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    The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to InterReligious Dialogue Bdited by Catherine Cornille CHAPTER 1 The History of Inter-Religious Dialogue Leonard Swidler ie world as ays needed dislogue, bat ar the 1989 “alo the Wall and 9711, the word nereusgy re that eds dalgue. A Tbe ‘ni of daloguesintereligousilog, ensign the mos comprehensive af allthe human “sellin” “aneptanaon ofthe inte meaning eno ove accordingly" (Suid and ojacs 2000) Un Ue sl emerpnee of Ine: ‘sigiousdnlogue oot o Modern. out ofthe ihe century Lighteament of ‘he West elgon was abo the mest abst. exci ofl te ipncs Ths, ‘stgue~andamentally mening ern om you~ dag pst af absolut relion/dclgy Bu, e's str eel atthe hepa, ‘A lng as there has been Hn spe spe (peta since 70,000 BC) there have be tags - ho = lo explain "ihe ultimate meaning of Me ad how tlie accordingly relgns When sal groups humane gare tt ennugh colette frm tie, cacto thee ciations hada is erties tshich both sped and expres that eatin. lof thee ance relions mee “primary reigns.” tht i. were coterminous withthe elton oe sae" oe insane. all members of the Iota.” and only they. were doves of the Ist reign ‘That begin o change draically in the four aint izations af Gres. eh India, china during the Ava] Age (80-200 UE). Ast ocurrl whereby sme Individuals began oon no longer primary with the eet. but wi he pe sonel conscience to oes nolange primary on texto buon the nteor Thess ‘etipons incretsingy tended to cam not st partici but universal li. hat ‘not at for frinstance.Ahenins ba forall humans which pavers rls ‘Sesto Si th bette hee a vores a ie a oe TERS SS tee vcchos be tiny we bam ape tens te ‘universal cans of Aaland post-rest at mcs psc bt ls talicseencouners son the rrous lions with dhe lar by far dominating Tere were oscsonlading devotee of such lions who and out as mos of iene, ke Asoka the Gres (304-232 BCE, the qs-Baddiet Emperor lin, Si Francs of Asis (1181-1226 CB. Abr the Great. Alin Enero of Indi 1542-1605 CE. Tele eset pac on inkeseigiusrelalons were, however, seen! age of Eaton eaplrton and clonsaton wee aad marty by prove uation Tas say Cogan to chang: though a rst not nab wi the rie of Mod rity and the Elphtoment hich was characte by ftom, ese sory and Tae logue (Sider 2011). The ighenment pot forth a breakages a thebestof tang human reso and ational wdc tia wis de yt ae Ehtenment (German shor wee o le Sit rng) ene of soy dynamism. Bnbaldel in theeaion al writen 1776 in Pala Ges: Brat /Sitery Lae), “A men ae ead gus” ws the whi, “therfore da Jagat become a ARTE ce The tshigiosencouter of the 1S Pa ofthe Wort lions Ce The Christian Ecumenical Movement Reig tng our attention to the tring point of the Pam ofthe Works Reigns. I would kt draw atetion toaster desloge Ut pie sold underpinning forthe expansion of intel daloge subequent tothe Parlament. om refring tothe launching ofthe Cran Eeumeiel Moreen a T5101 Elinburg. H. rete soni Episcopal Bishop i the Mp. there was ne 0 dlseus the qusons of far and esclesatcal dar lbeatly exclude rom the ‘onernce. Speaking fom te loo he announced bis nteation found an orate ‘Non or that purpose eventually he oement foe ath and rte) Michel 193821) inthe loving fal: shop ret aden the Protea Episcopal Chucho the Unie Sines. ling the members boot the Einburg Conference and uring them ‘o ake the lead in oundiag a Conference on Fath and Onder. Are consequence, co mite was appina. The response was etvorinarly feorate trought the Unie State nother pats othe wel Een the respons ofthe Vatican was very sympuhet