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Fostering Interreligious Encounters in Pluralist Societies

Hospitality and Friendship

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  • Calls attention to ways of fostering dialogue among members of different religious traditions in an era of cultural and religious pluralism?
  • Discusses how hospitality and friendship are innately part of the human condition, as well as a relevant part of every religious tradition
  • Explores the historical, cultural, religious, and sociological dynamics among the people of Ihievbe town in Midwestern Nigeria as they pertain to interreligious encounters

Part of the book series: Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue (PEID)

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This book calls attention to ways of fostering dialogue among members of different religious traditions in an era of cultural and religious pluralism. To achieve this, the author analyzes the results of an ethnographic study of Ihievbe, a town in Midwestern Nigeria that is religiously pluralistic. Emphasis is given to hospitality and friendship—two key relational, cultural, philosophical, and theological virtues—as tools for constructing healthy interreligious dialogue that is relevant for our times. A critical study is done on the importance of these two dialogical virtues in the religious expressions of Roman Catholicism, Islam, and Ihievbe Traditional Religion. Preference for ethnographic studies is based on stressing the relevance of context in articulating useful practices of interreligious dialogue. Finally, the book articulates ways the fruits of interreligious dialogue can be celebrated in the liturgical rituals of each religion, especially the three religions that are addressed here.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Portland, Portland, USA

    SimonMary Asese A. Aihiokhai

About the author

SimonMary Asese A. Aihiokhai is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Portland, USA.



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