Q1) What do you think about Hick's distinction between the Real in itself and the Real as experienced by humans?
Q2) What do you think about Hick's argument regarding myths, mythological speech, and mythological truth?
Q3) Which of Ward's challenges to Hick's argument do you find most and/or least persuasive? Explain.
Q4) What do you think about the difference between the ways Hick and Ward conceptualize "truth"? How does this difference affect our approach to religious claims?
Q5) What do you think about the contrasting ways in which Hick and Ward view "salvation"?
Q6) What does Hick mean by "the Real"?
Q7) What is Hick's "pluralistic hypothesis"? Paraphrase it as briefly as you can.
Q8) Explain Ward's conception of the meaning of "truth."
Q9) Paraphrase and evaluate Ward's point about truth claims being "exclusive."