Nostra Aetate:

The Emergence of ‘Dialogue’ as a Core Concept of Revelation in Magisterial Teaching

“…73 McInerney notes this unresolved tension within the document, where dialogue is clearly instrumentalized and perhaps even confirms an underlying suspicion that it is simply a means of seeking converts. 74 In fact, the encyclical considers dialogue at times to be the only way for many missionaries to witness to Christ when they find themselves in difficult contexts. 75 Zago suggests that the encyclical is an attempt to integrate and harmonize the various dichotomies that tend to exist between missionary activity and reflection-including that of dialogue and proclamation-by means of a practical pedagogy.…”

“…Following many years of collaboration between the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Dialogue and Proclamation offered at that moment 'the most sustained and profound reflection on interreligious dialogue in Catholic teaching.' 77 The document provides helpful clarification and definitions for many of the terms used in the context of mission: dialogue, proclamation, evangelization, and mission. A much broader description of dialogue is outlined, with the different ways the category can be understood.…”

Integrating ecumenism and interreligious dialogue in peace education in the Philippines from a Catholic perspective

“…Furthermore, Paul VI, in Nostra Aetate , declared that interreligious relationships are to be promoted. Since the Church aims to promote unity and love, what is common and what draws people together must be examined (Paul VI, 1965). Pope Paul VI states that “one is the community of all peoples, one their origin, for God made the whole human race to live over the face of the earth.…”