Hebblethwaite, Brian2019-09-252019-09-252016-06-1619870969-7373http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/153750"It is not surprising to find that the contemporary encounter of religions has led to a great deal of self-questioning, especially on the part of Christians, over the nature of religious language. In particular, Christian conviction of the capacity of doctrine to state the truth about God, man and the world has come under severe strain, in the light of our acquaintance with the teachings of other faiths and with men and women of other faiths. Unlike the case of natural science, where agreed methods and agreed results yield a common, growing, body of knowledge, shared by scientists from England, China, Pakistan and Japan, who al~ as we say, speak the same language, world-wide religious encounter has produced no common, agreed, agenda, let alone results; and each religion's claimed 'truths' seem relative to the histories and cultures that have produced them"engWith permission of the license/copyright holderReligious PluralismdoctrineCultural RelativityReligious LanguageReligious ethicsComparative religion and interreligious dialogueReligious pluralismDogmaticsCreeds, confessionsArticle