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In considering the ‘conflicting truth claims’ of the different religions we need not only a theory of religious knowledge but also a theory of religious ignorance. And I think that we have a very good start to such a theory in the Buddha’s doctrine of the avyakata or, as the term is often translated, the undetermined questions.
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Edward Conze, Buddhism, Its Essence and Development ( 1951; New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1975 ) p. 39.
Masao Abe, ‘A Dynamic Unity in Religious Pluralism: a Proposal from the Buddhist Point of View’, in The Experience of Religious Diversity, ed. J. Hick and H. Askari ( Aldershot: Gower, 1985 ).
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Hick, J. (1993). The Buddha’s Doctrine of the ‘Undetermined Questions’. In: Disputed Questions in Theology and the Philosophy of Religion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12695-8_6
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