amenably disposed toward the other,' if only in order to know Them well enough for possible conversion. The relationship is not entered into on equal ground, therefore, nor with the openness to a significant reciprocal change of self-identity. If dialogue is entered into, it is only for mutual edification and an increase in good will. Closed exclusivism offers no chance for a relationship, other than acknowledging the other's right to exist. An extreme, hard-line exclusivism often leads to a fundamentalist perspective. Pratt writes:

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