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16 ssss1 While metaphor is not limited to this dyadic structure, it is useful here to explain it in these terms.

17 ssss1 This is an important point for those who fear that in a full-blooded pluralistic theology, Christian distinctiveness may be obfuscated. The dialectic at the heart of pluralistic theology must maintain the coherence and alterity of its sources.

18 ssss1 There is some debate in the literature as to whether Voloshinov is a pen name for Mikhail Bhaktin.

19 ssss1 Francis X. Clooney S.J., Theology after Vedanta: An Experiment in Comparative Theology (Albany NY: SUNY Press, 1993), 5.

20 ssss1 It is not required that a pluralistic theology bring together analogous notions of prayer, ritual, etc. Such comparative exercises too often form the basis of illegitimate cultural appropriation. The dialectics of metaphor can be used to avoid such substitutionary appropriation. I focus on analogous notions of prayer here for illustrative purposes only.

21 ssss1 I should note that Rorty would add within the concept of sufficiency, the call to solidarity with those who suffer.