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Document Details : Title: Why Christian-Muslim 'Dialogue' is not always Dialogical Author(s): KHAN, Adil Hussain , COWAN, Michael A. Journal: Studies in Interreligious Dialogue Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Date: 2018 Pages: 23-48 DOI: 10.2143/SID.28.2.3285637 Abstract : This paper questions the usefulness of contemporary Christian-Muslim dialogue by problematizing some of the underlying assumptions that dialogue partners make when they choose to engage in a specific, but altogether common, form of interfaith dialogue. Our critique of Christian-Muslim dialogue is expressed in four impediments which we contend undermine the very notion of dialogue and derail the process before it begins. This line of argument, to a large extent, relies on showing how the engagement of Christians and Muslims in interfaith dialogue is not always mutual, but is often shaped by a power differential that indirectly enables one side to control aspects of the dialogue in a way that effectively predetermines its outcome or defines what counts as dialogue to its advantage. This ensures that the dialogue ends up moving in a particular direction, namely one that reinforces Western liberal values, but ironically fails to produce a genuine dialogue between Muslims and Christians. |
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