The Role of Interreligious and Interfaith Dialogue in the Post-Secular World
Journal Title: Academicus - International Scientific Journal - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 16
Abstract
Today, western liberal democratic societies are secular, or in other words, religion is set apart from the state. However, the beginning of the 21st century has seen a re-politicizing of the religion. This paper argues that religion plays an important role in current global politics and events. Moreover, it has been used as tool to recruit masses for a wrong cause. Hence, Interreligious and interfaith dialog can play a role of catalysts and a future trend in cultural diplomacy. The paper provides definitions of a secular and post secular society. Then, it discusses the general concept of dialogue and explores it from an interreligious and interfaith point of view as a way to mitigate the role religion has undertaken. Finally, it provides examples of what European Union has been doing in that respect.
Authors and Affiliations
Biljana Popovska, Zhanet Ristoska, Pablo Payet
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- EP ID EP193467
- DOI 10.7336/academicus.2017.16.02
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