Interfaith Dialogue Theory and Native/non-Native Relations

An Interfaith Dialogue on the Neglected Tropical Diseases

Most of the world’s neglected tropical diseases occur among populations that adhere to Islam, Catholicism, or Hinduism, an observation that affords opportunities to establish a unique interfaith dialogue and global action. The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) represent a group of 17 high prevalence and chronic parasitic and related infections [1–3]. They are the most common infections of the ...

Battling Against Interfaith Relations in Israel: Religion, Therapy, and Social Services.

One of the less studied aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is its demography. On the Jewish side, active steps are taken by the state to encourage Jewish immigration and Jewish births and discourage Jewish assimilation. As part of these efforts, the "problematic relationships" between Arab men and Jewish women from low socioeconomic background have become a high agenda item in public d...

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...

Dynamic Interpretation and Dialogue Theory

dialogue among cultures and political theory: some preliminary notes

arguments for the recognition of cultural diversity have led to a fundamental question in political theory: on what basis the process of political decision making should be formed to accommodate cultural diversity as a permanent feature of contemporary societies? the aim of this paper is to examine whether 'dialogue' can be employed as a means in such a process. the first section of this paper...