Beyond 'Holy Wars' through Interreligious Dialogue: Some Principal Considerations
This article pleads for the cultivation of a robust culture of interreligious dialogue to proactively prevent 'holy wars' from emerging. It shows that the call to arms for a cause declared 'holy' only instrumentalizes the commitment of dedicated believers for vested interests. In...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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Studies in interreligious dialogue
Year: 2020, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-80 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Third Sacred War
/ Interfaith dialogue
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AX Inter-religious relations ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Dialogue
B Clash of cultures B Religion B Politics B communication about the Ultimate |
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| Summary: | This article pleads for the cultivation of a robust culture of interreligious dialogue to proactively prevent 'holy wars' from emerging. It shows that the call to arms for a cause declared 'holy' only instrumentalizes the commitment of dedicated believers for vested interests. In contrast, dialogue is shown to be a mutually shared struggle with contentious issues to sustain communal conviviality, notwithstanding differences. Dialogue comes into its own as interpersonal face to face encounter by establishing mutual trust through genuine understanding. |
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| ISSN: | 1783-1806 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in interreligious dialogue
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/SID.30.1.3288649 |