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International interreligious summits in modern Russia (OPEN ACCESS)

Melnik S.V.

Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, Moscow, sermel05@mail.ru

Abstract

The article is devoted to the largest and most significant international interreligious events in modern Russia: First Interreligious Peace Forum (2000), Second Interreligious Peace Forum (2004), World Summit of Religious Leaders (2006). The first part of the article describes different types of interreligious dialogue (polemical, peacemaking, cognitive and partnership). The three mentioned interreligious events can be attributed to the peacemaking dialogue at a “high level”. The emphasis is on the analysis of the final documents of the summits, which reflect the consolidated position of the participants. At the end of the article, the results are summarized, among other things, it is noted that the main topics of the summits were peacekeeping, terrorism, and moral values.

Keywords

interreligious dialogue; Russia; religious leaders; peacekeeping; religion; terrorism; moral values

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For citing: Melnik S.V. (2023). International interreligious summits in modern Russia. Human being: Image and essence. Humanitarian aspects. Moscow: INION RAN. Vol. 4(56), pp. 76-97. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2023.04.05


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