Inter Religious Studies
Review of (1) The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue ed. Catherine Cornille; (2) A Communication Perspective on Interfaith Dialogue: Living within the Abrahamic Traditions ed. Daniel S. Brown; and (3) Interfaith... more
Review of (1) The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue ed. Catherine Cornille; (2) A Communication Perspective on Interfaith Dialogue: Living within the Abrahamic Traditions ed. Daniel S. Brown; and (3) Interfaith Dialogue in Practice: Christian, Muslim, Jew ed. Daniel S. Brown
Research Interests: Communication, Intercultural Communication, Interfaith Discourse, Religious communication, Interreligious Diplomacy, and 25 moreInterreligious Dialogue and Education, Interreligious Dialogue, Inter-religious Dialogue, Inter-faith dialogue, Interreligious Dialgogue, Interfaith Dialogue, Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue, Interreligious Polemics, Inter Religious Studies, Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue Theology of Reception Receptive Ecumenism Church History Pentecostalism and neo-Pentecostalism Catholic Charismatic Renewal Catholic Social Teaching Judaism Theology of the Laity Natural Law Yves Congar, Diálogo interreligioso, Interreligious Encounter, Theology/Interreligious Dialogue, Inter-religious Relations, Interreligious and Intercultural Relations, Interreligious Studies, Interreligious Relations, Interreligious and Interconfessional Tolerance/Intolerance, Diálogo Inter-religioso, Inter-faith Contact, Inter-faith Contact and Theology, Inter religious Discourses, Inter religious and Interfaith Dialogue, Interreligious Dialouge, and Inter-Religious Polemicsedit
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The Existing Relationship between Muslims and Non-Muslims in Bangladesh: An Islamic Outlook, Mustafa Monjur, Unpublished, M.Phil Thesis, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010, pp XX + 193 This work, written in Bengali, is done... more
The Existing Relationship between Muslims and Non-Muslims in Bangladesh: An Islamic Outlook, Mustafa Monjur, Unpublished, M.Phil Thesis, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010, pp XX + 193
This work, written in Bengali, is done aiming to describe Muslim and Non-Muslim relationship in Bangladesh in a scholastic way. Discussing the advent and development of Islam in Bangladesh, the study goes to reveal the interfaith harmony of the country. How the Non-Muslims are treated in the past and in present as well, what are the social relation among the followers of of different faiths and what the constitution and Laws of Bangladesh deal with its citizens of different religious population, what is the basis of good integrated religious harmony in Bangladesh - these are the core area of the research.
Moreover, the present scenario of interfaith relation in Bangladesh is also evaluated according to the principles of Islam, so that the Muslim community, approximately 90 percent of total population of Bangladesh, can understand the reality of Islamic norms and values in their practice. In some extent, it also helps people to know about the essence and beauty of Islamic regulations in Inter-religious peace.
Probably, it is the first step to clarify and assess the situation of various religious groups in Bangladesh in the light of Islam. The scope and area of research cover almost all of the major religions except the tribal religions and its followers. With a field survey among the people of different religions the study tries to be authentic and not prejudiced. However, this work can pull the trigger for the future research in this field.
This work, written in Bengali, is done aiming to describe Muslim and Non-Muslim relationship in Bangladesh in a scholastic way. Discussing the advent and development of Islam in Bangladesh, the study goes to reveal the interfaith harmony of the country. How the Non-Muslims are treated in the past and in present as well, what are the social relation among the followers of of different faiths and what the constitution and Laws of Bangladesh deal with its citizens of different religious population, what is the basis of good integrated religious harmony in Bangladesh - these are the core area of the research.
Moreover, the present scenario of interfaith relation in Bangladesh is also evaluated according to the principles of Islam, so that the Muslim community, approximately 90 percent of total population of Bangladesh, can understand the reality of Islamic norms and values in their practice. In some extent, it also helps people to know about the essence and beauty of Islamic regulations in Inter-religious peace.
Probably, it is the first step to clarify and assess the situation of various religious groups in Bangladesh in the light of Islam. The scope and area of research cover almost all of the major religions except the tribal religions and its followers. With a field survey among the people of different religions the study tries to be authentic and not prejudiced. However, this work can pull the trigger for the future research in this field.
