By Muthuraj Swamy
Offering a critique of the belief of 'dialogue' because it has been complex through its proponents corresponding to non secular leaders and theologians whose goals are to advertise inter-religious dialog and realizing, the writer argues that this method is 'elitist' and that during fact, humans are not making sharp differences among religions, nor do they separate political, fiscal, social and cultural ideals and practices from their non secular traditions.
Case reviews from villages in southern India discover how Hindu, Muslim and Christian groups have interaction in different ways in which holiday the neat different types frequently used to explain each one faith. Swamy argues that those that advertise discussion are ostensibly trying to conquer the separate identities of non secular practitioners via realizing, yet in truth, they re-enforce them by way of encouraging a fake feel of separation. The challenge with Interreligious discussion: Plurality, clash and Elitism in Hindu-Christian-Muslim Relations presents an cutting edge method of a valuable factor confronting non secular stories, combining either idea and ethnography.
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