A forgotten episode in the history of Interreligious Dialogue
By KARSTEN LEHMANN
One often gets the impression that the history of Interreligious Dialogue (with the capital “I” and “D” standing for a specific social setting rather than a theoretical concept) is told in the form of hagiography, starting with “mystical figures” such as Akbar the Great or the Emirs of Granada, going on to the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religion in Chicago as its founding “Council of Jerusalem” and leading up to “present-day saints” such as Hans Küng, the Dalai Lama, and Mother Maya.
Bilbao Congress Video
Now we have in dvd a short summary of the Bilbao Congress of 14 minutes. It is really good. There is just a sentence of each of the speakers and it is an excellent short document.
Information-Paper about the Intercultural and Interreligious Internship Programme
On Monday, 5 th of December 2005, 16 young people from 14 different nationalities and five religions arrived at Bilbao to form part of the “Youth Internship Programme on the Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue” seven days before the beginning of the main-congress: Within the framework of the Congress “Nuevos desafíos en un mundo que ansía la paz” which took place in Bilbao from 11. - 13. December 2005 a group of young people from different places of different continents got the opportunity to get in contact and to share their experiences with their own but also with other cultures and religions.
One small rock has been moved this week
We come from Spain, Israel, Italy, Poland, Germany, the USA, Iran, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Belgium, England, Paraguay, Indonesia and Brazil, as well as from many
The Bilbao 2005 Congress - Brief Summary
Bilbao, 17 December 2005 - From 11 to 15 December 2005 an international congress on intercultural and interreligious dialogue entitled “New Challenges in a World Longing for Peace” was held at the Euskalduna congress center in Bilbao, the first such gathering ever to take place in the Basque country.
New Challenges in a World Longing for Peace
Stimulated by the Congress presentations and the ensuing discussions, and mindful of the motives that prompted us to convene this event, we, the organizers, wish to draw attention to a number of i
International Congress on intercultural and interreligious dialogue
“New challenges in a world longing for peace” - International Congress on Intercultural and Interreligious dialogue
11th – 13th december 2005, Palacio Euskalduna. Bilbao. Basque Country (Spain)