Letter: Truth is made of many faiths

Your article about the Bishop of Jarrow raised important issues in the area of interfaith relations ("The Bishop who gave up the Bible for Lent", 30 March). However, I have to disagree with a couple of points.

I personally regard interfaith encounters to be central in terms of the pursuit of truth, peace and God. I therefore take issue with your opinion that to pursue this is to step into "religious outer space". This approach invites the dangers of religious extremism, so evident in the world today. Dialogue enables us to realise that no religion has a monopoly on truth, or on God himself.

You also categorise Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism together as "polytheistic faiths". This broad treatment fails to do justice either to the complexities of each of these great religions, or to the differences between them.

Revd Colin Albin

Blackburn, Lancashire