Full Description
Statistics reveal that approximately 85.4% of the world's population follows a religion. Since the 1990s, the study of religion has become increasingly integrated into the foreign policy and diplomatic training of various states. Recently, interreligious dialogue has emerged as a key tool for fostering respect among diverse religious and non-religious perspectives, aiming to mitigate the polarization often associated with societal attitudes toward religious diversity.
This book explores interreligious dialogue as a means of contributing to peacebuilding. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing and protecting the core aspects of religious experience to establish a genuine culture of encounter.
This publication is a collaborative effort between university scholars and international experts, developed within the research group "Interreligious Dialogue & Peacebuilding" led by the Institute of European Studies and Human Rights at the Pontifical University of Salamanca.
Contents
CHAPTER 1.
RELIGION AND DIPLOMACY: THE INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF PEACE: Mario Torres Jarrin - CHAPTER 2. THE CULTURE OF ENCOUNTER OR THE NEW SURVIVORSHIP BIAS: José Antonio Calvo Gómez - CHAPTER 3. SEEING THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY IS ALREADY A WAY OF BEGINNING TO CHANGE IT: THE POLITICAL GEOMETRY OF THE CULTURE OF ENCOUNTER - FRATERNITY, INCLUSIVITY, AND SOCIAL PEACE: Scott M Thomas - CHAPTER 4. INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE FROM A SECULAR PERSPECTIVE: SOME IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES: María José Valero/ Javier Martínez-Torrón - CHAPTER 5. HERMENEUTIC FOUNDATIONS FOR A THEOLOGY OF INTERRELIGIOSITY: THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE THEOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY TO A CULTURE OF PEACE: José Ramón Matito Fernández - CHAPTER 6. THE LANGUAGE OF PROPHETS: Abraham Skorka - CHAPTER 7. INTELLECTUAL EFFORT AS A SPACE FOR CONCORD: Santiago García-Jalón de la Lama - CHAPTER 8. UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGIOUSNESS AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE: Aída Velasco Morla - CHAPTER 9.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AS MORE THAN A RIGHT: THE CONDITION OF OTHER FREEDOMS, OF RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND OF SOCIAL COEXISTENCE: Román A. Pardo Manrique - CHAPTER 10. TRUTH SEEKING AND PEACEBUILDING: INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE IN THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY: Roger B. Alfani / Ines Angeli Murzaku.
