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REL 100 - Final Exam Study GuideExclusivism - correct answer There is only one true path a person can follow to obtain salvation and only one true sacred text. Followers of any other path or sacred text are damned. Pluralism - correct answer All religions equally provide salvific access because, despite major differences among individual religious traditions, the fundamental truths are the same for all of them. To constrain truth to only one theological framework is offensive and unnecessary. Religions are not in contention, rather they all come to Earth from God in varying ways. Inclusivism - correct answer There is one true path, but all other paths intersect it and bring you to the true path towards salvation (God is bringing others to the truth of your religion). Religious Exclusivism v.s. Political Exclusivism - correct answer Religious = One true path towards salvation Political = One true ideology (Totalitarianism) Neither are inherently bad, but problems arise when religious exclusivism leads to political exclusivism (i.e. Taliban). Exclusivism and Democracy - correct answer Volf believes that you can be a political pluralist and a religious exclusivist. Roger Williams: Free will is a gift from God