Friday 29 May 2009

Dealing with Diversity




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I have recently published a small book called Dealing with Diversity: Questions for Catholics. It explores some of the historical and doctrinal burdens that the Catholic tradition poses for interfaith collaboration especially on social issues. It also looks at the difficulties the Catholic tradition has in dealing with various kinds of diversity within its own numbers.

Religious people are called to cross borders, to encounter whatever is on the other side of the cultural and religious divides. Solidarity with the struggle of the Earth, of the oppressed and of the marginalized begins when we take action with those on the other side of our borders. That action repositions us, establishing new relationships both with the oppressed and with the dominant culture. This is the point where the lifestyle enclave of the dominant culture collapses and a new narrative of religion emerges.

Religious people are uniquely positioned to help bind civil society together and to draw attention to the absent voices: the environment (air, water, soil, plants and animals), racial minorities, women, children, those with mental or physical disabilities, the elderly, refugees, immigrants. As religious people we are invited into the dialogue to mediate between self, society, the natural world and ultimate reality.

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