consensus or cooperation. Total cultural universalism imposes one cultural understanding of law, order, morality, or rationality on all other cultures, declaring that one cultural position universal. Both relativism and universalism label deep and authentic cross-cultural dialogue at best naïve and at worst dangerous. Abraham Kuyper’s discussion of a humble yet hopeful approach to interfaith dialogue and cooperation points to a third way beyond the dead ends of relativism and universalism. With a
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