Exclusivists say that their religion is the only true...

Exclusivists say that their religion is the only true religion and that those who adhere to it are saved. A dangerous threat to the creative contribution of pluralism is that at times, some members of religions with exclusive claims react to the challenge of pluralism with militant exclusivism. This may generate a violent ideological fundamentalism.

The fallacy of fundamentalism, or even divine intervention and dispensation, can be exploited to justify absolutism and exclusivity, thereby ending all hope of a solution based on dialogue, while claiming unrestricted license to kill and destroy. Previous…