This article is set in the context of the pastoral difficulties in embracing interreligious dialogue. Tracing the problem to the seeming incompatibility between dialogue and proclamation, it goes on to argue that this difficulty can be overcome by providing an adequate conceptual framework. Using some recent work in fundamental theology, the article proposes ‘graded theism’ as providing the needed conceptual grounding for overcoming the said incompatibility. This article clearly distinguishes fundamental theology from theology of religions, philosophy and theology from scientific study of religions, the common ground required for dialogue from the lowest common denominator of religions postulated on the basis of scientific study. The last distinction enables one to maintain both commonalities as well as particularities of religions, and collaborate with people of other faiths without undermining proclamation.

本文是在接受宗教间对话的牧区困难的背景下设置的。将问题追溯到对话和宣言之间看似不相容的问题，它继续争辩说，可以通过提供适当的概念框架来克服这一困难。这篇文章利用基础神学方面的一些近期工作，提出“分级有神论”为克服上述不相容性提供了必要的概念基础。这篇文章清楚地将基础神学与宗教神学、哲学和神学与宗教科学研究区分开来，这是在科学研究的基础上假设的宗教的最低公分母进行对话所需的共同基础。最后一个区别使人们能够保持宗教的共同点和特殊性，