Dettaglio
AutoreGispert-Sauch George
TitoloSpiritualität des Hinduismus und des Christentums
RivistaGeist und Leben
Annata83
Fasc.5
Anno2010
Pagine361-377
Campo TematicoInterreligiositą
Parole Chiave
Abstract The relations between the followers of the many world religions and even of smaller religious traditions and Christian believers have now entered a stage beyond 'confrontation', 'encounter' and comparative 'dialogue', to a search for sharing spirituality. Actually this may be the entry to an authentic "dialogue." For what often passes for dialogue is nothing but a 'duo-logue', or a 'poly-logue', where two or more 'words' are exchanged between different traditions, with the hope that each 'logos' is understood and perhaps captured by the other(s), regardless of whether it has an influence on them or not. Etymologically 'dia-logue' implies not many words but one word that goes across (dia-) to the other(s) and nestles in their hearts, so to say, where it induces a spiritual transfor-mation and leads to a sense of 'belonging' together. There is an implicit demand of reciprocity in the idea of dialogue. Of course many 'words' and other signs are involved in this exercise, but in essence they are all meant to establish "a common word" that unites and ennobles the participants in the dialogue.
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