Challenges of Interreligious Dialogue

This case study of the micro nation states in Nigeria shows that the issues involved in interreligious dialogue cannot be analysed in isolation from other various societal variables as some scholars have done in the past. This work demonstrates that religion and theological studies must be rooted in interdisciplinary approach and must pay serious attention to «contexts». These contexts societal variables including geo-historical, cultural, religious, local, national, artistic and global factors play an indispensable role and provide the background for understanding, interpreting and evaluating human religious expressions. Given the complexity of these contexts, the author applied the hermeneutic and interdisciplinary approaches to translate both theological and intellectual issues on interreligious encounters between Christianity and Muslims in Nigeria with the issues of local and national social problems. This work opens a new dimension in the studies of interreligious relations.

Autorentext

The Author: Edmund Emeka Ezegbobelu is a permanent Deacon of the Diocese of Mainz (Germany). He studied Theology and Philosophy at the Pontifical Urbaniana University and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas AQ in Rome (Italy). He obtained his Dr. rer. soc. on development politics and policy at the University of Konstanz (Germany) and his Dr. phil. on practical Theology, specializing on Christianity and Muslim Relations at the University Frankfurt am Main (Germany).

Inhalt

Contents: Interreligious dialogue and peaceful coexistence in independent micro-amalgamated states - Difficulties in peaceful living together in post colonial African states - Nigeria as a prototype of such states.