Concepts and Practice of Interreligious and Socio-religious Dialogue

“Hair for Freedom” Movement in Iran: Interreligious Dialogue in Social Media Activism?

“…Körs et al (2020) explain that very often, under the IRD umbrella, it includes intrareligious dialogue (within religions' branches), interreligious (between religions), and the dialogue of the religious field or institutions with seculars (suprareligious dialogue). For that, scholars such as Bernhardt (2020) propose distinguishing between interreligious and socioreligious dialogue. The latter comprehend religious groups' discussions with civil society or nonreligious citizens.…”

“…Although with different views on what IRD is and its extension, both Körs et al (2020) and Bernhardt (2020) argue for the relevance of promoting religious dialogue across society. IRD is a crucial point in shaping core democratic and pluralistic values and, as Giordan and Lynch (2019) argue, influences and is influenced by sociological categories such as modernity, secularization, deprivatization, social movements, and pluralism.…”

Dialogue and religious plurality – challenges of contemporary society

“…For the exclusivist, we must not only receive the divine and saving grace of Christ through the Holy Spirit but know and explicitly recognize that grace in the church space. For the inclusivist, the episemological statement is not necessary; one can be saved without knowing at all about the work of Christ 13 . But the belief in God's will for universal salvation and the conviction that flows from that belief, namely that non-Christians can be saved, does not imply that inclusivists claim that all religions have equal value.…”