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" Throughout the nineteenth century, Maskilic journals increased their publication of anti-Hasidic satires. From the eighteen-sixties onward, this literature came primarily as a response to the revival in the publishing of Hasidic... more
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Throughout the nineteenth century, Maskilic journals increased their publication of anti-Hasidic satires. From the eighteen-sixties onward, this literature came primarily as a response to the revival in the publishing of Hasidic hagiography and to the spread of Hasidism into new territory. To this point, no complete review or even general survey has been performed on this extensive polemical literature, despite the fact that it has much to teach us about Hasidism and the Haskalah in those years. We are not speaking of an insignificant bibliographical lacuna, but of a disregard for an entire field of research which would shed light not only on a forgotten chapter of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature but also on an important chapter in the relationships between Maskilim and Hasidim in that period and the genesis and development of the different streams of Hasidism. This Maskilic literature intended to do more than eradicate Hasidism; it aimed to strengthen the self-consciousness of the individual Maskilim who found themselves alone in Hasidic territory. Paradoxically, the literature documented the very movement it intended to eradicate from the world. The distorted reflection displayed in the anti-Hasidic literature does more than present a caricature of its subject -- it conceals hitherto unknown elements about the nature and development of the Hasidic movement. The present article deals with one such case, a satire on Bratslav Hasidism from 1863, which has at its core a Maskilic satirical text written by Yehiel Meller on pilgrimage to the grave of R. Nahman of Bratslav in Uman.
כתבי עת של משכילים לאורך המאה התשע עשרה הרבו לפרסם סאטירות בגנותה של החסידות. משנות הששים ואילך באה ספרות זו בעיקר כתגובה להתעוררות הדפסת ספרות השבחים החסידית ולהתפשטות החסידות במרחבים חדשים. לא קיימת עד עתה סקירה שלימה, ואף לא מיפוי כללי, של אותה ספרות פולמוסית ענפה, על אף שיש בה ללמד הרבה על דרכי החסידות וההשכלה באותן שנים. לא מדובר רק בחסרון ביבליוגרפי שאין לו משמעות, אלא בהתעלמות משדה מחקר רב עניין שעשוי להאיר לא רק על פרק נשכח בספרות עברית ויידיש החדשה אלא גם על פרק חשוב ביחסים בין משכילים לחסידים באותה תקופה, ועל דרכי צמיחתם, פיצולם והתפתחותם של זרמים שונים בחסידות. הייתה זו ספרות שיותר מאשר נועדה לבער את החסידות נועדה לחזק את תודעתם העצמית של המשכילים הבודדים במרחבים החסידיים; ספרות שבאופן פרדוקסלי תיעדה תנועה אותה חפצו לבער מן העולם. הבבואה המעוותת בה התהדרה הסאטירה האנטי חסידית לא רק הציגה דימוי – אלא טומנת בחובה הצבעה על אלמנטים חדשים ועל התפתחויות בחסידות. במקרה אחד ממין זה הנוגע לחסידות ברסלב בשנות השישים של המאה התשע עשרה עוסק המאמר. שלפנינו - שעיקרו מהדורה של טקסט משכילי שכתב יחיאל מלר - בשנת 1863 - על העלייה לקבר ר' נחמן מברסלב באומן
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Throughout the nineteenth century, Maskilic journals increased their publication of anti-Hasidic satires. From the eighteen-sixties onward, this literature came primarily as a response to the revival in the publishing of Hasidic hagiography and to the spread of Hasidism into new territory. To this point, no complete review or even general survey has been performed on this extensive polemical literature, despite the fact that it has much to teach us about Hasidism and the Haskalah in those years. We are not speaking of an insignificant bibliographical lacuna, but of a disregard for an entire field of research which would shed light not only on a forgotten chapter of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature but also on an important chapter in the relationships between Maskilim and Hasidim in that period and the genesis and development of the different streams of Hasidism. This Maskilic literature intended to do more than eradicate Hasidism; it aimed to strengthen the self-consciousness of the individual Maskilim who found themselves alone in Hasidic territory. Paradoxically, the literature documented the very movement it intended to eradicate from the world. The distorted reflection displayed in the anti-Hasidic literature does more than present a caricature of its subject -- it conceals hitherto unknown elements about the nature and development of the Hasidic movement. The present article deals with one such case, a satire on Bratslav Hasidism from 1863, which has at its core a Maskilic satirical text written by Yehiel Meller on pilgrimage to the grave of R. Nahman of Bratslav in Uman.
