Gods in the city : intercultural and inter-religious dialogue at local level

Contributor(s):

Council of Europe

Series: Local & regionalPublication details: Strasbourg : Council of Europe, cop. 2007Description: 226 pISBN:

9789287163844

Summary: Clearly, "God is changing in Europe": religious faiths and beliefs are increasingly making their presence felt in the public arena, at all levels. Because religions are more and more often behind the forging and assertion of multiple identities, the authorities have a duty to take the utmost account of them when establishing democratic rules and arrangements for "living together". Local authorities are ideally placed to lead this work, which requires creativity, imagination, a willingness to engage in dialogue and the opening of meeting places. Such an approach needs to go hand-in-hand with an analysis of this new state of affairs. It also calls for the sharing of experience. It is for this reason that the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe has chosen this avenue and launched a debate, in which local political figures and university researchers have been closely involved. The fact that it is sizing up the issues thrown up by intercultural and interfaith dialogue and opting for an approach based on mutual knowledge means that it has chosen from the outset to break new ground. This is the key objective of this European contribution to democratic debate and to action by the authorities in the context of religious pluralism. (Font: Editor)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC Sala	General	S 02405	1	Available (Disponible)		1900149561

Preface / Halvdan Skard -- Introduction / Jacques Palard -- I. The implications of intercultural and interreligious dialogue: Introduction / Jacques Palard -- 1. The management of cultural religious diversity and the promotion of interfaith and intercultural dialogue by local authorities / Jean-Marie Woerling -- 2. Local Authorities and Intercultural Dialogue / Jean-François Husson, Julie Mathiels -- 3. Strategies for strengthening interfaith dialogue / Philippe Gaudin -- II. National situations and local strategies: Introduction / Jacques Palard -- 4. Local authorities and interfaith dialogue in Spain / Flora Burchianti, Xabier Itçaina -- 5. Local authorities and interfaith dialogue in Germany / Nikola Tietze -- 6. Local authorities and interreligious dialogue from a United Kingdom perspective. A missed opportunity / Anjum Anwar, Chris Chivers -- 7. Interfaith developments in the United Kingdom / Brian Pearce -- 8. The relationship between national and local authorities and religious communities in post-communist Russia / Agnieszka Moniak-Azzopardi -- Conclusion: The twelve principles of intercultural and interreligious dialogue for local authorities

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