houpe indent. Hover, the plane wer lost comple dr ty the outbreak ofthe First Woe! War (Sse 1929: 5) Immediately ater the wan shespringot 1919, adeputaion fm the American Episcopal Chir Commisson et ‘on a uropean rip nan attempt conc the ede the Orthoos Churches cnt ‘heMoman Cuthobe Church anda dat or heist Word Confrence the Novena foe Path nd Orr wn str Aust 3.1927, when 394 sopeSERTAS Fon 108 tot aka India 2 indie ring the ay by Mode thetate my and ‘rah are di amen Wort’: ‘ied har teed to cm the 2h. tthe tthe rupted nid rand 1954 Almost smeltaneosty a pra ert was paying ou The seeds ofthe second lurpeccumenclepaicon, the Moen for ie and Work arta Bound pve he Fs Wel War nd the Word lance of Churches fr Promoting er- tonal Princip which was lacked by the Prost churdies earn 1914 fr war uns leming The kaderof bth te Alliance andthe Meveent or ie and Werk was the Lateran Arsh of Uppsala, Nathan Siem. He maintained that» common ors o epresion was pecesary forthe chur and tht Ks fo tatlon coud ott ul hey Had ace kyon alr of ath sa rd This as sho bythe less ofthe churches ring thee of the wa. We organ” SOUT TSEY 1} Tis EunencalCounel wool ot encoorh on TETAS the churches ad woul del not with mars ah and oder bu with soa nd internal problems. As the planning commer of ile and ‘Work expel iin 1922, ‘Done dds bu sa Kaleem: 54). Theft erealna cotsanoce ad Werk a el Stl Agu ois ee TE ee ee et Frew of thee hug ecurenil tering. the sentiment arose that the thamsesneasdan cineca movement tun the, Paasereten event bly modeto aw te second meslngsf theo organizations othe ac very cae Cac ehein tne and paces hat man delat cold ated eth. Ths happened inthesummer of 1937 1 Oxerd and nburgh The two onions eich Wed 1 merge and jin commices wee The new fred norton. named the Werld Couto Churches, vas to have ts rt word cones 1981 ba in 1914 when the ootreak ef wer pent the launch ofthe Waren fr Fal Onder othe formal coming ino extencof the Work Cone of Churches was Posed by ae had o wal ul 1948, In Anse, Protsan ledes irl ighy to ine the Cue Chur nthe ees toward chraen unt Hawerer the Paes own word nthe ely 1920s made rely cer tht hg hod oo neoSTEPeiipting a ecumenal oranzons “Therefor worthy Bethen tf dear why THs APSERC Ser ner aoa Ts member ota prt nthe conferences of norCaole Christan Oe may fete ‘rani of Chitin only inser a ane sts the return of ths sadn oe tothe oe true Church rom which ey once unfrtunaely separated thems {Pir Xt 1924; $8). Sno tks peated in he Vatican fr fe nest 40 years ‘pene fring Cathol pareipation in aloguc eg 1928 Mora nos: 1948 Mont 1949 isrc 1998 bare of Cathles a he Barston Woe Counet of Chrces Worl Asenbb}. Csr the repeat Yate conlenations ser atly i erin tothe ing Cathole terest and partipaon inimical Alalogoe~ mos nab tug e Une Santa Move startin in Commany ater Weld War 1914-18) expanding unde Ne! presen i aoming poplar Imoeren afer Word War (1935-15 fe Sir. 1966), Wy spend ao mich ine reviewing the nt-Chrstineoumeniel movement when laying ou the deveopmen of ncersisiousalegueInlenrigoss ig ass ow understood inca sthres primary moder thats eaching OTe Fon, heerlen dogs more fly the meaning of le Dislgueo the Head aon ‘ih theDinero maketh ova beter laeln whic TOTETOEEOET TR Handa and un ene embrace ofthe nee spt and sesthee STAT TOSS (Pigg of te Heae) pre out ofthe tighten West fener Chisendo,I ‘sthsmapnateestne that has been doing the ret of te beet tara Shits drew splintered Cesar. morn ta care reer 'uniy response tothe ewerevpandiag intelectual chalegs ef the allcnmen snd is guna new sholanydspines senile history. sxbloy anthropln