“Religious plurality poses a problem for Christian churches and Christian theology. This is not a new question, but in recent years it has acquired a new significance and urgency. No other issue presents more challenge,” he says, “than the issue of Christian faith and other faiths.” Shank is telling us that this religious plurality that we are going to explore momentarily is posing a problem for the Church as it lives in the midst of this plurality, but it’s also a problem for Christian theology