Abstract

Prevalent today in the religious philosophy of religious pluralism, Hick, but the most faithful Christian in the Catholic Church, adopted the form of dialogue is pulled behind the theory of religious tolerance on the inside. This study is to examine the Catholic Church as an inclusive theory is based on the best choice? From contemporary research results in the possibility that Hick's religious pluralism and tolerance in the discussion on the existence of problems and their remedy. So, first, this will sort out a rough theory of types of religious dialogue; Second, religious pluralism and tolerance were explored on the basic idea; Finally, view the two theories were proposed to resolve the difficulties and solutions. John Hick's religious pluralism is popular in the field of Philosophy of Religion today. Yet the supporting theory for interreligious dialogue is Karl Rahner's religious inclusivism in the Catholic Church all over the world. The study attempts to exam whether it is the best choice for Catholic world , and whether we may find the difficulties and its suggestions to improve them according the results of the contemporary scholars. Therefore, this article is to classify all the theories of the interreligious dialogue first; then, explores respectively the basic thoughts of pluralism and inclusivism; finally, tries to find out the difficulties and its resolving approaches for both theories.