VOLUME III, Number 1
January - June 2013
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I. FOREWARD / LIMINAIRE
II. TESTIMONIALS, REFLECTIONS, REPORTS / TÉMOIGNAGES, RÉFLEXIONS, COMPTES-RENDUS
1. Testimonials / Témoignages
INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW PEERS
An interview wth the author of "Celtic Buddhism," a reflection appearing in this issue of Dilatato Corde.
John Dupuche, BATHING IN THE GANGES
A journey with a Russian yogi who lives in Sydney and his group of Russian-speaking nathyogis to Allahabad for the great festival of the Kumbhamela.
Ma Atmajyoti-Ananda, INTERSPIRITUAL MONASTICISM: A VISION INSPIRED BY SWAMI ABHISHIKTANANDA
The experience of interreligious dialogue in Sri Lanka leads to a year at Saccidananda Ashram (Shantivanam) in India, and then to the foundation of Aranya Kutir, an interspiritual contemplative community in northern India that draws on the wisdom of both the Christian and Indian traditions.
2. Reflections / Réflexions
Andrew Peers, INTERTWINING CELTIC AND BUDDHIST TRADITIONS (Nederlands: KELTISCH BOEDDHISME)
"Celtic tribes were warrior tribes and it is this basic attitude of daring that Celtic Buddhism first and foremost seeks to rekindle with regard to spiritual development in modern life today."
Luke Devine OSB, DIALOGUE, CONTEMPLATION, AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM: THOMAS MERTON AND AUNG SAN SUU KYI
A revised version of an address given at the American Benedictine Academy Convention "Seek Peace and Pursue It: Monasticism in the Midst of Global Upheaval," August 2-5, 2012, at Saint Scholastica Monastery, Duluth, Minnesota.
Giuseppe Pasqualoto,IL SUFISMO SECONDO YAHYA SERGIO YAHE PALLAVICINI
An interview with Imam Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini, vice-president of the CO.RE.IS. (Comunità Religiosa Islamica) of Italy and imam of the al-Wahid Mosque of Milan, where he coordinates the training of imams.
Jacques Scheuer SJ, “IN HOPE AGAINST HOPE”? A CHRISTIAN MEDITATION IN THE LIGHT OF BUDDHISM
“The strength and the virtue or merit of Buddhism is to maintain hope as a pure, objectless openness. . . . The strength and the virtue or merit of Christianity is to maintain or to discover and welcome the openness of encounter.”
Ivo Dujardin OCSO, « DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX » UN FILM UN MESSAGE
The response to the film has been so positive because people today are especially receptive to the authentic witness of life. The life of the monastic community of Tibhirine was a life of “dialogue” with their Muslim neighbors. The powerful witness of an authentic “dialogical” life is the message the producer wished to convey. This same message had already been emphasized—prophetically—by Pope Paul VI in his exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi and was specifically related to this film by Cardinal Timothy Dolan.
Jacques Scheuer SJ, NOSTRA AETATE: A HALF CENTURY LATER
The formulation, principal themes, and reception of the Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions of Vatican II. A translation of « Un demi-siècle depuis Nostra Aetate :perspectives sur les relations interreligieuses »
3. Reports / Comptes-rendus
BULLETIN FRANCOPHONE DE JANVIER 2013
Among the contents of this issue, are summaries of conferences by Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald (on the religious situation in Egypt) and Denis Gira (on dialogue as a fundamental Christian attitude) and reports of the activities of the French, French-speaking Belgian, and French-speaking Swiss sub-commissions of the European DIMMID.
Corinna Mühlstedt, AUF DIALOG-REISE IM IRAN: RELIGIÖSE ERFAHRUNGEN ZWISCHEN MÖNCHEN UND MUSLIMEN
The text of Dr. Mühlstdt’s report on the Monastic/Muslim dialogue that took place in Qum, Iran, September 28 – October 3, 2012. The report was broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Radio) on February 3, 2013. The Bavarian Radio website has photographs and a link to a recording of the broadcast (click on podcast).
DIM Méditerranée Circulaire Noël 2012
III. STUDIES / ÉTUDES (Peer-reviewed articles / Articles soumis à un examen)
IV. RESOURCES / RESSOURCES
1. Book reviews / Recensions
Pierre Massein, O.S.B. UN MOINE CHRETIENNE RENCONTRE DES MOINES BOUDDHISTES
Recension: Pierre-François de Béthune
Paul Cocard. L’ADORATION: BASE DE LA RENCONTRE ENTRE CHRÉTIENS ET MUSULMANS
Recension: Pierre-François de Béthune
Françoise Jacquin. L’ABBE MONCHANIN: À L’ECOUTE D’UN PROPHETE CONTEMPORAIN
Recensione: Sr Cristiana Maria Dobner OCD
Cararina Belo and Jean-Jacques Pérennès, editors. MISSION IN DIALOGUE : ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF MICHAEL L. FITZGERALD
Reviewer: Timothy Wright OSB
2. Notice of recent and forthcoming books / Avis de livres récents et à venir
Maciej Bielawski, PANIKKAR. UN UOMO E IL SUO PENSIERO
Dermot Lane, STEPPING STONES TO OTHER RELIGIONS
Philippe Nouzille and Michaela Pfeiffer, eds., MONASTICISM BETWEEN CULTURE AND CULTURES.
Bradley Malkovsky, GOD'S OTHER CHILDREN
3. Documents
Message of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Councils, DIALOGUE ROOTED IN HUMILITY AND COMPASSION
Scarboro Missions' collection of documents offering PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES FOR INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
Pontifical Council For Interreligious Dialogue, MESSAGE TO BUDDHISTS FOR THE FEAST OF VESAKH/HANAMATSURI 2013A.D./2556 B.E. “Christians And Buddhists: Loving, Defending And Promoting Human Life”
The Message is also available in French, Italian, and Portuguese on the Council’s website.