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The Global Village: Our Responsibility to Engage: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate


October 08, 2015


The 1960’s were saw the Second Vatican Council, a space that shaped the way in which Roman Catholics, and Christians in general, understand their interaction with the world at large. One of this council’s best-known documents, the Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions Nostra Aetate, encouraged Christians to look outwards and engage in meaningful and productive dialogue with other faiths.

The conference The Global Village: Our Responsibility to Engage (R2E) is celebrating this revolutionary document by extending the challenge of connection and engagement to us all: it provides an opportunity for us to work together to define what kind of a society we want to develop. The organizing committee of R2E has tried to create a conference that presents the concept of engagement both as a principle and as a process.

We hope that by attending the conference or by reading information about it you will come away with a greater understanding of the need to create honest and courageous dialogue about the practical issues facing all of us; a dialogue grounded in a profound understanding of and respect for civic virtues and engagement within and between communities of all kinds.

This gathering will feature speakers from around the world who are accomplished in the field of dialogue. Participants will be challenged to use the gift of dialogue to engage society to bring about a more just and peaceful world.

Spaces at the conference are limited. Register early.

Location: Toronto, ON
Website: http://responsibilitytoengage.wordpress.com/welcome/
Categories: Religious

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