Post Pluralism

The quote, ““Post-pluralism represents the corruption of religion and its decline,” makes really think about religion at a whole. Does adding and borrowing things from other religions corrupt religion as a whole? There are a few excerpts from the primary sources from the textbook and the primary sources that can argue the idea of post-pluralism. The whole concept of post-pluralism is kind of tough to argue/defend because of the vast history of religion. We do know that many religions have borrowed from each other. The only thing that we can argue is whether or not the idea of post-pluralism is good or bad for religion. The first thing that I am going to do is give the formal definition of post-pluralism. Albanese defines post-pluralism as …show more content…
Dorothy is discussing the religion of Christianity during World War II. I really like her quote, “Love is not the starving of whole populations. Love is not the bombardment of open cities. Love is not killing.” (Dorothy Day Primary Source) I think this quote does a good job at refuting the claim of religions borrowing from one another can cause corruption. When you boil a lot of religions down, one of the basic things that are tough to the people of the religion is love. Now, Dorothy’s quote can prove that religion of Christianity borrowed the concept of loving one another. I think another quote from her primary source does that. The quote is, “Love is the measure by which we shall be judged… love is the fulfilling of the law.” This is a quote by St. John, a disciple of Jesus Christ. St. John got his word from Christ, and Christ gave him the word of love. I think that this quote goes to show the religion of Christianity borrowed some concepts from the religions of the past. They got their word from Christ, who was the son of God. The God of the Jewish Religion. I think the connection of the Jewish and Christian religion goes to show that post-pluralism does not corrupt religions. The religions of Judaism and Christianity borrowed from one each other and grew from each other. These are two of the largest religions in the world today. The concept of them borrowing from each other did