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A DIALOGICAL PILGRIMAGE
This is a book that tells the story
of the history of interfaith dialogue around the world.One of the
first dialogue Centers in Kerala was started at Kottarakkara in the year 1994
in the name of Dr. Alexander Marthoma Valiya Metropolitian, as a follow up
project of Student’s Conference (1993). This Center was instrumental
in promoting a culture of dialogue in Kerala.
In this book Dr. Abraham Karickam unravels the dialogue movement that
originated with the second Vatican Council in 1962. The story of the Interfaith
Department of the World Ccouncil of Churches (established in 1971) and its
series of interfaith encounters are also narrated. Interfaith
Dialogue is not a process which should remain in high academic circles. It has
to spread its wings into the grass root levels so that it becomes a common word
among the ordinary people.
This book takes us through the world of interfaith dialogue for about a half a
century. We get a clear picture of so many international Interfaith Conferences
around the globe, which were pioneering the cause of lasting peace and harmony
among religions and ideologies.
This was published by Cosmic
Community Center in 2001 and distributed by M. Y Books, Karickam. This edition
was released by Dr. Philipose Mar Chrisostom Metropolitan at a function
arranged in Marthoma College Thiruvalla.
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