How should Christians, who possess the awareness that seemingly benevolent and intelligent people hold different and even contrary religious convictions, respond to the epistemic dilemma of religious plurality? What might an epistemologically and missiologically justifiable response to the reality of religious diversity and disagreement look like? Are Christians under any obligation to resolve such epistemic conflicts? Five approaches (non-exclusivism, religious pluralism, epistemic permission, hard exclusivism, and soft exclusivism) that answer these questions differently will be evaluated both on the merits of philosophical plausibility and missiological viability.
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