Enhancing Dialogue Between Religious Traditions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osman Bakar
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Contributory Factor ◽  
Rule Following ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Pluralistic Societies ◽  
Introductory Discussion ◽  
Islamic Civilization

This chapter provides an overview of Islam’s historical experiences in interreligious dialogue through highlights of its ‘golden ages’ in this particular domain of multicultural societal living within its civilization. It examines these golden ages in interreligious dialogue in three notable geo-cultural and historical settings—Muslim-ruled Spain, Chinese Islam in Ming-ruled China, and Indian Islam under Mughal rule—following an introductory discussion of Muslim exemplary treatment of non-Muslims during the rule of the first four Caliphs succeeding the Prophet Muhammad. On the basis of this discussion the author concludes that it is generally the case that interreligious dialogue and cooperation presents itself as a necessary contributory factor of the Golden Age of all religiously pluralistic societies, especially of Islamic civilization.

The Catholic Church and the Other Religious Paths: Rejecting Nothing that is True and Holy

2003 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Fredericks
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
The Other ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Multiple Issues ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Catholic Church

[Catholic thinking about other religious traditions has continued to develop rapidly since the Second Vatican Council. The author discusses the impact of conciliar texts, the thought of John Paul II, the “pluralist” and “regnocentric” theologies of religion, and the practice of interreligious dialogue on Catholic views of other religious paths. The multiple issues selected for discussion reflect the controversy surrounding the declaration Dominus Iesus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.]

Raimon Panikkar's Cosmotheandrism — Theologizing at the Meeting Point of Hinduism and Christianity

Exchange ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-303
Author(s):  
Jyri Komulainen
Keyword(s):  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Theology Of Religions ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Meeting Point ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Radical Pluralism ◽  
Existentialist Philosophy

AbstractRaimon Panikkar (b. 1918), a Catalan-born Hindu-Christian, is a prominent theorist of interreligious dialogue. This article provides an analysis of his theology of religions. On the basis of the most recent sources available, it appears that even his 'radical pluralism' cannot eschew the inherent problems characteristic of pluralistic theologies of religions.Unlike other pluralists, Panikkar does not subscribe to the Enlightenment tradition. Instead, his plea for the transformation of religions is based on an idiosyncratic 'Cosmotheandrism', which draws on both primordial religious traditions and existentialist philosophy. The prerequisites of interreligious dialogue, as outlined in his work, thus entail commitment to a particular cosmology and mode of consciousness.

scholarly journals THE DIALOGUE OF RELIGIONS AND ONTOLOGICAL INCOMPLETENESS Of a HuMAN Being

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
E. V Maksimova
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Global World

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of ontological incompleteness of a human being in connection with the possibility of spiritual help from religious traditions. The author shows how the unified ontological substitution of spiritual existence with virtual reality is carried out in the global world. The article investigates the potential of interreligious dialogue in search for new forms of contact with the universal anthropological risks of virtualization, individualization and alienation of man from his spiritual needs. The experience of religious interaction, features of intra-religious life of communities and modern attitude of churches to each other and to people are analyzed on the basis of Religious Studies fieldwork in Russia, in the countries of Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

London

2021 ◽  
pp. 136-178
Author(s):  
Thomas Albert Howard
Keyword(s):  
British Empire ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Keynote Speaker ◽  
Historical Account ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
World Congress ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time

This chapter spotlights a major interreligious event that took place in 1924: the Conference on Some Living Religions within the Empire. It notes that the conference brought representatives from major religious traditions of the British Empire — excluding Christianity and Judaism because of their presumed familiarity — to London to expound before a general British audience the chief tenets and practices of their faiths. For many attendees, it was their first time to hear directly from a Muslim, a Hindu, a Buddhist, and a Parsi, among other religious voices. In addition to offering a historical account of this conference, the chapter discusses its legacy — the main one being the creation of the World Congress of Faiths (1936), the oldest continuously existing organization devoted to interreligious dialogue. It also pays close attention to Sir Francis Younghusband (1863–1942), the keynote speaker at the 1924 conference and the driving force behind the establishment of the congress in 1936. Ultimately, the chapter investigates why the conference deserves recognition alongside Chicago's better-known parliament of 1893.

Perkembangan Ilmu Matematik Dalam Sorotan Tamadun Islam

Sains Insani ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-139
Author(s):  
Liya Khaulah Asy-Syaimaa’ Hussain ◽  
Ahmad Faizuddin Ramli
Keyword(s):  
Number Theory ◽  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Mathematical Knowledge ◽  
Mathematical Science ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Islamic Civilization

