PRINCIPLES FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE.pdf - CUEA

someone must be well-prepared and well-educated before he or she
engages into this form of dialogue (2) Sometimes, because of the
similarities and convergences found in different religions, someone
may fall into a relativism and consider all religions as the same.
Different religions have different tenets. (3) There is also the risk of
falling into syncretism when different tenets of different religions are
put together or mixed to form a new religion. This occurs in dialogue
of experience where, for instance, someone prays or dresses in a
way that is not his. Rites and building styles are very much
vulnerable. (4) It is the nature of man to look for more satisfying
things. People involved in dialogue with other religions, particularly
those who are deeply grounded in their faith, may find new pasture,
cling to it and remain there. So there is a risk of loosing some of
members of a given religion. (5) The last risk could be likened to
indifferentism whereby too much contact with different beliefs may
lead someone to loose belief in any one religion. He may doubt on all
religions and consider all as nonsense.
NOTA BENE FOR AFRICA
1. The five major African regions (North, East, West, central and
South) need Interreligious dialogue.
2. African Leaders and all responsible persons in our various
religions ought to educate their members in this new field.
3. Political leaders should create, protect and maintain the road
towards Interreligious dialogue.
4. Let religious authorities of different religions organize joint
meetings.
5. Let all Africans maintain and promote African values; particular
those that do not go against religious values, because they are like
the common ground of Interreligious dialogue.
STUDY OF SOME TEXTS
1.HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS
(Part one)
Introduction
Muslim-Christian relations have been subject to the unforeseen sway
of events and happenings in history. Looking back at the past and
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