| Ecumenism /Interreligious Dialogue |
Description:Ecumenism is the search for unity among Christians. Inter-religious dialogue is more than the search for mutual understanding; it consists of a mutual witness to one’s beliefs and a common exploration of one’s respective religious convictions. Relevance:The university setting affords especially rich opportunities for ecumenical work and enrichment and also for engaging in and learning the nature of authentic inter-religious dialogue. In this culturally rich and diverse setting campus ministers and students can grow mature in their commitment to an ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue that is both generous and inviting while at the same time earnestly committed to bearing witness to one’s Catholic and Christian faith. Website LinksEcumenism:Adherents.com: Collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements. The World of Religions: Great links to information on the most Christian churches. The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity The Vatican's Ecumenical Directory Ut Unum Sint - John Paul II -Encyclical Letter (May 25, 1995) Evangelicals and Catholics Together: A joint statement between Evangelical and Catholic theologians. It is posted on the First Things website. Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Gift of Salvation: A follow-up to the above ETC statement this document dealt specifically with the nature of grace and salvation. Touchstone Journal: A Christian journal with editors and readers from each of the three great divisions of Christendom — Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox. Interreligious dialogue:Adherents.com: Collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements. The World of Religions: Great links to information on most of the world’s religions Pontifical Council for Inter-religious dialogue: Church documents and speeches on Inter-religious dialogue. Relativism: The Central Problem for Faith Today Dominus Iesus: On the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church Inter-religious dialogue and it's relationship to the Church's mission of proclamation Why We Need Interreligious Polemics by Paul J. Griffiths Greymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute: Home of the week of Prayer for Christian Unity |