Resources for Catholic Educators

 

Inter-religious Dialogue

 

 

• Catholic World News : Pope affirms value of inter-religious dialogue
• Catholicism and Islam: A strategic dialogue - Geroge Weigel
• Mission and Interreligious Dialogue: Links
• The Role of the Catholic Universtity in Interreligious Dialogue
• Nostra Aetate [The Church and Non-Christian Religions]
• Declaration on Religious Freedom - Dignitatis Humanae
• Evangelization and Interreligious Dialogue - Pope John Paul II - Vatican, November 24, 1999
• Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
• The Spirituality of Interreligious Dialogue (1999) - Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue
• The Los Angeles Buddhist Catholic Dialogue

The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God; and God never ceases to draw man to himself. Only in God will he find the truth and happiness he never stops searching for... The Catechism of the Catholic Church, #27

"Islam is the fastest growing major religion in the world today. From a population base of 200 million in 1900, Islam grew more than fivefold during the twentieth century. The change in Muslim/Catholic demographics over the past thirty years is striking. In 1970 there were 554 million Muslims in the world, and 666 millions Catholics; by the Great Jubilee of 2000, Islam could count 1.2 billion adherents, and Catholicism almost 1.1 billion." -- World religions by the numbers by George Weigel

Our Jewish Heritage by Martin K. Barrack - "The life of our Lord and the practice of Catholics is so much prefigured in our Jewish origins. We are in the line stretching to Abraham and, as a consequence, so much of what we do and understand as Catholics reminds us of our Jewish origins."

Peter Kreeft has written a series of articles that outline the main theological and practical differences, as well as the important common elements, between Christianity and Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam.

Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue - Official Church documents on interfaith dialog and several messages on the occasion of various religious holy days and feasts.

Mission and Interreligious Dialogue: Documents - "Some pertinent articles, and references to other articles and books, which will be useful to readers interested in interreligious dialogue in the context of Jesuit ministries."

Ecumenism and Interfaith Dialogue & Non-Christian Religions from the Theology Library - provides several links to relevant material.

Inter-faith Calendar : Major Feasts

The following web sites focus on Jewish-Christian relations and provide a large number of useful documents:

Jewish-Christian Relations - "devoted to fostering mutual respect and understanding between Christians and Jews around the world. Here you will find articles, reviews, reports, official statements, and study resources on Jewish-Christian relations, as well as links to many related organizations."

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