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The possibility of religious pluralism

a reply to Gavin d'Costa

John Hick

pp. 169-175

Abstract

In "The Impossibility of a Pluralist View of Religions' (Religious Studies 32, June 1996) Gavin D"Costa1 argues that "pluralism must always logically be a form of exclusivism and that nothing called pluralism really exists' (p. 225). He sees himself as doing a "conceptual spring cleaning exercise" (p. 225). However, the result is to obscure clear and useful distinctions by confused and confusing ones. Some further spring cleaning is therefore called for.

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Published in:

Hick John (2010) Dialogues in the philosophy of religion. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Pages: 169-175

DOI: 10.1057/9780230283978_11

Full citation:

Hick John (2010) The possibility of religious pluralism: a reply to Gavin d'Costa, In: Dialogues in the philosophy of religion, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 169–175.