Partialist Options in Transreligious Pluralism

In her approach to religious pluralism, Jeanine Diller has advocated for partialism, the view that multiple religious engagement is needed for knowledge of the Ultimate. In this article, I expound on partialism, which I interpret as a transreligious view that posits a noetic threshold for knowledge of the Ultimate. Given this interpretation, I argue that there are two central ambiguities that the partialist needs to clarify. First, the partialist needs to explain whether the noetic threshold should be understood in a metaconceptual or perspectival manner. Second, the partialist needs to explain whether a tradition’s noetic contributions are commensurable or incommensurable. I identify some of the advantages and disadvantages of each option, and I conclude with some future directions for partialist transreligious pluralism.