כתבי עת של משכילים לאורך המאה התשע עשרה הרבו לפרסם סאטירות בגנותה של החסידות. משנות הששים ואילך באה ספרות זו בעיקר כתגובה להתעוררות הדפסת ספרות השבחים החסידית ולהתפשטות החסידות במרחבים חדשים. לא קיימת עד עתה סקירה שלימה, ואף לא מיפוי כללי, של אותה ספרות פולמוסית ענפה, על אף שיש בה ללמד הרבה על דרכי החסידות וההשכלה באותן שנים. לא מדובר רק בחסרון ביבליוגרפי שאין לו משמעות, אלא בהתעלמות משדה מחקר רב עניין שעשוי להאיר לא רק על פרק נשכח בספרות עברית ויידיש החדשה אלא גם על פרק חשוב ביחסים בין משכילים לחסידים באותה תקופה, ועל דרכי צמיחתם, פיצולם והתפתחותם של זרמים שונים בחסידות. הייתה זו ספרות שיותר מאשר נועדה לבער את החסידות נועדה לחזק את תודעתם העצמית של המשכילים הבודדים במרחבים החסידיים; ספרות שבאופן פרדוקסלי תיעדה תנועה אותה חפצו לבער מן העולם. הבבואה המעוותת בה התהדרה הסאטירה האנטי חסידית לא רק הציגה דימוי – אלא טומנת בחובה הצבעה על אלמנטים חדשים ועל התפתחויות בחסידות. במקרה אחד ממין זה הנוגע לחסידות ברסלב בשנות השישים של המאה התשע עשרה עוסק המאמר. שלפנינו - שעיקרו מהדורה של טקסט משכילי שכתב יחיאל מלר - בשנת 1863 - על העלייה לקבר ר' נחמן מברסלב באומן
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Near East is the geographical region covered by the Patriarchate of Antioch. Trying to foresee the future in this region is not an easy exercise considering how much the political scene has been changing in this region starting... more
Near East is the geographical region covered by the Patriarchate of Antioch. Trying to foresee the future in this region is not an easy exercise considering how much the political scene has been changing in this region starting with the first decades of the 20th Century. This region has known, since the 7th Century the co-existence of the three Abrahamic religions while its political profile was and is forever changing. Churches of the region had to live under different regimes and the political links that some confessions had with the rulers influenced a lot the inter-religious dialogue and the peaceful co-existence of the believers.
Trying to focus on the experience of Orthodoxy in the Near East is an important exercise because the Orthodox Church existed in the region since the 1st Century and has had a continuous presence since then. Focusing on the educational aspect of this presence is a means to underline how this Church tried, over centuries, to live its mission in the world, and to see how we can build on this experience to prepare for the future in a positive, open, and dynamic way. After a quick overview of the specificity of Orthodoxy in this region, and of the specific and broad understanding of the term education, this presentation will focus on the link between these two folders in preparing for the future, by answering this main question: How will Orthodoxy continue to witness in the Near East, bringing to the region peace, hope, and a message of love?
This presentation will answer these questions by stressing the fact that the future of Orthodoxy in the Near East, while the 21st century seems to be a turning point for the whole region, is not only a social presence of a confessional group in midst of other groups. It is the witness for specificity, a service to be rendered to all communities, a way to preserve God’s will.
Trying to focus on the experience of Orthodoxy in the Near East is an important exercise because the Orthodox Church existed in the region since the 1st Century and has had a continuous presence since then. Focusing on the educational aspect of this presence is a means to underline how this Church tried, over centuries, to live its mission in the world, and to see how we can build on this experience to prepare for the future in a positive, open, and dynamic way. After a quick overview of the specificity of Orthodoxy in this region, and of the specific and broad understanding of the term education, this presentation will focus on the link between these two folders in preparing for the future, by answering this main question: How will Orthodoxy continue to witness in the Near East, bringing to the region peace, hope, and a message of love?
This presentation will answer these questions by stressing the fact that the future of Orthodoxy in the Near East, while the 21st century seems to be a turning point for the whole region, is not only a social presence of a confessional group in midst of other groups. It is the witness for specificity, a service to be rendered to all communities, a way to preserve God’s will.
Research Interests: Intercultural Communication, Theology, Phenomenology, Orthodox Theology, Christian Orthodoxy and Nationalism, and 18 morePostmodernism, Intercultural Literacy, Intercultural Identity, Intercultural Conflict Resolution, Interreligious Dialogue and Education, Interreligious Dialogue, InterCultural Studies, International Relations and InterCultural Issues, Arabic-Speaking Orthodox Christianity, Oriental Orthodox theology, Intercultural Philosophy, Orthodox Christianity, Interreligious Dialgogue, Conviviality, Interreligious Polemics, Inter Religious Studies, Problem of Language, and Interreligious Philosophyedit
This paper does not concern itself with a dialogue between those who share, or think they share, a common vision of reality. Rather, the focus is on those who generally do not share a common vision of reality. By focusing on this second,... more
This paper does not concern itself with a dialogue between those who share, or think they share, a common vision of reality. Rather, the focus is on those who generally do not share a common vision of reality. By focusing on this second, more interesting, group we are presented with a challenging philosophical and practical problem in our examination of inter-religious dialogue, specifically, we are faced with the question: is it possible to hold an absolutist view of the truthfulness of one’s own traditions and still engage in an open inter-religious dialogue with other religions? The importance of this question cannot be overemphasized: and this paper is dedicated to framing the question in a way that highlights the need for an agreed upon philosophical basis for this dialogue, and in so doing demonstrates the intimate connectivity of inter-religious dialogue with religious pluralism.
