Keywords: Interreligious Dialogue
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 22 August 2018
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When conversation in a community is restricted to the public language of broader society, its power to engage community members is diminished. That has happened in the development of a theology of religions within Christian churches. It often emphasises themes that unite religions and are less specifically and distinctively Christian.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 07 September 2012
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 07 September 2012
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The tragic deaths of five Australian soldiers last week in Afghanistan highlights yet again the ongoing cross-cultural and interreligious violence that is very much a mark of our times. Usually we look for solutions to conflict through talking and negotiations. However interfaith minister Helen Summers does it through promotion of cultural activities.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 04 May 2012
'The Anders Breivik example shows us that extremism is not one way ... We really need to think deeply about some of our prejudices.' Australian Muslim academic Mehmet Ozalp sees the case of Norwegian mass-murderer Breivik as highlighting the urgent need for interreligious and cross-cultural dialogue.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 26 March 2010
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 18 December 2009
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CONTRIBUTORS
- Daniel Madigan
- 17 May 2007
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Fr Dan Madigan is an Australian Jesuit who is a consultant to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and head of the Pontifical Gregorian University's Institute for the Study of Religions and Cultures, which he established in 2002.
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RELIGION
- Daniel Madigan
- 24 December 2006
Pope Benedict is learning the hard way that interreligious dialogue these days is a complex and delicate business. Though he has now affirmed his respect for Muslims, his decision to quote a polemical medieval text against Muhammad and the Qur’an during a lecture last week remains puzzling. From 19 September 2006.
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RELIGION
- Daniel Madigan
- 18 September 2006
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Pope Benedict is learning the hard way that interreligious dialogue these days is a complex and delicate business. Though he has now affirmed his respect for Muslims, his decision to quote a polemical medieval text against Muhammad and the Qur’an during a lecture last week remains puzzling.
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