of heresy end up absolutizing everything about their expression of their faith, including their culture.”13 We commonly find glimpses of syncretism with respect to Eastern religions like Buddhism, Confucianism, Shamanism, and Taoism blending with Christianity. Concepts from Buddhism like karma and Shamanistic blessings subconsciously amalgamate with similar Christian teachings.14 The third category, which is our perspective in this book, is exclusivism. Exclusivism contends that Christianity is the
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