Abstract/Sommario: In Papua New Guinea there are communities of Muslims with whom the Catholic Church has started to entertain interreligious dialogue. The A., a Salesian priest who worked in Papua from 1998 to 2006, was a member of the Commission for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue of the Catholic Bishops Conference. In the paper, he points out the major themes of Muslim-Christian dialogue there. He adds an analysis of the local situation, and some more general reflections on the spread of Islam ...; [Leggi tutto...]
In Papua New Guinea there are communities of Muslims with whom the Catholic Church has started to entertain interreligious dialogue. The A., a Salesian priest who worked in Papua from 1998 to 2006, was a member of the Commission for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue of the Catholic Bishops Conference. In the paper, he points out the major themes of Muslim-Christian dialogue there. He adds an analysis of the local situation, and some more general reflections on the spread of Islam in Asia and the historical background of Muslim-Christian dialogue