Since contemporary societies and cultures can be characterized by growing conflicts, loss of trust, globalized interdependence, the fragility of certain individual identities, and the prevalence of select collective identities, questions concerning dialogue are of crucial importance. From a philosophical, theological, anthropological, and sociological perspective, this book addresses the challenges and opportunities of dialogue in today's world. The book's contributions look into topics such as: intercultural and interreligious dialogue * the challenges for dialogue in post-communist...

This book presents essays that deal with genocide, totalitarianism, and multiculturalism. It starts with a detailed analysis of the concept of genocide as social death, followed by a reflection of Nazism and Stalinism in the light of Kierkegaardian concepts of anxiety and stadia of existence. The book also discusses different conceptions of multiculturalism and points to the unacceptability of multiculturalism, understood as axiological leveling of all cultures. Finally, the book applies the concepts of the theory of citizenship to enlighten the Slovene story under communism and its...

The question about the role of religion as a factor of overcoming violence and of fostering intercultural dialogue is among the key challenges of the postmodern world. The contributions in the book specifically focus on the interplay between the phenomena of religion, ideology, and violence. The topics addressed include: the question of origins of violence in secular modernity; radical Islamism and totalitarianism; the relationship between faith, humility, and a theological vision of peace; the relationship between metaphysics and violence; the anthropology of myth and violence; gender-based...