The Committee for Interreligious Dialogue will be holding its annual colloquium event. The new two-part format consists of an online element in November and a residential event next February.

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The Committee are delighted to announce that the Rev. Professor Will Storrar the Director of the Centre for Theological Inquiry in Princeton will offer a keynote speech and facilitate both events. 

The colloquium serves as an adult faith formation opportunity for members of the Catholic community interested in the work of interreligious dialogue, those Catholics active in Interreligious Dialogue, and those who would like to learn more on how become involved. 

It will explore the Church’s teaching and history of Dialogue in the context of both the Scottish and Global Church experience. Our theme this year is “with the living God at the Centre”, looks to explore the role of “religious experience” in interreligious dialogue.  

The questions in our conversations and sessions will include:

• What is a personal or communal religious experience? 
• How important is language in describing religious experience and what are its limits? 
• Has our understanding changed in the 21st century.  
• How does our personal and communal experience shape our dialogue in this area?  
• In what ways do we share our religious experience? and what are the benefits and challenges that emerge in this type of dialogue experience?  
• How are we enriched in our own faith through conversations with those of other faiths in sharing our religious experience? 
• What challenges do contemporary religious believers of all faiths encounter when using the language of religious experience in an increasingly non-religious Scotland?