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One well-known rabbi who took part in the meeting promoted by the Focolare and held at the Mariapolis Centre in Castelgandolfo, Rome, explained that the history of mutual understanding between the two religions developed along three levels of interaction.<\/p>\n
Level zero in which the members of both religions meet and come to know one another. Level one is a further step in which there is mutual respect and understanding. Fear of being interpolated by the \u201cother\u201d no longer exists.<\/p>\n
Dialogue at the second level proposes that the persons involved are disposed that the other \u2013 Christian or Jew \u2013 has a genuine influence with their own religious convictions and is prepared to allow them* to be positively transformed.<\/p>\n
This, of course, does not mean to question the religious identity of each person and even less \u201csyncretism.\u201d This proposal consists in allowing each party to use a spiritual language that allows everyone to come together.<\/p>\n
\u201cI must say that I have attended many such interreligious events over the years, but never have I taken part in one like this. It has been rare in my life to see together (as I have seen here) 4 rabbis from different currents of Judaism and a large group of lay experts discussing common themes of dialogue (30 from Argentina, USA, Italy and Uruguay), working with a totally unique methodology.<\/p>\n
Usually each participant speaks of one\u2019s own religion, comments on one\u2019s own texts, and cites one\u2019s own authors. Here the Christians commented on Hebrew texts and Hebrews commented on Christian texts. They did not draw on the wealth of ideas of philosophers or theologians who are famous in their fields, but they were rather examinations that focused on the impact these documents had produced on the readers themselves, a spiritual impact, in particular, and of deep substance.<\/p>\n
The texts of Hebrew spirituality and texts of the spiritual patrimony that have been left to us by founder of the Focolare Movement, Chiara Lubich, were examined through a different lens than usual.<\/p>\n
I use a metaphor from the world of cybernetics. It is now known that the web 2.0 will soon open new forms of communication through internet. Dialogue 2.0 is also a step forward. This will mean giving up the securities we\u2019ve acquired until now in order to integrate the same elements as always, but in a new way. This will be more adapted to the building up of newer and deeper forms of interreligious encounter and, ultimately, a more fraternal society. We\u2019ve experienced it during these days.<\/p>\n
By Francisco Canzani<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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