Interreligious Dialogue The term interreligious dialogue (or interfaith dialogue) refers to positive interaction between people of different faith communities, mostly following the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions. Although it is difficult to draw out the aims of the modern interreligious movement, which contains many disparate groups and individuals, certain common goals...
The Necessity Of Interfaith Dialogue This article covers the importance and necessity of interfaith dialogue. People are talking about peace, contentment, ecology, justice, tolerance, and dialogue. Unfortunately, the prevailing materialist worldview disturbs the balance between humanity and nature and within individuals. This harmony and peace only occurs when the material...
Is Tolerance a Virtue? Tolerance, of itself, is not a virtue. The great Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain has stated that “the man who says: ‘What is truth?’ as Pilate did, is not a tolerant man, but a betrayer of the human race.” There is genuine tolerance, he goes on to...
Muslims, Catholics, And The Common Purpose Of Justice And Peace This article covers the interfaith dialog among Muslims and Catholics around the common purpose of Justice. Introduction It is the argument of this paper that Muslims and Catholics are natural partners in the work of justice and peace. This partnership...
Religious Pluralism Religious pluralism is an attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society. It can indicate one or more of the following: As the name of the worldview according to which one’s own religion is not held to be the sole and exclusive source...
Interfaith Dialogue Interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions (i.e., “faiths”) and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels. It is distinct from syncretism or alternative religion, in that dialogue often involves promoting understanding between different religions or...
Dialogue With The People Of The Book This article covers interfaith dialogue with the people of the book. The attitude of believers is determined according to the degree of their faith. I believe that if the message is put across properly, then an environment conducive to dialogue will be able...
Three Groups Opposing Dialogue Three groups opposing dialogue: How are those who are hostile to dialogue activities today relevant to “Kharijites, Karmatis, and anarchists? Karmatism is a heretical esoteric sect founded by Hamdan ibn Karmat in the ninth century AD. Hamdan took advantage of the poverty of people and was...
The Walls Around Peace Have Come Down This article covers peace. Today, almost all of us lead our lives in constant haste and anxiety; we drift from one delirious state into another; we experience panic in our enterprises and we shake with the fear at the terrifying surprises that could...
I Trust In The Beauty Found In The Make-Up Of Humanity I Trust In The Beauty Found In The Make-Up Of Humanity is a letter presented to Pope John Paul II by M. Fethullah Gülen during his historical visit to the Vatican on February 8, 1998. Your Most Respected Holiness,...
Tolerance Tolerance, a term which we sometimes use in place of the words respect, mercy, generosity, or forbearance, is the most essential element of moral systems; it is a very important source of spiritual discipline and a celestial virtue of perfected people. As a nation we are experiencing an intense...
Religious Toleration Toleration in general signifies patient forbearance in the presence of an evil which one is unable or unwilling to prevent. By religious toleration is understood the magnanimous indulgence which one shows towards a religion other than his own, accompanied by the moral determination to leave it and its...
The Pillars Of Dialogue This article is about the Interfaith Dialogue. Love, Compassion, Tolerance, and Forgiving: The Pillars of Dialogue Religion commands love, compassion, tolerance, and forgiving. Therefore, I would like to say a few words concerning these fundamental universal values. Love is the most essential element in every being....