ground of exclusive believe which is ‘Holy Scriptures’. In this paper I'll try to show that this third ground can change the scenario. Second, in the against of moral objections, like Exclusivists,are guilty of moral failures and arrogant, elitist, egotistical, unjust, oppressive, and imperialistic etc.; Plantinga reply that: Religious exclusivism is not necessarily a moral or intellectual failure and, (because?) given the human condition, some exclusivism is inevitable in our lives. In other words, there is no alternative toreligious exclusivism. I argue, in contrastto Plantinga, that there is a contradiction in their argument and a version of this principle is not absolutely correct.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cristianismo, judaísmo, religión, creencia religiosa, teología
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BM Judaism B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology
Depositing User:	Fergie Pineda
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2025 14:48
Last Modified:	07 Jan 2025 15:19
URI:	http://up-rid.up.ac.pa/id/eprint/8455

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