Examples of interfaith dialogue in the following topics:
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Ecumenism
- Interfaith dialogue can occur between different religious denominations that come together and work for a common purpose within their communities.
- Ecumenism contrasts with the practice of interfaith dialogue, which is aimed at unity, respect, and cooperation among diverse religions.
- Interfaith dialogue, also known as interfaith pluralism, refers to "religious unity" not in the sense of a single church, but instead by the advocacy of a greater sense of shared spirituality.
- Many theologians of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxies engage in theological dialogue with each other and with some Western churches, but this stops short of full communion.
- Despite many disagreements over ecumenism and how to approach interfaith dialogue, there exists a sizable group of Orthodox Christians who are vehemently opposed to any kind of interfaith dialogue, whether with other Christian denominations or with religions outside Christianity.
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Religious Diversity
- Religious pluralism is sometimes used as a synonym for interfaith dialogue.
- Interfaith dialogue refers to dialogue between members of different religions for the goal of reducing conflicts between their religions and to achieve agreed upon mutually desirable goals.
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Religious Denominations
- At a broader level, the term "interfaith dialogue" refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and spiritual or humanistic beliefs—at both an individual and institutional level.
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Secularism and the Future of Religion
- Because religion continues to be recognized in Western thought as a universal impulse, many religious practitioners have aimed to band together in interfaith dialogue, cooperation, and religious peace-building.
- Recent interfaith initiatives include "A Common Word," launched in 2007, which is focused on bringing Muslim and Christian leaders together, the "C1 World Dialogue," the "Common Ground" initiative between Islam and Buddhism, and a United Nations sponsored "World Interfaith Harmony Week. "
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Islam
- Still others have worked to invite interfaith dialogue to improve relations between Muslim and non-Muslim Americans.
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References
- Piaget and Vygotsky revisited: Dialogue or assimilation?
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What is Reciprocal Teaching?
- Students take ownership of their roles in reciprocal teaching when they feel comfortable expressing their ideas and opinions in open dialogue.
- Reciprocal teaching is based on Vygotsky's theory of the fundamental role of social interaction (dialogue) in the development of cognition.
- Palincsar, Brown, and Campione (1989) define reciprocal teaching as a dialogue between teacher and student.
- This dialogue is described as reciprocal because each learner acts in response to another.
- The dialogue is structured by the use of four strategies, sometimes known as the ?
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Classical Greek Philosophy
- Ancient tradition ascribes 36 dialogues and 13 letters to him, although of these only 24 of the dialogues are now universally recognized as authentic.
- Most modern scholars believe that at least 28 dialogues and two of the letters were in fact written by Plato, although all of the 36 dialogues have some defenders.
- Plato's dialogues feature Socrates, although not always as the leader of the conversation.
- In several dialogues, most notably The Republic, Socrates inverts the common man's intuition about what is knowable and what is real.
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References
- Structured dialogues among communities of first-grade learners.
- Learning dialogues to promoting text comprehension.
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Linguistic Relativity
- Since internal dialogue is a form of language, the way we speak to ourselves can influence our daily lives.
- Problems with our internal dialogue, known as cognitive distortions, can lead to negative behaviors or serious emotional problems.