The Progress and Promise of Inter-religious Dialogues (Report of the Consulation on Inter-Religious Dialogue with Special Reference to World Peace)
Year: 1969
Type: article
Abstract: Inter-religious dialogues have become increasingly frequent in recent years.In some countries bilateral conversations between people of different faiths have been going on for several years and, in spite of some difficulties, friendliness, goodwill and mutual confidence have been slowly growing.Ih is natu rally affects the relationship between religious communities in society.In some cases these conversations have been multi lateral involving people of more than two religions.This is obviously necessary in countries which are multi-cultural and multi-religious，where the attitudes of people of one community to those of the other depend, to a large extent, on the open or hidden assumptions of their respective faiths.Examples of bilateral or multilateral conversations may be given from India, Ceylon, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Indonesia， Britain and several countries in Europe and in America.People of different faiths -Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, Moslems, Jews and many others, including sometimes Marxists-have been involved in these conversations.In addition to what is going on in particular countries several international gatherings have been held where men of different religions came together to consider specific issues.The Ajaltoun
Author: S.J Samartha
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2396726081