Erlösung als Problem der interreligiösen Begegnung: Eine systematische und religionspädagogische Auseinandersetzung mit einem sperrigen Gegenstand

An approach to an uneven field in the perspective of Systematic Theology and Religious Education

Abstract

The article deals with the Christian understanding of salvation as a problematic of interreligious dialogue from a comparative-theological perspective. The concept of salvation is redefined within the framework of the human question for meaning, and developed as the event of God’s responding to humans in the history of Jesus Christ. Thus, the central understanding of revelation opens new perspectives for the dialogue with Jews, Muslims but also with Buddhists. Finally, the paper argues for a specific functionality of the theological insights for the reflection of salvation in the context of interreligious education.