thereby suppressing certain questions. Indeed, the harsh attacks and caricatures in the current theological debate regarding other religions feature all the color of a political campaign, where rhetoric is just as important as substance. Before compliantly accepting these categories, one needs to expose them as rhetorical devices. Pluralism, which argues that many religions are salvific, on first glance appears to be an accurate and appropriate label. However, does the pluralists’ definition of salvation
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