Articles

This page contains links to articles on Inter-religious Dialogue and on Other Religions. Click on the link below to go to the category in which you are interested.

Inter-religious dialogue :

Papal Statements (separate page)
Catholic Magisterial Teaching
What's happening in Interreligious Dialogue
Theology of Inter-religious dialogue
Relation to Mission and Evangelisation
Prayer with other religions
Religion in Society
Joint Statements
Issues regarding Religious Vilification

Other religions:

Judaism
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism

Other items of interest

Interfaith Marriage

Inter-religious dialogue

Catholic Magisterial Teaching

• Secretariat for Non-Christians: "The Attitude of the Church toward Followers of Other Religions: Reflections and Orientations on Dialogue and Mission" (May 10, 1984) [PDF]
• Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue: "Dialogue and Proclamation: Reflection And Orientations On Interreligious Dialogue And The Proclamation Of The Gospel Of Jesus Christ " (1991)
• Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith: "Dominus Iesus" (June 16, 2000)
• Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith: "Doctrinal Note on Some Aspects of Evangelisation" (Dec 14, 2007)

What's Happening in Inter-religions dialogue

• Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald. Interreligious Relations Today: the remarkable relevance of Nostra Aetate. First Published in Pro Dialogo 119 (2005/2).

Theology of Inter-religious dialogue

• Fr Samir Kahlil Samir: "Benedict XVI and Islam" (link to Asia News) or "When Civilizations Meet: How Joseph Ratzinger Sees Islam" (link to www.chiesa)
• Fr Michel Fedou: "The Development of Interreligious Dialogue after the Second Vatican Council: A Theological Reflection". First published in Pro Dialogo 116-117 2004/2-3. Published with the permission of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
• What is Interreligious Dialouge (Cardinal Arinze)
• Christians in a Multi-Faith Society (Bishop Kevin McDonald)
• Fr William Most: "Is there Salvation outside the Church?"
• ABC Encounter: "Talking about truth (and going bowling)"
• Terry Lovat: "What can we learn in a multi-faith society?"
• "Is Ghandi in heaven? Christianity and other religions"
• John Darcy May: "Interreligious Dialogue - The End of Ecumenism?" [PDF]
• "An unbridgeable gap..." by Peter Hans Kovlvenbach, SJ (Extract from an interview)
• "Reconciliation between religions? A Christian perspective" A powerpoint presentation by David Schütz
• “The Spiritual and Theology Itinerary in the writings of Christian de Chergé” by Christian Salenson (trans. John Dupuche)
• "Catholicism and Other Religions", Chapter 14 of "Epiphany: a theological introduction to Catholicism" by Aidan Nichols O.P. (link)
• "Key elements of Benedict XVI's principles for interfaith dialogue" (Colin Patterson)
• "The Unity of God in Christian Doctrine" (David Schütz)
• "Dominus Iesus and the Other Religions" (Archbishop Angelo Amato)

Relation to Mission and Evangelisation

• Michael Fitzgerald: "Evangelisation and Interreligious Dialogue"
• Trevor Trottor: "God's Mission in Australia"
• Christoph Cardinal Schönborn "The Ways of Mission"

Religion in Society

• Review of "When Faiths Collide", by Martin E. Marty - David Schütz

Prayer with other religions

• John Paul II: On Praying with People of Other Religions (General Audience, October 22, 1986) [PDF]
• Australian Consultation on Liturgy: Guidelines for Multifaith Worship [PDF]
• John Dupuche: "Interfaith Prayer: Is it possible to pray with members of other faiths?" [PDF]
• Gavin D'Costa: "Theological evaluation of interreligious prayer: the Catholic Tradition"

Joint statements

• Declaration of Joint Jewish Catholic Commission 3rd December 2003 [PDF]
• Assisi 2002: Final Declaration of Religious Leaders Joint Commitment to Peace [PDF]
• Victorian Premier's Multifaith Leaders Forum Joint Statement [Word]

