Faith in the open society

the end of hermeneutics

pp. 83-96

in: Joseph Agassi, Science and culture, Berlin, Springer, 2003

Abstract

How can religion be respectfully tolerant despite its claim that its doctrine is perfect? The brief answer is, the admission of any uncertainty on any aspect of religion suffices to justify tolerance. A faith can be as democratic as the faithful wish; only fundamentalism, so-called, is hard to reconcile with democracy.