For more than a century Christian theologians have attempted to construct theologies of religion that would be recognized as authentically Christian and authentic in relation to the historical and social reality of many religions. This attempt usually ends in an impasse in which either only one religion is portrayed as holding the true path to salvation or that many do. Neither the exclusivist nor the pluralist position is completely satisfactory in integrating the two goals of an authentically Christian and historically viable theology of religions. In calling this book Salvations author S. Mark Heim moves the theology of religions project beyond taking sides on exclusivist and pluralist views. The crux of his argument is this: that it makes more sense to speak of salvation in the plural to maintain that the ends of various religions are indeed varied and significantly constituted by the paths taken to reach them. At the same time all paths - Christianity included - can and must make or require exclusive commitments on the part of those that hold them.