Overview
Aims
To formulate the knowledge domain, the paradigms and the present orientations concerning the history of the religions and the comparative theology;
To interpret the data regarding the biographies of these great religious leaders in comparison to the divine-human personality of Christ;
To develop the geopolitical and religious frame in analyzing the diverse religious contexts;
To formulate a history of the interreligious and ecumenical dialogue;
To present in details and to lucidly analyze the historical and doctrinal events, defining to the Christian faith.
Course contents
1. Mission and Dialogue. Necessity and Complementarity, 2. Interreligious Dialogue. History, Evolution, and Perspectives, 3. The Revelation as Foundation of the Interreligious Dialogue, 4. The Christian Missionary Theology and the Religious Pluralism, 5. The Critique of the Interreligious Dialogue, 6. The Monotheistic Interreligious Dialogue, 7. Identity and Openness towards Dialogue, 8. The Judeo-Christian Dialogue, 9. The Islam-Christendom Dialogue, 10. The Stakes of the Monotheistic Interreligious Dialogue, 11. The Interreligious Dialogue as Dialogue of the Theologians, 12. The Interconfessional Dialogue, 13. The Orthodoxy in Dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church, 14. The Orthodoxy in Dialogue with the Protestantism.
Learning outcomes
critical, selective and systematic attitude towards dogmatic information; ability of applying the principles for understanding a dogmatic document in an appropriate manner, respectively, to take into account all elements involved (socio-cultural, patristic, religious).
Assessment
Colloquium (heuristic dialogue)-50%; written paper (interpretative essay)-50%.