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RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from The Holy Bible, New
International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica,
Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Printed in Singapore
ISBN: 978-981-220-548-3
978-981-220-549-0 (eBook)
BSS 2016 0.3M
Executive Summary ix
Chapter 1: Pluralism 1
Afterword 35
Endnotes 37
Bibliography 45
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PLURALISM
heard of the gospel, and the discovery of the “new world” in which
millions of people have lived and died without hearing the gospel
would provoke new and deeper questions about the nature of
Christian salvation.2
It is hence not an exaggeration to claim that one of the
greatest challenges of our times has been pluralism since contacts
between different cultures and societies are now the daily norm
rather than the occasional exception.3 Such encounters may have
fortuitous ramifications, such as the sharing of knowledge and the
development of new ideas, or as others have suggested, they may
result in a clash of civilizations.4 Whichever the case, pluralism is
now a much more widely shared experience for peoples than ever in
history, and this implies there is an urgent need to learn how to live
with one another in the midst of a wide diversity of views, beliefs,
and customs. In addition, given the nature of the internet and its
ability to disseminate information widely, it is unlikely that in the
near future, there would any one single dominant culture or religion
as we have witnessed since World War II. Rather, pluralism is now
a permanent and irreversible feature of our contemporary world,
and therefore, it is critical to learn how to live with it.