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Table of Contents
Dilatato Corde: Volume 1, Numbers 1 & 2: January-December 2011
Dialogue Interreligieux Monastique/Monastic Interreligious Dialogue
Editor William Skudlarek, O.S.B.
VOLUME I, NUMBER 1
January–June 2011
INTRODUCTION
FOREWORDS
Un dialogue qui procède d'un cœur ouvert
Pierre de Béthune OSB
A presentation of the purpose of this new journal by the editor-in-chief.
Dialogue that Expands the Heart
William Skudlarek OSB
A description of the planning for this new journal by the managing editor.
Comprendre l'autre en vertu même de son rapport au sacré
Fabrice Blée
An explanation of the theological rationale for this new journal by a member of the editorial board.
TESTIMONIALS
What You See Is Not What You Get
Sheryl Frances Chen OCSO
A Buddhist perspective on the monastic journey: overcoming the basic disparity between our perception and the way things really are.
Longing for an Experience of the Absolute
Kevin Hunt OCSO
A Trappist monk who teaches Zen meditation reflects on his ministry.
D'où m'est donc venu le souci interreligieux?
Luc Moës OSB
A monk reflects on his childhood and his experiences of other cultures, finding there the origin of his interest in other religions.
La vocation chrétienne
Gëtane Seulen OSB
The Christian vocation calls us to seek what is universal.
REFLECTIONS
"Que l'esprit vous perde dans le fond!"
Bettina Bäumer
The letters that Swami Abhishiktananda wrote to his friend and disciple during the last ten years of his life.
Interreligious Dialogue at Tibhirine
Ivo Dujardin OCSO
The practice of interreligious dialogue by Trapppist monks in Algeria whose life is portrayed in the film ‹‹ Des hommes et des dieux ›› ("Of Men and Gods").
Interreligious Dialogue beyond Translation, beyond Religion
AMA Samy SJTwo differing approaches to interreligious dialogue: education (learning about the other) and transformation (losing and finding oneself through the other).
"Mourraay, Is There Anything but God?"
Christian Hackbarth-Johnson
The transcript of an interview with a close friend and collaborator of Swami Abhishiktananda.
REPORTS
An Australian Interfaith Retreat
John Dupuche
A report on a retreat that brought together Catholics, Hindus, and Buddhists.
Rencontre islamo-chrétienne
Gëtane Seulen OSB
A report on a meeting of Belgian Benedictine nuns and their Muslim neighbors.
STUDIES (Articles in this section have been reviewed by peers and approved)
The God Who Provokes Us All to Holiness
Michael Ipgrave
Can Islam be seen as a means by which God "provokes" Christians to greater holiness?
P. Dominique van Rolleghem (1904–1995)
Benoît Standaert OSB
A Belgian monk who might be considered one of the "pioneers" of Hindu–Christian dialogue.
Abhishiktananda's Understanding of the Monk
William Skudlarek OSB
For Abhishiktananda a monk is essentially contemplative, ideally eremitic, and naturally dialogic.
DOCUMENT
An Interfaith Ashram
John Dupuche
The draft of a "rule" for an interfaith ashram proposed by John Dupuche and Michael Mifsud, priests of the Archdiocese of Melbourne.
VOLUME I, NUMBER 2
July–December 2011
FOREWORD
Nous sommes responsables de l'esprit d'Assise
Pierre de Béthune OSB
Why the "World Day of Prayer for Peace" that took place in Assisi twenty-five years ago is so important for interreligious dialogue (and Dilatato Corde) today.
TESTIMONIALS
Journey into Interfaith Dialogue—1939–2011
Lucy Brydon OSB
A seed was planted in childhood, nurtured by the witness of Muslims in Africa, and now bears fruit in a ministry of Christian–Buddhist retreats on "meditation and mindfulness."
Mon chemin de vie comme chrétienne et moniale clarisse: À la rencontre du dialogue interreligeux monastique
Christine Daine OSC
We cannot enter into dialogue and pretend to remain unscathed. The word that we share not only goes from one to the other but penetrates each of us through and through.
God Is Everywhere
Herbert Kaden OSB
A heart expanded by a lifetime of experiences with people of other faiths.
L'étrangetée de la grâce
Claire Ly
How grace came to be known first as rupture, then as strangeness, and finally as reconciliation in the life of one who experienced at first hand the violence of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s and arrived in France as a political refugee in 1980.
