Christianity in Dialogue With World Religions

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If Jesus is the only Way what does that mean for our brothers and sisters of other faiths? What does the Catholic Church really teach about the possibility of salvation for those who do not become Catholic? Can Catholics and other Christians engage in respectful dialogue and active cooperation with people of other faiths? How might interfaith dialogue enhance and deepen the faith one already holds? In this course students will explore a number of different theological answers and perspectives that address these and other questions with special emphasis on official Catholic teaching. In addition, we will be introduced to a number of concrete examples of Christians engaging in dialogue with the faithful of other religions. In the second half of the course, students will choose one particular non-Christian tradition and enter more intensively into examples of dialogue between Christianity and that particular faith with the goal of considering and questioning more deeply their own understanding of the world and their position in it.