The development of Islamic civilization goes hand in hand with physical and spiritual development. This can be highlighted in the 9th century golden age of Islam which witnessed the development of knowledge by Muslims scholars in various disciplines, including mathematics. Although the discourse in mathematical science only involves numbers, letters, and formulas, however, Muslims scholars took it as an instrument to manifest the greatest of God. Hence this article will discuss the development of mathematical knowledge in the spotlight of Islamic civilization. The method of study is qualitative through literature study. The study found that the Quran became a source of inspiration to Islamic scholars in mathematics so that the branch of knowledge such as number theory, arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. Then the sciences are developed and exploited by people around the world so far today. Keywords: Islamic civilization, mathematic, history of mathematic ABSTRAK: Perkembangan tamadun Islam bergerak seiring dengan pembangunan fizikal dan spiritual. Hal ini dapat disoroti pada kurun ke-9 zaman keemasan Islam yang menyaksikan perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan kalangan sarjana Islam dalam pelbagai disiplin ilmu, termasuklah ilmu matematik. Meskipun wacana dalam ilmu matematik hanya melibatkan angka, huruf, dan sejumlah formula, sarjana Islam menjadikannya sebagai instrument memanifestasikan kebesaran Tuhan. Justeru artikel ini akan membincangkan perkembangan ilmu matematik dalam sorotan tamadun Islam. Metode kajian adalah bersifat kualitatif melalui kajian kepustakaan. Kajian mendapati, al-Quran menjadi sumber inspirasi para sarjana Islam dalam ilmu matematik sehingga terhasilnya cabang ilmu seperti teori nombor, aritmetik, algebra, dan geometri. Kemudian ilmu-ilmu tersebut dikembangkan dan dimanfaatkan oleh masyarakat di seluruh dunia sehingga hari ini. Kata kunci: Tamadun Islam; Matematik; Sejarah Matematik;

scholarly journals Faith Embodied in Attitudes: Ethics of Dialogue and Brotherhood of All People in the ‘Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together’ in Abu Dhabi and the Encyclical Fratelli Tutti

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-81
Author(s):  
Denisa Červenková ◽  
Petr Vizina
Keyword(s):  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
World Peace ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Ethical Approach ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Ethical Approaches ◽  
Specific Culture

This text is concerned with the ethical approach of inter-faith relations and the dialogue of culture in two documents of Pope Francis: ‘On Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together’ and the encyclical Fratelli Tutti. This ethical approach refers to God the Creator of all and the call to brotherhood of all human beings and refers to faith as a response to Revelation. Faith also forms ethical approaches for interreligious dialogue. Pope Francis’ approach in the documents is that the theological truth and values of religious traditions are embodied in attitudes of social friendship. Francis challenges us to build a specific environment that he calls a ‘new culture of dialogue’, having frequently called for the growth of a culture of encounter that is capable of transcending political and social barriers and encourages creating a specific culture of social and ‘political love’.

scholarly journals DINAMIKA PERKEMBANGAN ILMU DALAM ISLAM SERTA STATUSNYA DALAM PERKEMBANGAN PERADABAN MODERN

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zainal Abidin
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
High Contribution ◽  
The Status ◽  
Islamic Civilization ◽  
The Prestige

This paper studies about the history and the dynamic of knowledge developing in Islam.The glorious of Islamic civilization which were signed by the advance of knowledgedeveloping around 7th to 13th centuries was not something hapened by an accident,but through long process and it was related with the prestige of muslims in field ofknowledge. In the centuries that called as the golden age of Islam, muslim civilizationbecome the central of world civilization and give the high contribution in emerging themodern western civilization. While, in next phase when muslim become underdevelopingcountries it was also related with the status on knowledge that marginalized and stagnantedin inmuslim world. There were many theories and argumentations from many expertsthat stated about the factors caused the falling of muslim. The falling of muslim peoplein same time is also the problem of mainkind together, because the western moderncivilization was ambigious in understanding the concept of knowledge.

scholarly journals Preaching as Internal Interreligious Dialogue: A Harvard Case Study

Homiletic ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Malmström ◽  
David Schnasa Jacobsen
Keyword(s):  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Theological Method ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Religious Other ◽  
The Relationship

This paper explores the overlapping space between an internal conception of interreligious dialogue and models of conversational preaching and homiletical theology which embrace mutual critical-correlational theological method. At the heart of the paper is a close reading of a sermon focusing on John 5:31–47—preaching much influenced by interreligious hermeneutics. The analysis shows how preaching effectively may address some fundamental principles of interreligious dialogue, for example by offering space for open-minded, respectful, and attentive listening and learning from the religious other, or by encouraging curiosity as well as deep reflection on Christian gospel in the light of gospel resonant of voices from other religious traditions. In the concluding discussion, the implications of this research for the rhetoric of conversational preaching practice are highlighted, and further homiletical-theological reflection on the relationship between preaching and interreligious dialogue is encouraged, not only because it is possible but because it is desirable for Christian preaching and homiletics in particular.

scholarly journals Light out of Plenitude: Towards an Epistemology of Mystical Inclusivism

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-175
Author(s):  
Janusz Salamon
Keyword(s):  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Veridical Experience ◽  
Experience Of God ◽  
Truth Claims

The question to what extent the putative mystical experiences reported in the variety of religious traditions contribute to the conflict of religious truth claims, appears to be one of the hardest problems of the epistemology of religion, identified in the course of the ongoing debate about the philosophical consequences of religious diversity. A number of leading participants in this debate, including the late W.P. Alston, took a strongly exclusivist stance on it, while being aware that in the light of the long coexistence of seemingly irreconcilable great mystical traditions, mystical exclusivism lacks philosophical justification. In this paper I argue that from the point of view of a theist, inclusivism with respect to the issue whether adherents of different religious traditions can have veridical experience of God (or Ultimate Reality) now, is more plausible than the Alstonian exclusivism. I suggest that mystical inclusivism of the kind I imply in this paper may contribute to the development of cross-cultural philosophy of religion, as well as to the theoretical framework for interreligious dialogue, because (1) it allows for the possibility of veridical experience of God in a variety of religious traditions, but (2) it avoids the radical revisionist postulates of Hickian pluralism and (3) it leaves open the question whether the creed of any specific tradition is a better approximation to the truth about God than the creeds of other traditions. 

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