Issues regarding Religious Vilification

• Talking about other Faiths - A public position statement from the Commission
• They do not vilivy our ideas, they vilify us" by Shakira Hussein
• Background information for a letter writting campaign supporting the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 from the Uniting Church in Australia - Synod of Victoria and Tasmania - Justice and International Mission Unit
• Judge Higgins' Reasons for Decision in the case Islamic Council of Victoria v Catch the Fire Ministries (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal) 22 December 2004
• Justice Morris' Rejection of the application Fletcher v Salvation Army of Australia (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal) 1 August 2005 (PDF)
• Statement of Vatican Press Office on the Cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (Feb 5, 2006)
• Judges Nettle, Ashley and Neave: Reasons for the Decision in the Appeal of Catch the Fire Ministries Daniel Nalliah Daniel Scot v Islamic Counicl of Victoria (14 December 2006)
  

Other religions:

Judaism

• Notes on the Correct Way to Present Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church (Commission for Religious Relations with Jews, 1982)
• Joseph Ratzinger: "Interreligious Dialogue and Jewish-Christian Relations"
• Joseph Ratzinger: "Reconciling Gospel and Torah"
• Martin Rhonheimer: "The Holocaust: What Was Not Said."
• Cardinal Edward Cassidy: "Reflections on the Holy See's statement on the Shoah"
• “Reflections on Covenant and Mission: Consultation of The National Council of Synagogues and The Bishops Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, USCCB” August 12, 2002
• Cardinal Avery Dulles: "Covenant and mission"
• John T. Pawlikowski et al: "Theology's 'sacred obligation': a reply to Cardinal Avery Dulles on evangelization"
• Cardinal Walter Kasper: "The Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews: A Crucial Endeavour of the Catholic Church"
• Peter C. Phan: "If Jews are saved by their eternal covenant, how are Christians to understand Jesus as universal saviour? A Roman Catholic perspective"
• R. Kendall Soulen: "Israel's eternal covenant and the universality of Christ"
• Paul Tonson "Stranger Danger" (Paper prepared for Council of Christians and Jews (Vic.)
• Cardinal Avery Dulles "The Covenant with Israel"
• David Moss "In the Wake of “Reflections on Covenant and Mission”"
• Christopher Prowse: "No Future without Memory", talk given by Bishop Christopher Prowse, at the Jewish Holocaust Centre, 28 January 2007
• Cardinal Edward Cassidy:Jewish Holocaust Centre Melbourne "The Effect of the Holocaust on Catholic Theology" 24 July 2007
• Celebrating Exodus: Home-based Rituals for Christians (resources for Christian Passover commemoration)

Islam

• Archbishop Denis Hart's Statement to the Muslim Community of Melbourne (November 2, 2006)
• John Dupuche: The Attitude of the Catholic Church towards Islam - excerpts from the Magisterium [PDF]
• Michael Fitzgerald: "Christians and Muslims in Europe : Perspectives for Dialogue"
• Cardinal George Pell "Islam and Western Democracies"
• Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor "Christian Muslim Dialogue Today"
• James L. Fredericks: "Islam vs. McWorld" (A review of four recent books on Islam)
• Dr John L. Esposito: "Understanding Islam" (A nine part series published in the Gulf News online edition)
  • Understanding Islam
  • Origins and foundations
  • Basic belief and practice
  • Islam and its policy of tolerance
  • What is Islam's relation with Judaism and Christianity?
  • The position of women in Islam
  • The Role of Isalm in State and politics
  • What Islam says about the role of democracy and capitalism
  • The Role of Islam in the modern world as seen by the West
• Thomas Michel, S.J.: "Christian-Muslim Relations: Are we missing the real story?"

Buddhism

One World - Many Paths to Peace: Interfaith Dialogue with teh Dalai Lama - Christian Perspective (Bishop Christopher Prowse)

Hinduism

Other items of interest:

Interfaith Marriage

• David Schütz, "Preparation for Interfaith Marriage" (2007)