Interfaith Sisters (German translation online)
Mary John Marshall OSB
The interreligious dialogue of two sisters, one of whom became an Anglican Benedictine nun, the other a Soto Zen priest.
Diálogo de experiência percorrendo diferentes caminhos religiosos
Olga Sodré
Contact with the spiritual tradition of India leads to a rediscovery and deepened appreciation of the Christian faith and its spiritual traditions—including the meaning and place of celibacy in the spiritual life—and initiates a personal and professional interest in monastic interreligious dialogue.
Summer to Autumn: An Interreligious Pilgrimage
Bettina Bäumer "Sharada"
A reflection on the transformative experience of recent intense encounters with Catholics, Buddhists, Sufis, and Hindus.
REFLECTIONS
Monastic–Muslim Dialogue: The Challenge and the Promise
Timothy Wright OSB
A public presentation given at a DIMMID dialogue with Iranian Shi'a Muslims that was held in September 2011 at the Primatial Abbey of Saint'Anselmo in Rome.
Compassion chrétienne et compassion bouddhiste (English translation online)
Paul Yves Wery
Even though Western languages generally translate "metta" as "compassion," the expression of compassion in Eastern Buddhist cultures is significantly different from the way it is usually expressed by Westerners.
REPORTS
DIMMID in Dialogue with Iranian Shi'a Muslims
William Skudlarek OSB
Monniken en Shi'a Moslims bij elkaar in Rome
Benoît Standaert OSB
In dialogo attorno alla parola
Guido Dotti
Three reports on a conference on "The Word of God Calling Us to Prayer and Witness" that took place in Rome September 14–17, 2001.
Parlare dell'amore di dio a più di 1000 sufì (English and Arabic translations online)
Giuseppe Scattolin
An Italian Catholic priest in Egypt is invited to speak to a large gathering of Sufi Muslims.
Assisi, October 27, 2011: "Pilgrims of Truth, Pilgrims of Peace"
William Skudlarek OSB
A report on the "day of reflection, dialogue and prayer for promoting justice and peace in the world" that was convoked by Pope Benedict XVI to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the "World Day of Prayer for Peace."
STUDIES (Articles in this section have been reviewed by peers and approved)
Raimundo Panikkar on the Monk as "Archetype"
Francis Tiso
The background of Panikkar's Blessed Simplicity and its contemporary significance for monastic interreligious dialogue.
Catholic Theology, Comparative Study, and a Practice of Hindu Meditation
Edward Ulrich
A Roman Catholic theologian who practices a Hindu form of meditation analyzes the Catholic theology of religions and comparative study in the light of his religious experiences.
The following articles and reviews appear online, but are not included in this volume:
Volume I, Number 1
Exploring the Hindu Temple
Claire Dugan
Visiting a Hindu temple offers students a way to experience multiculturalism in the United States.
Book Review: Jacques Scheuer, Un chrétien dans les pas du Bouddha.
Pierre de Béthune OSB
Book Review: Bernard de Give OCSO, A Trappist Meeting Monks from Tibet
Gregory Perron OSB
Book Review: Ambrogio Bongiovanni, Fondamentalismi
Paolo Trianni
Volume I, Number 2
The Most Beautiful Names of God: Their Meaning for a Christian
Michael L. Fitzgerald MAFR
The Islamic tradition of the Ninety-Nine Most Beautiful Names of God is a rich source for meditation, for they act as a bridge between God and human beings, and also constitute an invitation to praise God.
The Role of Religion in Peace Building, Healing, and Confidence between People and Nations
Hans Ucko
The essence of what and who we are, as religious and spiritual people, must be at the very heart of the contribution we bring to peace making.
Reflections on the Rule of Saint Benedict: A Monk in Transition
Richard E. Zeikowitz
Reflections on the Rule's opening verse and its chapter on humility by a Buddhist monk in transition.
An Exploratory Day on Scriptural Reasoning and Lectio Divina
Lucy Brydon OSB
A report on a day devoted to experiencing these two ways of relating to sacred texts and their relation to interreligious dialogue.
L'espérance: Illusion À dissiper ou espace d'éveil ?
Jacques Scheuer SJ
A report on the ninth meeting of European Network of Buddhist/Christian Studies held at Hope University, Liverpool, June 30–July 4, 2011.
Book Review: Jean-Marie Ploux, Il dialogo cambia la fede?
Matteo Nicolini-Zani
Book Review: Francis X. Clooney, SJ, Comparative Theology: Deep Learning across Religious Borders
Luke Devine OSB
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