The Challenge of Inter-faith Relations for the Christian Conference of Asia
Asia is the cradle of many religions, and religious diversity is the hallmark of most Asian societies. Religiosity runs deep in the Asian outlook on life. Why then, one would ask, did the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) not have visible and structured inter-faith dialogues as one of its programme...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2017]
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The ecumenical review
Año: 2017, Volumen: 69, Número: 4, Páginas: 462-473 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AX Relaciones inter-religiosas CC Cristianismo ; Religión no cristiana ; Relaciones inter-religiosas KAJ Época contemporánea KBM Asia RJ Misión |
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| Sumario: | Asia is the cradle of many religions, and religious diversity is the hallmark of most Asian societies. Religiosity runs deep in the Asian outlook on life. Why then, one would ask, did the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) not have visible and structured inter-faith dialogues as one of its programme priorities? This article examines the reasons why it would have been difficult and even inappropriate for the CCA to initiate a robust dialogue programme in the context in which it was founded. However, CCA did respond to the inter-faith reality by animating theological and missiological reflections that took Asian social realities and religious pluralism as the contexts of these reflections. Today, religions are increasingly entering the public, and especially the political, arena. There is an increase in religious intolerance and militancy in a number of Asian countries. These have resulted in CCA paying more focused attention to inter-faith relations and religious plurality. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12314 |