Intercultural and Inter-religion mediation

Interreligious dialogue is a challenging process by which adherents of differing religious traditions encounter each other in order to break down the walls of division that stand at the center of most wars. The following are some guidelines for effective interreligious dialogue: 1. Participants in interreligious dialogue cannot use the encounter as opportunities to fight against other religious traditions. 2. Neither is interreligious dialogue a means to fight against religion in general. 3. There is a risk of conversion. Participants may find themselves transformed by the interfaith encounter. 4. Dialogue participants must reveal the beliefs that they hold closest and that define their religious tradition. 5. Interreligious dialogue is not a philosophical, theological or intellectual exercise. It is an expression of the participants’ lived faith lives. Therefore, interfaith encounters form communities of awareness.