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Reverend Hirata Seiko, the president of the
Institute for Zen studies, proved crucial. The participants recognised that in order for proper exchange and dialogue to occur, they had to enter their spirituality, make a serious attempt to understand it and appreciate their reasons for following the monastic way of life. The participants of the 1987 exchange were received at the end of their time by
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monks went to Europe to spend some time in
Christian monasteries. Their experience of hospitality in a setting dedicated to spiritual life was fruitful and allowed for a deeper level of communion. The next "East-West Spiritual Exchange", in which 17 monks and abbots went to Japan upon invitation of
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While the origins of DIMMID lie in a missionary setting, the approach since the 1970s has been one of spiritual exchange. Whereas interreligious dialogue is often conducted within an academic setting, DIMMID approached this topic from an experiential side. William
Skudlarek O.S.B., the Secretary
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in 1965 urged the
Catholic community to acknowledge its solidarity with humankind and its history. In this early time, the AIM helped to sponsor conferences aimed to help monks and nuns in non-Christian countries to better understand the cultural and religious setting better. The conference in
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The origins of DIMMID go back to post World War II when communism was on the rise and many countries, especially in Africa, were becoming independent from their colonial powers, some of which had introduced and favoured
Catholicism, which was now losing governmental support and competed with a
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in 1974. In this letter the cardinal asked the monastic orders to take up a leading role in interreligious dialogue as the presence of monasticism in various religions provided an important bridge for this dialogue. In 1977, two subcommission of the AIM were created. The
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general of DIMMID, characterises their approach to interreligious dialogue as emphasising the experiential knowledge of other spiritual paths and therefore “plunging” into another religious tradition in order to gain this experiential knowledge.
79:). The main force behind this imitative was the Dutch Benedictine Cornelius Tholens. Instead of focusing on evangelisation, he stressed the duty of monks and nuns to interact with people in any race or religion. This open approach predated the
292:(from Latin "expanded heart"). This bi-annual journal features contributions from spiritual practitioners and scholars of different religious traditions who wish to report, reflect on, and examine this form of interreligious dialogue.
225:. In his talk he explained the practice of communion in prayer, thus opening dialogue to other religions beyond Buddhism and Hinduism, such as those with non-monastic traditions such as Islam. In 2007, the European DIM met at the
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and a relativistic attitude by fellow
Benedictines, it has been supported by Catholic authorities since its inception and promotes an ecclesiastic consciousness based on an approach to hospitality that is shaped by the Gospel
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Interreligious Dialogue: Dialogue at the Level of Spiritual Practice and Experience". In Latinovic, Vladimir; Mannion, Gerard; Welle, O.F.M, Jason (eds.).
259:, Taiwan, from 14-19 October 2018. 70 monastic women, half Buddhist and half Catholic, participated in the conference under the theme of "Active Contemplation and Contemplation in Action".
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Until 1994, the DMI was a subcommission of the AIM but as differences between their methods and objectives were becoming more evident, it was set up by Abbot
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between monastic communities of different religions. Created in 1977, the movement approaches this aim through a mutual understanding and experience of each other's
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was concerned about the situation of the Church and therefore launched a general call to mission in 1957 in his encyclical
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as an independent Secretariat, though always in liaison with the AIM. This secretariat would serve not only the
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