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Current Dialogue, the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) long-standing journal on interreligious relations, is now available online and as a print issue in a new format.

Students sat entranced as the theologian recounted that after serving in the Hitler Youth and the German Army as a “patriot” in World War II, he turned his back on nationalism and the horrors of that conflict.

Los estudiantes escucharon fascinados mientras el teólogo contaba que después de servir en las Juventudes Hitlerianas y en el ejército alemán como “patriota” en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, le dio la espalda al nacionalismo y a los horrores de ese conflicto.

The latest issue of the World Council of Churches’ journal International Review of Mission deals with the relationship between church and mission by focusing on the missional movements that have emerged in many places during the past two decades, and that have been described by terms such as “fresh expressions of church,” “emerging churches,” or, in short, “Fresh X.”

The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC), focuses on the Pan-African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN), a project of the WCC’s programme on Ecumenical Theological Education (ETE).

Formally established as a network in 2015, PAWEEN aims to celebrate, commemorate, and build upon the legacy of Pan‐African women in the ecumenical movement.

Twenty years after the signing of the landmark “Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification” by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Roman Catholic Church in 1999, the latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC), focuses on the achievements and challenges of contemporary ecumenical dialogue.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted a Sikh-Christian dialogue on 5 July with the theme “Pursuing Peace in a Pluralistic World” to commemorate the 550th birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first guru of the Sikhs.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) celebró un diálogo entre cristianos y sijs bajo el tema “En busca de la paz en un mundo plural” el 5 de julio, para celebrar el 550 aniversario del nacimiento del Gurú Nanak, el primer gurú de los sijs.

How much is the mission of the church related to people with disabilities? These days we talk a lot about inclusive societies and churches. But, have we arrived there? Are our societies and churches taking seriously the problems and challenges that people with disabilities face on a daily basis? People with disabilities find themselves quite often at the margins of the societies and even of the churches.

At a conference with the theme “Promoting Peace Together” held in Geneva on 21 May, religious leaders focused on two historic documents related to peace-making. The first, “Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together,” was jointly signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar in Abu Dhabi in February. The second, “Education for Peace in a Multi-Religious World: A Christian Perspective,” jointly prepared by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the World Council of Churches (WCC), was officially launched at the conference.

En una conferencia en torno al tema “Promover la paz juntos”, que tuvo lugar en Ginebra el 21 de mayo, varios dirigentes religiosos analizaron dos documentos históricos relacionados con la construcción de la paz. El primero de esos documentos, “La fraternidad humana para la paz mundial y la convivencia”, fue firmado conjuntamente por el papa Francisco y el Gran Imán de Al-Azhar, en Abu Dhabi, en febrero. El segundo, “Educación para la paz en un mundo multirreligioso: una perspectiva cristiana”, fue elaborado conjuntamente por el Pontificio Consejo para el Diálogo Interreligioso y el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), y presentado de forma oficial durante la conferencia.

The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches, opens with an article by WCC general secretary the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, “Freedom, Love and Justice,” reflecting on the theme for the WCC's 11th Assembly in 2021, “Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

The latest issue of Current Dialogue tackles diverse themes ranging from Jain approaches to religious plurality to the elimination of nuclear weapons. Marrying theory to practice, it seeks to throw light on the foundations for interreligious engagement of particular religious traditions while also highlighting the various challenges that communities of faith face in contemporary contexts across the world.

Journals have played a significant role in the history of the ecumenical movement, according to an event held during the European Academy of Religion in Bologna, Italy.

More than 1100 religious studies specialists, theologians, ecumenists and other scholars are meeting in the Italian city of Bologna for the 2019 European Academy of Religion, a five-day event with more than 320 different sessions.

Más de 1100 especialistas de estudios religiosos, teólogos, ecumenistas y otros académicos se reunirán en la ciudad italiana de Bolonia para la Academia Europea de Religión 2019, un evento de cinco días con más de 320 sesiones diferentes.

In his own words, Pope Francis said his pilgrimage this week to the United Arab Emirates wrote a "new page in the history of the dialogue between Christianity and Islam" and in promoting world peace based on brotherhood.

Según las propias palabras del papa Francisco, su peregrinación esta semana a los Emiratos Árabes Unidos ha abierto “una nueva página en la historia del diálogo entre el cristianismo y el islam”, así como en la promoción de la paz mundial basada en la fraternidad.

Theology can provide solutions for the sustainability issues that challenge the common home of humanity, according to the contributors to the latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will partner in organising the 13th annual conference of the European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies to commemorate the birth centenary of Lynn A De Silva, a pioneering figure in Christian-Buddhist dialogue.