TEOLOGIA PLURALISTA DAS RELIGIÕES: UMA PROPOSTA PARA O DIÁLOGO INTER-RELIGIOSO

Abstract

The objective of this work is to identify the main factors that lead the modern man to seek new religious trends to obtain answers about his existence. For this purpose we used bibliographic, descriptive and qualitative research. For a better explanation of the theme, a description of modernity and its movements, such as globalization and the formation of democratic states, was made when the citizens came to enjoy the guarantee of religious freedom and free public expression of beliefs. With modernity, new postulates have emerged for a better understanding of religions, and the exclusivist and inclusivist paradigms express this attempt to escape from fundamentalism, given the challenges imposed by religious pluralism. Pluralism emerges as a reaction against the understanding of Christianity as the only religion of superiority, and assumes that ‘all religions are equally good’. With the Second Vatican Council, pluralism was strengthened, which led to greater awareness of the recognition / acceptance of other religions. Interreligious dialogue is the basis of pluralism, and is fundamental to enable unity and peace for humanity. Faced with this new reality of the globalized world, the individual seeks new religious tendencies to obtain answers for his existence, demanding more critical reflection on the truths, previously taken as absolute. The challenges are more complex than the old and new paradigms, which end up failing to address so many concerns and questions. The old theological certainties are being replaced by interreligious dialogue, in search of harmony and peace, which will contribute to the liberation of absolute Christian patriarchalism.