Interfaith Reflection

In discussing the Christian attitudes towards other religions, the following statement by Indian Jesuit theologican Micheal Amaladoss might help in situading the stages through which the Church has evolved in its own theology of religion...

This article was written by D Martin McGee (Worth Abbey) who represented MID-GBI at the meeting of European Coordinators in May 2007.

Spécialiste du bouddhisme et du dialogue interreligieux, théologien, chercheur et écrivain, Dennis Gira transmet dans son dernier livre l’expérience de plus de quarante ans d’engagement dans une grande variété de dialogues. Entretien.

Both The Roman Catholic Church and Islam believe that only they are the one true church/religion. The Roman Catholic Church and the Islam require mandatory fasting. The Roman Catholic Church worships, prays to and gives titles of God to Mary. Islam highly esteems Mary and she is mentioned 34 times in the Qu'ran.

The President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and of the Holy See Commission for Religious Relations with Jews, Cardinal Kurt Koch said this, during the “Berrie lecture at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum).

The habit of many students of religion in the West of lumping all "Eastern Religions" (by which term is often meant only Hinduism and Buddhism) into one category, for the purpose of comparison with the Judeo-Christianity of the West, has tended to perpetuate this confusion. It forgets that unlike Hinduism, which in a sense has been an ethnic religion, Buddhism was a universal doctrine ...

Il est certain que cathédrales, basiliques et églises s’inscrivent dans le paysage architectural des villes et des villages d’Europe depuis des siècles, y manifestant ainsi l’importance du patrimoine chrétien pour celle-ci. Les mosquées médiévales ou maghrébines à nombreuses nefs collatérales, prolongeant parfois une vaste cour dont les côtés abritent un cloître continu, s’inscrivent volontiers dans le monde arabe...

Ichigo, ichie, “Every moment, an occasion”. This is the first spiritual insight that touched my mind and my heart even before setting foot on Japanese soil. I met it for the first time written in the tourist guide that I read during the plane trip to Japan.

At the risk of oversimplification, I would like to propose that each of the world's great religions consists of two main aspects, namely that of universal love, which is altruistic and selfless on the one hand, and a tribal, institutionalized, or egocentric factor on the other.

For recent decades, a good relationship between Caodaists and Catholics has been established by several predecessors of our both Faiths. As Jesus Christ’s adherents following in the footsteps of our predecessors, we are invited and summoned to preserve and nourish the fraternity between our two friendly communities.

An authentic dialogue with other religius traditions is the task of a local Church, fully involved in the life and struggles of the people, especially the poor. It is also an intergal element in the process of building up authentic local Churches in Aisa.

The president of the Focolare Movement was present beside Benedict XVI, with representatives of the Christian Churches, the Jewish world, the faithful of other religions and those without a particular faith. We ask her two questions regarding her opinion on the event.

Extrait du discours de Jean-Paul II aux cardinaux et à la Curie Romaine le 22 décembre 1986 sur le sens de la rencontre interreligieuse d'Assise.

The social or non-religious function of ancestor veneration is to cultivate kinship values, such as filial piety, family loyalty, and continuity of the family lineage. While far from universal, ancestor veneration occurs in societies with every degree of social, political, and technological complexity, and it remains an important component of various religious practices in modern times. This article will examine similarities and differences in the relationships between the living and the dead.

Interfaith Dialogue a Buddhist Perspective an Examination of Pope John Paul II's Crossing the Threshold of Hope a talk given at the Intermonastic Dialogue Gethsemani Monastery, Louisville, Kentucky July, 1996 by Ven. Havanpola Ratanasara, Ph.D.

John Paul II said to them: The late Paul VI, who founded this Secretariat, and so much of whose love, interest and inspiration was lavished on non-Christians, is no longer visibly among us, and I am convinced that some of you wondered whether the new Pope would devote similar care and attention to the world of the non-Christian religions.