A DIALOGICAL APPROACH TO ISLAM: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ITS MISSION IN THE LIGHT OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL AND THE PONTIFICATE OF PAUL VI

• Authors: Rudnicka-Kassem Dorota
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

For over thirteen centuries the history of Christian-Muslim relations has been one of conflicts and bitter polemics. However, there have always been on both sides voices advocating a need for more positive approach and understanding. The twentieth century finally witnessed long awaited promising developments. The pontificates of John XXIII and Paul VI brought about a new attitude of the Catholic Church to Non-Christian religions, including Islam, officially acknowledged by the Second Vatican Council in its documents, especially in the Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions Nostra Aetate no. 3. The paper presents the analysis of these documents and discusses the role of Paul VI in initiating and developing a dialogical approach towards Muslims.

Keywords

EN

CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS; POPE PAUL VI; RELIGIOUS DIALOG

Discipline

• POLITICAL_SCIENCES: POLITICAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 23
• Pages: 111-134
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Rudnicka-Kassem Dorota

• Dorota Rudnicka-Kassem, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Instytut Studiów Regionalnych, ul. Golebia 24, 30-007 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA06357