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By Henrik Hansson (*)

A recent dialogue held in late July at Yale University in the United States brought together Muslim and Christian scholars, intellectuals, academics and religious leaders from the United States and around the world. The event was one of a series of dialogues organized in response to the October 2007 open letter "A Common Word" sent by 138 Muslim scholars to Christians around the world. The letter invited them to dialogue about what they viewed as the common parts of their respective faiths.

Maurice Malanes (*)

By Maurice Malanes (*)

Le dialogue est "la meilleure manière de parvenir à la compréhension et à la coopération mutuelles au niveau des relations humaines, ainsi qu'à la coexistence pacifique des nations", peut-on lire dans le communiqué final publié par les organisateurs de la Conférence mondiale sur le dialogue et largement approuvé par les participants à cette rencontre, qui a pris fin vendredi 18 juillet à Madrid, Espagne.

Dialogue is "the best way for mutual understanding and cooperation in human relations as well as in peaceful coexistence among nations," said the final communiqué issued by the conveners of the World Conference on Dialogue and broadly affirmed by the conference which ended on Friday 18 July in Madrid, Spain.

A key committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) is calling ecumenical partners, including its 349 member churches, for more feedback on two crucial matters of concern facing the church and the WCC.

World Council of Churches (WCC) representatives will participate at the 16-18 July international interfaith conference convened in Madrid by the Muslim World League following an initiative by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah.

By Carmen Molitor (*)

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"Pour une unité terre-à-terre", "action communicative", "une théologie du désert" - autant d'idées formulées dans les essais gagnants du concours organisé sur le thème "Les perspectives de l'oecuménisme au 21 e siècle". Les lauréats, deux femmes et quatre hommes, viennent d'Afrique, d'Asie, d'Europe et d'Amérique du Nord.

Ideas for "bringing unity down to earth", "communicative action" and a "theology of the wilderness" were among the winning entries submitted for an essay contest on Prospects for Ecumenism in the 21st Century. The winners, two women and four men, come from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.

Challenges facing Christians today are too strong for a divided church, said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia in Egypt recently as he called for church unity both locally and globally. Kobia was speaking during a 16-21 June visit to WCC member churches in the country.

La nécessité de la paix au Moyen-Orient sera mise en lumière lors d'une visite en Egypte, du 16 au 21 juin, par le pasteur Samuel Kobia, secrétaire général du Conseil oecuménique des Eglises (COE).

The necessity of peace in the Middle East will be highlighted during a 16 to 21 June visit to Egypt by the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia.

L'éducation théologique oecuménique est une question d'importance stratégique pour le christianisme au 21e siècle. Tel est le message émanant du 4e congrès de la Conférence mondiale des Associations d'instituts théologique (WOCATI) qui s'est déroulée à Néapolis, Thessalonique et Volos (Grèce) du 31 mai au 7 juin 2008.

Ecumenical theological education is of strategic importance for Christianity in the 21st century. This was the message coming from the IV Congress of the World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions (WOCATI) held in Neapolis, Thessaloniki and Volos (Greece) from 31 May to 7 June 2008.

Annegret Kapp (*)

Des rapports de témoins directs sur l'extraordinaire développement du christianisme au Népal et sur la nécessité urgente qui en résulte d'améliorer la formation théologique et d'accroître la participation au mouvement oecuménique ont été au centre des discussions d'un récent colloque sur l'avenir de la formation théologique en Asie du Sud.