Docholgy. The growing Elihtenmnt maven to begin oll hereon lols ofthe weld into ts prong Pal of Pore evenly uring bythe Inter art of th tenet century the Ag of Cabal Dialogue Hee. hia see some ofthe hstoreal conten hence thi needle worl-lanping gba ce ‘The Move to Dialogue with Other Religions Ano sbre weeus date the “auble"ounching of moter nr sgt dione to the 1899 Purlament of the Welds Raligons ig Chis Parr 1893) Twas by TGPTie meat pono paring athe Caan Wl Eien ecetrtng the 400th aniversary of Columbus's dseoneryof America. Wha sted abou th por laments importance i accurate: Tada recopzed asthe season othe bath of forma intereigiousdalague worknde" The tg” of te pote expan af neregions dlogue the palaent was roi by he dian Hand Sap Vislanand, Hebe hisuddes:”"Siers and bates of EAT Toes Sepia danding vation fom «crowd of seen thosnnd, Wah lasted ht ‘inte Bhuyan 2005:5) Though Vvekanda waa devotsct optical brah of Hindus (Advaita Vedanta} he wt na om cavern tip Ame Hs ih slerywadslopcin the moder sens" donstese saldSwimon one sce in Aeris, wcomet yout new bee a atta your on bei | wan to mals te Method baler Melhor: he Prost ctr oer PT Taran Bees Uncut Goose ae Tis osm gh iyo onnsoul(Vsekananda)- A nurnberot eer wlH known elisoos ee Ind. Anggria Dharmapala om Set Lan representing Threads Bsn, od DIE Sul fom Juan resenting Zo Bue, Thy ad many ether eligis teachers and leaders ture tut inthe Wes for years cod teeta tlning now flowers in some instances. and promting anew openness to oie regions The fie sce prlament massely reinforced by the subseqent now of the lnte-CvianEeumenical Aloement a he bepaaing ofthe ne centr dsr aie, opened the dam fo the dlogue among the religions of he world Fra hit Point fri nly the outstandiag erent thal most ecogniae as mo tare inthe evelopment of inter segous dialogue cant, lt alto bry cussed Since ithapoene.I personaly “stumbid into the dilogue” ithe mise of tence ‘ns md ig oss. vith lore ome weby the onde ch her hi he ah century and mas carr along wth the expanding ago ti. wil no argely use my owen ret experience asthe "Uheal” wth whl to fll developments a inueaigaus loge ee the mil ofthe let century ona ‘The fist half he wet century had sen age ol Armapsddon conte In to stapes refered to as the Festal Second Wort Wars Fallotng the Seon ‘Work War with dhe begining of the “Lang Peace.” Pike 2011) rst Protestant spd Orthodox Churches were nal abeto gale gern the Word Covel of Churches in 1988, Homer us noted above the great male of CRETE Tes = sealnal ied lation through the next dacide and bl Indra Colic thinkrs. an large fers ete Geeman Una Santa marement, vere les persed gas Vatan condemnation and slenelngs Then suddenly seemingly inrculous) the ely Cardinal Angle Racal as ta sl ten pope Sunt) Joba XXII. Shorty er his installation he eld toger the Cais ome and anaounced 1 hada drt” (ore arta Lather King) whic e went around the Vaan throwing open the window's He anounced lhe was cllag sew fzumenical Counc Vatican I) fallow the “signe th ines." as he pat to tring the Cathe Chutch up te dat agora 201 cold eng in aloe ih the woe hitgraround in many acs, TaladingCatholirelatons wth noa-Cat At the Counela“Detaration on Religions Uber” (ipa lames pes seme Miri STARS MEM HOSTAL prt of Cat tocing ater a bee ‘mall condemned by Pope Geepry XVI in 1832, so Pope hs in 1864 5 reat, “madnet) Secon “Peres on Event (Unitas rings) ws pose omming cals oom aRTaT Eng al ae ale fal rcconle sg oft as and oie ofeaunian: Not Beng coment nih ts eahertaton the Cathole Bishops SEES ESTE “in cumenea wo all Cutts mt ule we SRST Te Te hc