“God is not one and neither are the religions…” This has been the statement of the modern American Jesus Stephen Prothero and this statement clearly explains the concept of religious pluralism. According to Stephen religious pluralism exists in the society because it actually related to the diversity of religions in the society present all over the world. According to Stephen, the world keeps on changing and new and latest era takes place in the world so the religious aspects face diversity in the form of acceptance of norms, religious claims, truth and social norm which should be fully welcomed. The religious pluralism is widely observed in the United States and that is why the Christianity which is the most followed religion over religious
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Liberal Christianity have become an important part of the American Culture in the form of education, working habits, gender roles, intellectual movements and even in social reform movements. New York Time Columnist Ross Douthat states; “Liberal Christianity is an immensely positive force in our national life.” although positivism and growth has been observed in the economy of United States yet it is believed that extreme liberalism in the name of religious pluralism will collapse the society. It is also giving rise to divine displeasure in the lives of the people. It is also seen that liberal Christianity in American culture is taking away the people form the Church and their religious teachings which is actually not the basic point of religious pluralism. Religious pluralism refers to the diversity in the religious thoughts with the passage of times but not taking people away from their religious side. (Bass, …show more content…
With this it brings a shift from a collaborative aspect to the individual aspect where people only think themselves a right and try to find negative aspects in others. If we just look up to the current position of the world then we will see people killing each other on the name of God and spreading terrorism. Terrorism is not only confine to either Muslims, Hindus or Christianity rather it is related to all over the world to eth people who are taking wrong view of the religious pluralism. In United States where people are afraid of Muslim Community just because terrorism word has been attached to them. In this way negative shifts in our thoughts raise which separates us from each other instead of coming up to one platform and working for the welfare of the society and bringing peace to the world. (Putnam & Campbell,
Liberal Christianity have become an important part of the American Culture in the form of education, working habits, gender roles, intellectual movements and even in social reform movements. New York Time Columnist Ross Douthat states; “Liberal Christianity is an immensely positive force in our national life.” although positivism and growth has been observed in the economy of United States yet it is believed that extreme liberalism in the name of religious pluralism will collapse the society. It is also giving rise to divine displeasure in the lives of the people. It is also seen that liberal Christianity in American culture is taking away the people form the Church and their religious teachings which is actually not the basic point of religious pluralism. Religious pluralism refers to the diversity in the religious thoughts with the passage of times but not taking people away from their religious side. (Bass, …show more content…
With this it brings a shift from a collaborative aspect to the individual aspect where people only think themselves a right and try to find negative aspects in others. If we just look up to the current position of the world then we will see people killing each other on the name of God and spreading terrorism. Terrorism is not only confine to either Muslims, Hindus or Christianity rather it is related to all over the world to eth people who are taking wrong view of the religious pluralism. In United States where people are afraid of Muslim Community just because terrorism word has been attached to them. In this way negative shifts in our thoughts raise which separates us from each other instead of coming up to one platform and working for the welfare of the society and bringing peace to the world. (Putnam & Campbell,