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Write short note: Religious pluralism.

  • UPSC 1998
  • Religion and Society

Religious pluralism refers both to a social fact, the coexistence of several religious communities within one society, and to a normative stance, that these communities deserve equal respect and freedom. Diana L. Eck of the Pluralism Project at Harvard insists that pluralism is more than diversity: it is active engagement across religious difference.

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