mrcape cee ‘al dlgoe “inves the whole Cures fll nd clea Kextends oe se, according othe let of each” Arce) Thal the Catolc bisops oe ‘wot including the Bishop of Rome, the Pope, passed “Decaaton en the Relations the church to Non-Chistin Raligione (Nox Att) which the Cathal Cher “reflects tthe outset what humans hain comma and wt ends to promote Byesip among them. All mans frm bl one coy The hid paragraph of Nat ata expressed wh scl the human serch foe meaning that messin In al ere mans oko he tien rons fran ans othe sae il of mon ‘tee. The pole tht wih easy oth ri oa athe dy ‘inthe apes pnt What the man What ithe mening and prs of Wht ‘pith nd wat We doc alegre ad a es ‘What fils death And ey: wa thc uma mtr, yond harm explanation, uoumosiain — - The Delaration then dew postive practical ones fom these question: hoe Char ot thing of wht te an alo ios hs "ih ead ots mnt Ht prep nd deo Te {heh hee ares tember crwth prensa ean Furs. the Catholic Chureh tmmasey act on thse werd by tng up in the Vatican ~ and equring every national coaareneof ships around the worl end indeed ency diocese ost up ~seretraso iloue wth I) oe Chesion ‘Churches and the ews 2)n00-Chrstan religion, and 3) no tek In 1964, ver before the le ofthe Vzan Count ml as Ted oben tcp the US CathoiReformad & Presiytertan Dialogue anda eater tbea meme ofthe [US Cathie shop Commit on lege withthe Jes uring the Counc in 1964 Pope Paul Vi is first ees male it ler tha ‘hema mun hasecbe indo ange Bee rious er sere aon hae hen otk ede an cond ge wth hy (te Following up es thes exrorinay nates, shortly afer the Caan en the “eas Sertariat fo Dialogue wh Non-belees wate thet even “octal i loge shouldbe inated with courage and sini. withthe pres edo ard vith reverence I then went furl oka stalement ha uering Ins eral one stg oo ‘inn anT in ecaneng rath eeprom ra eat th | fol re a Te an Soul do ter tet op late sen fey as of RST ter ay sated car ogre al OTST VETS OSE ‘ligase mesure ted MEMENTO FT owl hh mse be cared outa the Church ame re a ‘This fltboreenrance o the Cathole Church into dalague exponential Inceosed ‘he invhement of al the eder Chistian Cortese wl eth Jews Eery Church tthe expanded o reat ew ages oer dso up in inthe tthe fe ah the de i te ceased enon crnmaancosanoas 9 ‘The pages ofthe fof Een Stes JS serve as a exceen belvetbee nag the pogreso he nero Dialogue Movement was the mal of Vatican (1964) dat ny wile Alene Andean Swider nd auncha here. 2 scholarly periodical devote oligos logue. The eigial ube ofthe journal ‘vs "Poletant, Catholic Oro bu soon ass second year we dropped and (nkon ou rst non-Chritian Assocs or, abo Arthur Ger. Inthe est hee Font J contnas to expand the isgueadilog loi. Hinds Buddhist Ao $e Er) ao thatthe nil dnlngoe among Chetins quel spread to dale ‘mong all rons and beyond tal eos. cultures, and octal institutions. Tus wha dsr osu sea gradune siden ne 19505 the dao setneen Catbols end Protestants — naturally mared of to Jeisi-Cirsian Tisha then nish Chri Muslm loge, nro odslogue with Hind ‘st, Buddhism. and even Bars. One ofthe new endeavors asthe luching in the 1980s of the “Thad Sate fo he Historical Jesus” among Chestan and Jewish ‘colar (Slr 1988: Sider etal. 1990} alowed y my involvement inthe da Tegue with Bis (Ser apd ermundo, 1988) and then the Inning af te ‘ristnn-Confucian Dialogue, je 8-15, 1988 (Sere 2005). The, espat of "ns wae, some ho were invoked io indidualalopues begun to rel on“ logue this ws happening he Bein Wl came dae in November. 