The Nature of Doctrine

A quotation from George Lindbeck's The Nature of Doctrine: Religion and Theology in a Postliberal Age:

Different religions are likely to have different warrants for interreligious conversation and cooperation. This lack of a common foundation is a weakness, but is also a strength. It means, on the one hand, that the partners in dialogue do not start with the conviction that they really basically agree, but it also means that they are not forced into the dilemma of thinking of themselves as representing a superior (or inferior) articulation of a common experience of which the other religions are inferior (or superior) expressions. They can regard themselves as simply different and can proceed to explore their agreements and disagreements without necessarily engaging in the invidious comparisons that the assumption of a common experiential core make so tempting.