THE TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH ON THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN THE CURRENT WORLD A MODEL FOR IGWEBUIKE PHILOSPHY

Abstract

Going through the history of the human beings, it is clear that, the human person is a religious and social being. Religious because he believes and professes belief in the existence of a deity (a Supreme Being, God, a creator of the universe) and realities that are supreme to the realities surrounding man. He is social because he lives not alone but with other humans in the society. With the diversity of nature of the human person, it has become very necessary to always cultivate dialogue and interraction for peaceful coexitence. Interreligious dialogue is one aspect of the different forms of dialogues existent amongst humans. In this brief reflection, we are going to present the teachings of the Catholic Church about dialogue between Christians and Muslims. In a document of the Second Vatican Council Nostra aetate, these guidelines and teachings about dialogue are discussed. In view of this, from the theological point of view, this paper aims at demonstrating how the message about interreligious dialogue can contribute more lessons and values to the principle of complementarity of the Igwebuike philosphy, illustrating, therefore, how theological values can help to improve, as well, the values already existent in the Igwebiuke philosophy.