1989, ne the Sov Uso ~ wh everyby (cud the CLA uo de KGB) thought ‘ould nt wel in the hid allen tater no ate, Shelly uerward. Sm! Huntington argued ut the word hod sted back nto "Chas hates Huntington 1993, 1996) He was igh Thre wassadash Deivlatons” bt that ol al does al, dsr he enti conterprsy bal ‘cone The worl ls dramtialy beg to move ino the Age of Cb Diogo” (ich my wry just one stl elects nha ome ine prod between 1990 ‘tod 192, publ ele books dealing with nieeligious daloge (ae the ele nc is) 2007 ts at A Guo a on Ac hn Erp He Cate Chr io eres dlgue pain i aan kv evens began to erupt exponentially. This embrace of “liter aigous nog bya cue fist om 138 lus scars andreipous ders From around the ward on Otobr 13. 2007. when they Sued the umeang puble Ieter Common Wo elwen Uc” tvig Chron Koders snd schol a jai ‘vith thei Diogu (a coo Sr onoticatigeof world intenreligusdlogue strode King Abul o cm ic evar ne tong et foe Bnet x 2007 Rig Aaa Guha Word Confrence on logue ea the loos af the word nS the land of the meeval "Cale Age" of lnteretgos due ~Conlvenca on Iu 16-18, 2008 (vnssud-serelatons.orgices/2008/io/080719-made ‘lation tm). Eurther King Abdalla supported ote lent his sme. othe ‘stblnat of the King Abloh Cente forthe Sad af Contempo sm st ‘he Dialogue of Cratos wth lnam Universi Riyadh, Sood Arai The ery ‘name sends ood and lear messige that you wish io be oserious Musi ia the 10 wow mein contemporary woe. you ned tae voli in dnlogue with he oe vlatons: ‘the worl. Aan intl dar-pyment on that pede. a 2009 te King Abllsh Center sent fourteen prfessr of Talal an Univeral te sly lage tnd demecracy withthe Dalopusnsttuteinterselglous erelturntemationel (Dristheouteh crm of ESI March, 2011, ecturdat Babs Aelia Sala ‘an. ogi Karsan ad Bert, baron, etablhing new “slope Insts” faci ac i wll fone In Rtas, Compo. as prt of we expnding aig InstttesNetvrk-DIN = nko DUJES ht. /nstus eager gras Thre arf cours, now aly many me nance of Musi nlc sigue around the word, Cotas hs wi he fac thatthe en Massa nn aad Gane ser wee ale to gather fo the international Ssolrs Anna Teague SAD, aarting in 1978 ene all ronning. could nat fed any Kinde pt hss worivide unl 2007, Ths burgeoning of interesous, intern logs dialgue around the word is engaging al the religions and dels. For ample, the rit famous of contemporary Confacon soars, Wining, Was Professor at Harvard Univers for decads, unl 2011, hen be was root to Chin's equvalent elag Unters. o start the insite for Advanced Humans le Studs, dette in @ major voy to the “Dilogue of Caos” Bien my sghosics a ahs are recogni the unprtnce a the eaplig iter ous dlegue and want tobe pita Without m doubt, Interested Toga dsogue gine coltral academies eau elevurce in vit of ways. The plethora of eral dlagues among te egos o the world that has sprang up in de later hall ofthe Wreteth entry relic i mand says on these muliple dogs heres of ths volume and dvs wil nly Reasons forthe Rise of Dialogue How ater thousand of allen of sats exch — aloe poses al the tra and anyone ho dogs wth me abn milen del ge portions of ‘humanist ores sate bein ohn thal they cou ear fom each cae partial hat perenne ren els Why dl hart begin in {he lst unde yer ro foreach ou in dialogue! (Ofcourse there ae eeunstatl reasons why daloge is besoin mare and ‘more important today as werd rel fs eon expands msi Bat there are slo mamerou neal reasons fr thi os rads shi Thomas Fan orton. Tad our understanding of the development of seni thinking ita Be notion of the paradigm shit He purstaking'y showed at fundamental “pias” or ety OU ate the age thousiames win which we ace ad nt prot al observed das nd hat cent advancemert inevitably bigs eon pare ‘gm shits fom