Dialogue for Interreligious Understanding: Strategies for the Transformation of Culture-Shaping Institutions (Interreligious Studies in Theory and Practice)

This invaluable volume gathers together the cumulative insight of more than fifty years of Leonard Swidler's work on dialogue. The founder and president of the Dialogue Institute, Swidler offers through experience and research his theory and tools of interreligious, intercultural, and international dialogue. Front Matter....Pages i-vi Front Matter....Pages 1-4 What Is Religion?....Pages 5-5 The Cosmic Dance of Dialogue: Dialogue of the Head, Hands, Heart, the Holy....Pages 7-13 What Is Dialogue?....Pages 15-18 Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation: The Most Authentic Way to Be Human....Pages 19-34 The Dialogue Decalogue: Ground Rules for Interreligious, Interideological Dialogue....Pages 35-45 Dialogue Decalogue: Pastoral Applications....Pages 47-51 The Deep-Dialogue Decalogue: Ground Rules of Personal/Communal Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation....Pages 53-59 Front Matter....Pages 61-68 Introduction to the Basic Documents of Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation....Pages 69-69 The Background of the “Way” of Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation....Pages 71-72 Theory Underlying Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation....Pages 73-81 Ten Principles Articulating Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation....Pages 83-88 Three Facets of Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation....Pages 89-92 The Global Way of Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation....Pages 93-94 Seven Stages of Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation....Pages 95-97 Online Course in Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation....Pages 99-102 Front Matter....Pages 103-125 Integrated Education through Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation....Pages 127-127 Dialogue Institute: “Whole Child Education” Exercise in Concept Attainment....Pages 129-138 Seven Stages of Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation—Applied to Teachers of Whole Child Education....Pages 139-144 Toward a Universal Declaration of a Global Ethic....Pages 145-148 Front Matter....Pages 149-167 A Universal Declaration of a Global Ethic....Pages 127-127 The Law and Global Ethics....Pages 169-175 Front Matter....Pages 177-182 Eleven-Step Program to Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation....Pages 183-183 An Executives’ Encounter through Deep-Dialogue/Critical-Thinking/Emotional-Intelligence/Competitive-Cooperation....Pages 185-188 Business in Dialogue: Network for Business Ethical/Spiritual Values....Pages 189-192 Conclusion....Pages 193-194 Back Matter....Pages 195-195 ....Pages 197-212 This book gathers the cumulative insights of over sixty years of Leonard Swidler's work in interreligious, intercultural dialogue. Offering a "Dialogue on Dialogue," he shows why diatribe, debate, and the like are ultimately unproductive and destructive. Swidler lays out his methods for engaging in Deep-Dialogue, Critical-Thinking, Emotional-Intelligence, Competitive-Cooperation, as well "common sense" guidelines for the novice and expert alike on how to move beyond one's own perspective to experience real encounter and dialogue - and live accordingly! Book jacket