Ich habe das Thema schon ein paar mal im Zusammenhang mit Martin Bubers Buch "Ich und Du" angesprochen, und vor einigen Monaten habe ich einen Artikel ueber den interreligiösen Dialog waehrend eines Ramadan-Essens geschrieben, der jetzt gerade (puenktlich zum Ramadan) erscheinen ist:
Interfaith Moments
http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/ ... th-moments
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Mich wuerde es interessieren, wie wir es am besten schaffen koennen, Monologe zu vermeiden und einen wahren Dialog zu fuehren. Vielleicht koennen wir hier Ideen und persoenliche Erfahrungen zu diesem Thema austauschen.LAST YEAR, OUR LOCAL MASJID (mosque) organized an interfaith dinner and invited clergy and lay members of various faith communities during the month of Ramadan. As in preceding years, the goal was for Muslims and non-Muslims to meet each other and foster an interfaith dialogue within the neighborhood. The event began with an introductory lecture about Islam, followed by presentations relating to fasting and spirituality given by a Muslim and a Christian speaker. During the dinner, I was seated next to some members of a Protestant congregation. We had a very pleasant conversation, covering a wide range of topics, from the concept of fasting to the importance of regularly going to church. However, I realized that many of my sentences began with "As Muslims, we . . ." or "In Islam, it is important . . . ," and my conversation partners used similar phrases, such as "In our Christian faith, we. . . ." We were not speaking as individuals who were sharing our own personal approaches to our faith, but instead, we were trying to act as representatives for our respective faiths.....