ooceneeses to heocenti. fr example c ro Newnan to Tansinian phys nbich are abys viprousy essed tft but aly preva, ‘uta 1970). wis Togse ‘eel ii ral dro dex ne ite fey that ony the sch snd vor ‘evemoeroreraooutoaiooie 11 inriin ae thenietsnth century in Europe truth that a snot lo sa Eeclabbieetieror mane Teomcting wus Trae atone time. alway re: aot only emp Tata the meaning of things or the onghtnes that wae salt fom ther wer that In th Wa At botion. the notion of trulh gs bad exclusion the Brin pace of -so-comadltio thing cook notte ro and ot Citi ee Way oT aE Tine Trot es dfn by way of excision: A was A becouse Kcoul be shown not tobe na. Truth wasthus undertod tobe absolute sae, xchat This a ls elit wo rath Ine teenth century many scholars came to pera alstatements out the ‘eul'o Themaaninge-soHGThng paral thegeodutea tee itera decom stances. Those conececrcunstancs bpd dri ie fat Wa ea “Ter udy was een cll forth that was couch ia patent ate es or example abstract Plan, o concrete language). parte erry forms (or example, mythic or mapa langage). and in pte paychologs setngs ler example, a polems espoose ow pai alae) These scholars argued dosly i laced nt Str sen gi ty proper ondersned Tali tht el befound only in cote TOOIpTGN Ha iginl mecng a sr Sic cen “Che wouTIERUETTPeportonscy een statement Th allstatements stout the ‘meanigol things werenow eon tobe datelutan intro me, Tisa stro er of tt Cleat at Ke art a notlone etna any atc TV ATT tcaning of samcthing hs tobe understood center, Imeonaty Late thinkers ike Max Sch (1874-1928) ada coralry to this hisorckng of ‘noe: i concemed not the past but the fate Such soles as nla having an coment of iletonaly a is bss, ge IRE TT cy oa arin. pra Tey arped ha we ara certin hinges json be answered Td That We tet gals to purne space Knog enue te wish odo someting ‘Shout those matters we intend tie aso tothe ath ond meaning tht we hope {odlscern nthe answers tothe questioner pos, the kw eda oer ‘The truth of the meaning of things wes hus scen as deahsluaed by the action ‘rene intentional the hiker speak This ean Inte or pants lew of truth, anit op sas retina anata tobe nero east to the actowannted intention ofthe speaker The sir of ne Just as statement of ruth stout the meaning of things wees by same thinkers to be histrcalydebsoluted in tne fon starting Inthe wenth century with scholars ike art Manne (1893-1947)] sch saerents ban tobe sen dc Ioltned by such thing a he eultue, las and gent ofthe thinkespeake rogues of ime All realty was uit be perce ftom te permet ofthe pee ceve's wn world iw Any statement ofthe tro he meaning of someting seen to be perspectval, "standpoint bound aang, as Kat Mann pt and thus dessa. Tiss penprialvew of tt so skews ena allsttements are furamentlly lato the andes fhe seks Thefts of ne lowing Landi Witten (1889-1951) and tors mary thine ve come to seethafny statement aboot the truth of things ean be mos el apart esipton of thertlyWisteyingtodesebeAldiugh realy cones tan ast ness number of perspectives, human language can expe thing rom onl ene proper atoncei we ask question ia egal thoughestegpies, for expe we wl naturally ‘eceteansversin gal categories, wbich wil ntnecssaly ane quesonsof is ‘or of empl reat Further, when we are dealing with religous queslons. the very facto denling with the tat ofthe "ening" of vein ates that the know Iscssently involved and hence eat the perspec character oll such sate mens A satement maybe tue ofcourse i ny occas cesribe the etrarental ‘eal it refersto—butit wil alvays bat ia pareulor hoop

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