Religious Exclusivity in Modern Christian Orthodoxy

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Associate Professor of Mofid University of Qom

10.22080/jre.2024.26024.1184

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Modern Christian orthodoxy is a trend that emerged in the new era in reaction to the flow of free thought that was the product of the Age of Enlightenment and modernity. Modern orthodoxy, as its name suggests, emphasizes the fundamental teachings of Christianity, although it offers a new expression of it. Emphasis on fundamental Christian teachings is necessary for religious exclusivity; this means that the only true religion and the only way to salvation is Christianity, and the followers of other religions have no way to salvation. The intellectual roots of this school go back to Kierkegaard, but its founder is Karl Barth, whose expression of the new Christian orthodoxy has led to extreme exclusivism. People like Emil Bruner have continued in Barthes' footsteps; but even though they have confirmed the principle of Christian exclusivity, their position is a bit more moderate. This research describes the intellectual foundations of this trend that led it to exclusivity, as well as examines the type of this exclusivity. The question that this study tries to answer is whether religious exclusivity of the type of modern Christian orthodoxy can be rationally defended. The answer to this question, which is the hypothesis of this research, is that the foundations and results of this theory are shallow and have many intellectual problems.

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