Kim, Joo-han. "Creative Dialogue on Ultimate Reality." Madang International Journal of Contextual Theology in East Asia 13 (15th June, 2009): 7-22. 

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is an attempt to make creative dialogue in Korean society where there are intermingles of various religions. In order to carry out this task, I have employed John Hick’s pluralistic hypothesis and argued that before entering into interreligious dialogue, we should examine the nature of Ultimate Reality. On the agreed understanding of the Ultimate Reality, I am sure, we can make creative dialogue.

I have tried to make a point of contact of the Christian God with the concept of Hannim, the expression of the Ultimate Reality experienced and perceived in the Korean traditional religious-cultural context. The paper demonstrates that such revision of ‘theo-logy’ is possible in the cultural and spiritual setting of Korea. Here the work of Hick is supported and supplemented by suggesting that Hannim would be a different manifestation of the Real.

Consequently, this paper states that each religion, and more specifically each religious community, must be on its own distinctive terms and within its immediate cultural environment.

Key Words: Ultimate Reality, Hannim, John Hick, Interreligious Dialogue, Eternal One, Kant.