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To address confusions about the respective roles of intra-church and inter-religious dialogue, or dialogue among Christians as contrasted to dialogue among world faiths, a group engaged with the World Council of Churches (WCC) is to prepare a short guide that will offer definitions for sometimes confusing terminology used in such dialogues, setting out different goals of the two forms of dialogue and offering practical suggestions and examples about the methodologies and issues.
The group, which was comprised of people working closely with the WCC’s Commission on Faith and Order and Programme for Inter-religious Dialogue and Cooperation, worked towards the preparation of the short guide in a meeting held from 21 to 23 March in Bossey, Switzerland.
The short guide is aimed at personnel of religious organizations and other groups who are increasingly being asked to carry responsibilities in the field of both intra-church and inter-religious dialogue.
It is hoped that the draft document will be available by September 2015.
For more information, contact Dr Clare Amos, the WCC's programme executive for inter-religious dialogue and cooperation, at: [email protected]
