Alan Race

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Alan Race (* 1951 in Stockton-on-Tees ) is an English theologian. Race was ordained a priest on October 10, 2007.

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Race is a student of John Hick . In 1983 he published his work Christians and religious pluralism , in which he developed the typology of exclusivism , inclusivism and pluralism , which has since become the basis of all religious theological discussions. In 1988 he edited the anthology Theology against the nuclear horizon . Race was Dean of Postgraduate Studies at St. Philip's Center and a priest at St. Philip's Church in Leicester. Today he is Rector of St Margaret's Church in Lee, London. In 2006 he received an honorary doctorate from Leicester University .

He is also the editor-in-chief of the international magazine "Interreligious Insight" published by the World Congress of Faiths (UK) and Common Ground (USA).

Publications (selection)

  • Christians and Religious Pluralism: Patterns in the Christian Theology of Religions. Religious Studies (1984) 20 (3): 515-516
  • Theology against the nuclear horizon. 1988

Web links

  • Biographical information on fortress press on Alan Race [3]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 30 Years of the Theology of Religions Typology: Retrospective and Future Prospects Conference. The University of Winchester, UK 9th - 10th September 2013 ( [1] on www.sbg.ac.at) here p. 3–4
  2. ↑ Original website of the World Congress of Faiths [2] /
personal data
SURNAME Race, Alan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockton-on-Tees , United Kingdom