Ariarajah reflected that the history of interreligious dialogue goes back to the first world mission conference in 1910. “We have had grave misunderstandings,” he said, “but we have created dialogue partners, and having the possibility of engaging with others was a long process.” Amos said that when she arrived at the WCC about a decade ago, the Ecumenical Centre received visitors from around the world. “Hopefully, one day soon, it will be possible for such groups to visit once again,” she said, as COVID-19 restrictions lift. “When asked what areas of work these visitors would like to hear about, most made clear that interreligious dialogue was one of their concerns.” Christodoulakis discussed his prizewinning essay from the perspective of the Greek Orthodox Church. “Orthodoxy by itself is a very rich and complex topic which is hard to put in few words,” he said. “The church as a body Christ includes the whole human existence regardless of the gender, the nation, or the religion.” The young people had an opportunity to briefly share salient points of their prizewinning essays as a starting point for the conversation. The essays in their fuller form will subsequently be published in Current Dialogue, the WCC’s journal for interreligious encounter. |
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