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- noun The
practice ofincorporating disparate orunreconciled elements in asingle ,inclusive system ortheory . - noun religion The
view that allreligions have apartial truth .
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Examples
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This is what I think of as "inclusivism", for want of a better term.
Relegated to the Fringe (The Bloggersation Continues) James F. McGrath 2008
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This is what I think of as "inclusivism", for want of a better term.
Archive 2008-02-01 James F. McGrath 2008
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And no, that's not traditional universalism because it works within a very different framing narrative than traditional universalism, exclusivism, and inclusivism all assume.
Brian D. McLaren: Will 'Love Wins' Win? We're Early In The First Inning ... Brian D. McLaren 2011
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And no, that's not traditional universalism because it works within a very different framing narrative than traditional universalism, exclusivism, and inclusivism all assume.
Brian D. McLaren: Will 'Love Wins' Win? We're Early In The First Inning ... Brian D. McLaren 2011
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You do not demonstrate inclusivism by pandering to those who preach exclusivism.
Obama Defends Warren Choice - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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In Christianity the doctrine of inclusivism (sometimes called inclusionism) is considered heretical – the opposite of orthodoxy.
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There's been an ongoing bloggersation about pluralism, universalism, inclusivism and so on involving this blog and several others.
Archive 2008-02-01 James F. McGrath 2008
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Thus, I think I am an exclusivist when it comes to evangelism, even if I retain the possibility of inclusivism when it comes to eschatology.
Paul and Pluralism (A Reply to Ken Brown, Continuing the Bloggersation) James F. McGrath 2008
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There's been an ongoing bloggersation about pluralism, universalism, inclusivism and so on involving this blog and several others.
Looking Forward To God's Surprises James F. McGrath 2008
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What I find intriguing is that Cobb argues for a middle path, inclusivism, in which each religious system can find within itself a loophole (probably not what Cobb would call it) whereby persons outside the system can still be "saved" with or without their knowledge or consent (think Rahner's "anonymous" Christian, whereby those who have never heard of Jesus are still saved by grace and their own good works).
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