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'''Inclusivism''' is one of several approaches in [[religious studies]], [[anthropology]], or [[civics]] to understand the relationship between different [[religion]]s, [[societies]], [[cultures]], [[political faction]]s etc. It asserts that there is beauty in the variety of different [[schools of thought]]s, and that they can [[coexist]].{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} It stands in contrast to [[exclusivism]], which asserts that only one way is true and all others are erroneous.

Within religious studies and [[theology]], inclusivism is the belief that, although only one belief system is true, aspects of its truth can be found in other religions. This is contrasted from [[religious pluralism]], which asserts that all beliefs are equally valid within a believer's particular context.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marbaniang |first=Domenic |date=January 2007 |title=Theology of Religion: Pluralism, Inclusivism, Exclusivism |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330958955 |access-date=5 August 2022 |website=ResearchGate |publisher=ACTS Academy of Higher Education |location=Bangalore, India}}</ref>

Broadly speaking, there are two schools of Inclusivist thought:
* Relativistic inclusivism, which asserts that the believer's own views are true only in their particular context, and believers of other traditions have their own validity.
* Absolutist inclusivism, which asserts that an unknown set of assertions are Absolutely True, that no human being currently living has yet ascertained absolute truth, but that all human beings have partially ascertained absolute truth.