Research Interests: Philosophy, Philosophy Of Religion, Comparative Philosophy, Theology, American Catholicism, and 35 moreProcess Theology, Religious Pluralism, Alfred North Whitehead, Process Philosophy, Catholic Theology, Process Philosophy (Peirce, Whitehead), Interreligious Diplomacy, Interreligious Dialogue and Education, Whitehead, Interreligious Dialogue, Pluralism, Inter-religious Dialogue, Comparative Inter-Religious Theology, Interreligious Polemics, Inter Religious Studies, pope benedict XVI, Christian Approach to Process Philosophy, Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue Theology of Reception Receptive Ecumenism Church History Pentecostalism and neo-Pentecostalism Catholic Charismatic Renewal Catholic Social Teaching Judaism Theology of the Laity Natural Law Yves Congar, Comparative Studies Between Buddhist and Western Philosophy/Psychology/Social Thought, Theology and Culture, Religious Studies, Interfaith Dialogue, Inter Religious Dialogue, Philosophy and Comparative Religions, Inter-religious Relations, A. N. Whitehead and Process Philosophy, Whitehead, process philosophy, Interreligious Studies, Theology of Religious Pluralism / Interfaith Dialogue (in particular Buddhist-Christian dialogue), INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE AND RELIGIOUS PLURALISM:A Philosophical Critique of Pope Benedict XVI and the Fall of Religious Absolutism, Inter-Religious Peacebuilding, Process and Speculative Philosophy, Inter religious Discourses, Inter religious and Interfaith Dialogue, Comparative Philosophy and Religion, Interreligious Dialouge, and Inter-Religious Polemicsedit
"This study examines the plausibility of a genuine religious pluralism in the form of John B. Cobb, Jr.’s Deep Religious Pluralism. Working through a variety of conceptions of religious pluralism in analytic, process, and South Asian... more
"This study examines the plausibility of a genuine religious pluralism in the form of John B. Cobb, Jr.’s Deep Religious Pluralism. Working through a variety of conceptions of religious pluralism in analytic, process, and South Asian philosophies of religion the dissertation argues in favor of the authenticity of a plurality of the world’s major religious traditions. Cobb’s Whiteheadian-based hypothesis is argued to offer a plausible explanation of the compossibile veridicality of different religious traditions because the ontological pluralism he employs functions as a generic schema that serves to inform a sensible narrative of compossible religious ultimates, heretofore thought to be mutually exclusive. By shifting to a process metaphysics our horizons of pluralistic understanding shifts as well, because a Whiteheadian metaphysics allows for a multiplicity of efficacious religious praxes, soteriologies, and ontological cum religious ultimates—such as God, Dao, Brahman, and śūnyatā—to obtain simultaneously. What is more, these ultimates can co-exist in a non-hierarchical relationship, thereby avoiding inclusivist tendencies and enabling the claim that one’s own religion is a true tradition, rather than the true tradition.
After arguing that neither ontological nor religious ultimates are axiomatically singular, the dissertation argues for the viability of Cobb’s Whiteheadian religious pluralism as a middle-path between relativist resignations and absolutist “solutions” to the philosophical challenges of religious diversity. Relevant aspects of process philosophy and process theology are then explained in detail in order to demonstrate how a Whiteheadian schema of multiple ultimates can serve as an adequate framework for a genuine religious pluralism. Pluralistic meta-theologies from classical and contemporary South Asian philosophy are also critiqued, and non-dualism is argued to be just as problematic a basis for a genuine religious pluralism as previously discredited Western attempts at formulating a viable pluralistic hypothesis. Within the context of the first English language philosophical critique of Pope Benedict XVI’s writings (as Joseph Ratzinger) in opposition to religious pluralism, an argument against religious absolutism is made by way of the need for faithful adherents of religious absolutisms to engage in open inter-religious dialogue, which, in turn, is argued to necessitate an assumed meta-theological position of religious pluralism."
After arguing that neither ontological nor religious ultimates are axiomatically singular, the dissertation argues for the viability of Cobb’s Whiteheadian religious pluralism as a middle-path between relativist resignations and absolutist “solutions” to the philosophical challenges of religious diversity. Relevant aspects of process philosophy and process theology are then explained in detail in order to demonstrate how a Whiteheadian schema of multiple ultimates can serve as an adequate framework for a genuine religious pluralism. Pluralistic meta-theologies from classical and contemporary South Asian philosophy are also critiqued, and non-dualism is argued to be just as problematic a basis for a genuine religious pluralism as previously discredited Western attempts at formulating a viable pluralistic hypothesis. Within the context of the first English language philosophical critique of Pope Benedict XVI’s writings (as Joseph Ratzinger) in opposition to religious pluralism, an argument against religious absolutism is made by way of the need for faithful adherents of religious absolutisms to engage in open inter-religious dialogue, which, in turn, is argued to necessitate an assumed meta-theological position of religious pluralism."