ABSTRACT

There are a number of similarities between Native American spirituality and Confucianism. Hester writes that one of the challenges faced nowadays by Native American spirituality is the rebuilding of its intellectual dimension, despite the fact that its practical sweep is well maintained. It is worthy to note that Native American spirituality enables believers to have multi-religious identities. Some scholars involved in Confucian interreligious dialogue have opined that Confucian inclusivism could allow its practitioners to commit to a second faith. Manolopoulos articulates his very personal faith, a so-called "anti-Christian Christianity", derived from philosophical questioning and a deconstructive interpretation of traditional Christianity. Given his disposition towards sustained philosophical questioning, Manolopoulos describes his faith as "unconfirmed", as merely "possible" and "uncertain". Manolopoulos is optimistic in contending that 'radical rationality' can foster intrareligious as well as interreligious dialogue, for "religious dialogue can only truly, meaningfully, take place in the context of the universality of thinking, which imposes parameters on belief".