Biography and Analysis of Wilfred Cantwell Smith's World Theology

International Islamic University, Islamabad
Faculty of Islamic Studies (Usuluddin)
Department of Comparative Religion

Midterm Assignment

Comparative Theology
M.Phil. Programme

Ayesha Qurrat_ul_ain

Department of Comparative Religions,
Faculty of Usuluddin
International Islamic University,
Islamabad, Pakistan.

Table of Contents

1 Chapter 1 1

Introduction to Wilfred Cantwell Smith 1

1.1 Biography 1 1.2 Books and Research Articles 2 1.2.1 "Islam in Modern History" 3 1.2.2 "On Understanding Islam" 3 1.2.3 "Faith and Belief" 3 1.2.4 "The Meaning and End of Religion" 3 1.2.5 "Towards a World Theology" 4 1.2.6 "What is Scripture?" 4 1.3 Major Ideas 5 1.3.1 History of Religion 5 1.3.2 Comparative Religions 6 1.3.3 Theory of religion 8 1.3.4 Christian mission 9 1.3.5 Islam 10

2 Chapter 2 12

Smith 's Contribution to Theology of Religion 12

2.1 Smith and Christian theology 12 2.1.1 What theology is? 13 2.1.2 No room for exlusivism 13 2.1.3 New concept of salvation 14 2.1.4 Need for a revival 15 2.2 Constructing a world theology 15 2.2.1 Transcendence 16 2.2.2 Faith 16 2.2.3 Cumulative tradition 17 2.2.4 Scripture 18

Conclusion 20

Bibliography 22

Introduction

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
Transcendence is a universal theme of human history. Whether we name it or not, it has influenced and shaped the course of human lives always. Theology is an intellectual systemization of human comprehension of nature of transcendent reality. So, in every age the content of theology must vary because of being subjected to the evolution in comprehension of the transcendence and this does happen resulting into the emergence of various theological

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