Category - interreligious dialogue

Madrid conference links interreligious dialogue with building peace

agency reporter — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:02:12 +0100

Dialogue is “the best way for mutual understanding and cooperation in human relations as well as in peaceful coexistence among nations,” said the final communiqué issued by the recent Madrid conference on inter-faith relations.

Madrid inter-faith summit highlights global problems and possibilities

staff writers — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:38:25 +0100

The scale of the challenge and the glimmer of new possibilities in interreligious understnading is on display at the 16-18 July international interfaith conference convened in Madrid by the Muslim World League.

Archbishop and Pope talk about Christian-Muslim relations

agency reporter — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:36:10 +0100

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has described his private meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican earlier this week as "friendly and informal". They talked for an hour, especially about Christian-Muslim relations.

Christians visit Syria to explore peaceful relations with Muslims

agency reporter — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:48:34 +0100

A delegation led by the Rev Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has travelled to Syria wishing to learn from the country's long experience of Christians and Muslims living peacefully together.

Vatican seeks broad-based global exchange with Muslims

staff writers — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:27:12 +0000

A small number of fficials from the Vatican and senior Muslims are holding a two-day meeting in Rome this week, with the intention of laying the foundations for a major global Catholic-Islamic exchange later in 2008.

Evangelical Christians and Muslims meet for historic dialogue

staff writers — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:59:03 +0000

The second meeting of an Evangelical Christian-Muslim Dialogue took place in Tripoli last week, and is seen by participants as an important step forward in understanding between two faith traditions that have often been at loggerheads.

Romanian city offers model of plural co-existence for Europe's future

Stephen Brown — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:00:23 +0100

With its painful history and its recent proclamation as a European City of Culture, Sibiu in Romania - site of the recent European Ecumenical Assembly - has a message of tolerance and dialogue that can help the development of coexistence in Europe.

Tripoli inter-faith meeting seeks improved Christian-Muslim relations

Ecumenical News International — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:08:43 +0100

African religious leaders meeting in the Libyan capital Tripoli from 27 to 30 August 2007 have praised a more than 25-year-long dialogue between Libya and the Vatican as a positive contribution to good relations between Christianity and Islam.

Spiritual free-diving in a religiously diverse world

Annegret Kapp — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:35:53 +0100

Annegret Kapp describes the experiences of young Christians, Muslims and Jews as they seek to come to terms with the challenges of global religious faith through a special summer school at the famous Bossey Institute.

Geneva seminar opens global windows on 'religion'

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:51:13 +0100

The World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Institute in the Swiss countryside has been the setting of a major month-long global dialogue on the state of religion in the world - an invitation to honesty, deeper understanding and the renewal of conversation.