Introduction

Question 1

From its beginning, Christianity has always existed as a religion alongside other world ?

Answer 1

Religions.

Question 2

Many of the letters in the ? ?, written by early Christian leaders, deal with the extent to which Christianity should accept or reject the beliefs and practices of others.

Answer 2

New Testament.

Question 3

The first Christians saw themselves as having a unique kind of relationship with God, made possible through the death and resurrection of Jesus. Christian believers would be destined for heaven and the others for eternal ? Only conversion to Christianity could save people.

Answer 3

Damnation.

Question 4

This ? view, where it’s believed that salvation can be gained only through Christian faith, has been a mainstream position for most of Christian history.

Answer 4

Exclusivist.

Question 5

Theology of religion looks, from the viewpoint of Christianity, at issues of truth, belief, salvation and dialogue that arise from the fact that Christianity exists in a religiously ? world.

Answer 5

Plural.

Question 6

Alan Race identifies three perspectives for believers: exclusivism (those that hold there’s no salvation outside commitment to Christian faith), inclusivism (refers to those who agree Christianity is key to salvation) and pluralism (used for views that hold there are different paths to ?).

Answer 6

Salvation.

Question 7

Paul F. ? set out a system with four ways of looking at the relationship between Christianity and other world faiths.

Answer 7

Knitter.