This view says that the text in itself does not have any meaning...

This view says that the text in itself does not have any meaning; rather it is the interpreter that gives meaning to the text by means of his presuppositions and his knowledge. To put it differently, the meaning that resides in any text is much like wax from which the mind of the interpreter forms different shapes according to his predisposition and mental acumen. So, the texts are not pregnant with meanings, rather they are, so to speak, hungry for meaning.

It is the interpreters and the listeners that give meaning to texts. The sixth viewpoint is the common denominator between religious pluralism and the hermeneutics of religious texts. It has…