In The World’s Religion book, William A. Young points out the different paths of religions and how they will relate to one another in the future. There are three directions these paths could take. The positions are exclusivism, inclusivism, and pluralism. Currently, the primary position seen throughout the world is exclusivism. Exclusivism is the concept that the individuals’ beliefs are the “ultimate truth”; therefore all other religions are erroneous. In order to describe the rise in exclusivism, individuals have labeled the term “fundamentalism”. Although the characteristics of this term vary, some common themes are as follows; appeal to small number of basic tenets, sacred texts that are transparent, timeless, that are literally true, and
