{"id":328022,"date":"2016-02-26T11:18:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T10:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/lublin-poland-conflict-dialogue-and-the-culture-of-unity\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:03:09","slug":"lublin-poland-conflict-dialogue-and-the-culture-of-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/lublin-poland-conflict-dialogue-and-the-culture-of-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Lublin (Poland): Conflict, dialogue and the culture of unity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Download Call for papers<\/a> Twenty years ago, in 1996, Chiara Lubich<\/a> was awarded an Honorary\u00a0Doctorate in Social Sciences from the Catholic University of\u00a0Lublin\u00a0in Poland, for having promoted dialogue as the key driving force for peacekeeping and peace-building in every context. Chiara Lubich\u2019s \u2018charism of unity\u2019 is at the forefront of dialogue today. The theory and praxis of dialogue has influenced the lives of many people of different cultures and religions, who have committed themselves to her spiritual vision that is embodied in the culture of unity. In a world where ethnic and religious differences often lead to violent conflicts, the spread of the charism of Chiara Lubich has contributed to constructive dialogue among persons, generations, social classes and nations. Five areas of interest have been identified.<\/strong> 1. Dialogue among communities: between charism and institutions 2. Conflict resolution through dialogue 3. The agents of political change and participation processes 4. Individual processes, interpersonal and intergroup levels involved in conflict management and its prevention 5. Dialogue among disciplines and transdisciplinarity Preference will be accorded those contributions able to use multidisciplinary approaches<\/strong>, coming from psychology, economics, pedagogy, politology, sociology and communication studies. A particular characteristic of innovative submissions should consist in a disciplined effort to bridge gaps between theory and practices. Only new and unpublished papers, which can bring added value to the empirical, theoretical, prescriptive and practical\u00a0understanding and creative engagement of conflict and dialogue, will be selected. The study of the methodological implications of the different forms of conflicts has provoked increasing interest<\/strong> in many disciplines: psychology, economics, sociology, education and media studies, management and organizational studies, human rights and so on. Today\u2019s multi-faith and multicultural society has to cope with a global challenge: mutual understanding and resolving conflicts. In our contemporary world, dialogue is hailed as a progressive necessary force, and is heralded as the main currency of statecraft, diplomacy, negotiation, mediation and peace-building. Hence, experts from different backgrounds agreed that it is imperative to explore intercultural and interreligious dialogue as key to promote mutual understanding among people, cultures, institutions and religions. Call for papers<\/a><\/strong> Chiara Lubich Jubilee<\/a><\/strong> Conference Programme<\/a><\/strong> Congress Organizers<\/a><\/strong> Hotel Accommodation <\/a><\/strong> Registration Form<\/a><\/strong> Sponsors<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n

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