SMD 102 – Dialogues: Principles and Practices

Engage in the Art of Interfaith Dialogue

• Duration: 4 weeks
• Day(s): Mondays
• Dates:
  • Monday, October 7
  • **No Class Monday, October 14**
  • Monday, October 21
  • **No Class Monday, October 28**
  • Monday, November 4
  • Monday, November 11
• Time: 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
• Location: Online, via Zoom
• Fees: $150

Course Overview

In this course, we will explore various contemporary approaches to interreligious dialogue and engagement, with a special emphasis on selected examples of such dialogue in Canada and the Greater Toronto Area.  Including the four Modes of Dialogue as defined by the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue (PCID ) and Dr. Leonard Swidler’s Decalogue of Dialogue. Students will have an opportunity to reflect on the potential of interreligious dialogue to foster mutual respect, practices of humility and hospitality, and collaboration on social issues.

About the Instructor

Instructor Fr. Prakash Anthony Lohale, OP is the Director of the Office for Interreligious Dialogue at the Archdiocese of Toronto, and an experienced facilitator in interreligious dialogue, fostering mutual respect and collaboration on social issues.

Learning Outcomes

Through their participation in this course, students will:

1. Identify and describe different contemporary models for understanding religious diversity, including but not limited to the relationship(s) between Christianity and other religious paths.

2. Reflect critically on lived examples of interreligious dialogue and collaboration in Canada, the Greater Toronto Area and students’ own local contexts.

3. Cultivate greater personal openness to, and tools for, interreligious dialogue and engagement.

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