He died a marginal figure to the transformation fast-forwarding the Arab world toward pluralism and self-expression.
Yet many Christians... seem unaware that toleration alone, while desirable, is not sufficient in a world of religious pluralism.
He chastises those who believe that their faith offers "an exclusive path to a true knowledge of God" and says such exclusiveness "is a serious barrier to genuine peace-making in a world of religious pluralism".
This is partly because in a world of value pluralism there is no single right answer to the question of how we ought to live our lives - what trade-offs we should make between values such as security and freedom or freedom and equality.
Austin considers the view that, in a world of religious pluralism, it is impossible to know which god's or religion's commands should be followed, especially because some religions contradict others, leaving it impossible to accept all of them.
We called for an education with more critical thinking, real world context, history and "pluralism": exposing students to contrasting economic frameworks (feminist, Austrian, post-Keynesian) to give them a range of ways to think about the economy and allow them to judge which are best at answering different economic questions.
Take the pro-primaries crowd seriously when they accept all these failings, and one other democratic deficit: the fact that as the wider world has embraced online pluralism, non-hierarchical organisation and the rest, British political parties have either failed to keep up (the Tories) or moved in the exact opposite direction (witness the Soviet-esque emasculation of the Labour party).
So, I made a choice that Rafi and Ari should dwell in the worlds of Talmud and pluralism all at once.
It was supposed to show the world a new mode of pluralism and tolerance.
"That's a rude awakening for many Christians, who have never come to grips with the pluralism of the world".
