WCC NEWS: WCC interreligious dialogue journal focusses on reconfiguring interfaith work

The latest issue of Current Dialogue, the World Council of Churches (WCC) journal on interreligious relations, focuses on “Reconfiguring Interfaith Work: Lessons from the Field.” Reconfiguring Interfaith Work: Lessons from the Field 27 May 2025 “In a world that is increasingly both interconnected and polarized, the need for constructive and transformative dialogue among different religious and spiritual traditions has never been more pressing,” write guest editors Dr Elias El Halabi and Kathryn M. Lohre, co-moderators of the WCC’s Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation Reference Group in a foreword. “In this issue, we present a collection of articles that explore the current dynamics and prospects of interreligious engagement in the face of fast-changing and violence-prone political landscapes worldwide,” they write. In their foreword, El Halabi and Lohre welcome the new WCC programme executive for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation, Prof. Dr Angeliki Ziaka, who in this function serves also as editor of Current Dialogue. “Human networks of solidarity and cooperation, religious organizations, and academic programmes in interfaith training and interreligious understanding assist in initiatives that promote cooperation, dialogue, and the dismantling of stereotypes,” Ziaka writes in her editorial.  “The authors of the articles in this issue of Current Dialogue are responding to such demands with their insights, each from their own perspective and religious and local context,” she writes. Articles in the issue deal with the history and role of interreligious dialogue within the WCC and to peacebuilding; examples of interfaith collaborations on the ground, specifically in Indonesia, India, and Egypt; and on significance of the Council of Nicaea for interreligious dialogue today and in responding to the political and religious challenges in the United States. Current Dialogue is produced annually with its own identity and editorial team by the publisher Wiley as a special issue of the WCC quarterly, The Ecumenical Review, which has been published by Wiley on behalf of the WCC since 2009. Full Table of Contents Open Access articles in this issue of Current Dialogue Elena Dini, Benjamin Kamine, Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour: The Personal Before and After the Political: Case Study of a Dialogue Methodology for Crisis Martin Illert: “Where Now for Visible Unity?” Commemorating Nicaea in a World with People of Other Faiths Information about subscriptions to The Ecumenical Review, including Current Dialogue Information about the WCC’s work on interreligious dialogue and cooperation See more

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