Contributions of interreligious dialogue for peace in Colombia

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José Luis Meza Rueda

Abstract

Religious plurality of Latin American and Caribbean continent, Colombia included, reveals the need for an interfaith and interreligious dialogue. However, such a dialogue would be more profitable if it were done on a more orthopraxis way than on an orthodox one. In our context, interreligious dialogue is questioned about the contributions it can offer to peace building in this Colombian historical moment. If religion has a role to play in the years to come, it must be relinked to men and women, even non-believers, so that they can recognize and live together amongst their differences. One key action is to take care of each other: the neighbor, the community to which he/she belongs, and nature, or the ‘common house’, as Pope Francis has called it in his last encyclical ´Laudato Si’. Now, what remains to be established are the multiple modes, hopefully collaborative ones, so this could really happen within our society. 

Author Biography

José Luis Meza Rueda, Grupo de Investigación Didaskalia

Doctor en Teología. Profesor asociado de la Facultad de Teología de la Universidad Javeriana. Miembro del Grupo de Investigación Didaskalia.