John Hick has used revolutionary metaphors in recommending his pluralistic philosophy of religions. To turn from a focus on the particulars of one’s home religion to a focus on the universally available Real is, he famously says, a Copernican “revolution” in religious thought. Hick says that those religious adherents who abandon the traditional positions of exclusivism or inclusivism, positions...

1 Author's Biographical Note: Randall Peerenboom obtained a B.A. in Philosophy, M.A. in Chinese Religion and Ph.D. in Philosophy before obtaining a J.D. from Columbia Law School. He has written more than 60 articles and several books on Chinese law and philosophy. From 1994 to 1998, he practiced law with a major international law firm in Beijing. He currently teaches Chinese law and internation...

Humanism is one of the key concepts history thought. It has been employed for different purposes in eras. There are various types it, ranging from rhetorical humanism Sophists to Christian middle ages, and literary Renaissance Comte. In other words, there no monolithic humanism. One problems encountered within this diversity approaches relationship between religion. Some humanistic interpretati...