There are many religions in the world. Thousands of people belonging to these religions have put forward many ideas regarding the truth claims of individuals belonging to other religions and whether they will attain salvation. In this course, the successors and consistency of these ideas will be examined.

This course addresses the phenomenon of religious diversity from a philosophical, theological, and historical perspective. At the beginning of the course, the definition, scope, and fundamental concepts of religious diversity are examined; then historical processes regarding the coexistence of different religions are evaluated through examples from antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the modern period. In the context of the question “What attitude should be adopted toward different religions?”, exclusivist, inclusivist, and pluralist approaches are addressed. Within the framework of discussions on religious truth, salvation, revelation, and epistemic legitimacy, the positions of different religious traditions are analyzed. In particular, in contemporary philosophy of religion, the problem of religious diversity is examined in line with the approaches of John Hick and similar thinkers. In the later weeks of the course, issues such as interreligious dialogue, tolerance, conflict, and possibilities of coexistence are evaluated, and the individual and social dimensions of religious diversity are discussed.