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Nick asked:

An acceptance of the exclusivists' claims about Christianity as made by some scholars may be
incompatible with the concept of a pluralistic society.

I have written quite a lot for the question but I need help on the discussion of my scholars that I have
chosen which are:

Barth and Borland: exclusivist views
John Hick: pluralist
Karl Rahner: inclusivist

Some of these people are more than just scholars (Barth, Rahner). You are surely right in your
intuition that any kind of exclusivism is incompatible with pluralism. On your scholars see John
MacQuarrie, Twentieth Century Religious Thought(SCM. 1971). He will fill you in and put you on the
right track.

Matthew Del Nevo

www.sicetnon.com