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Rethinking Dialogue in the Age of New Challenges and Opportunities | Prof Paul Weller
Dialogue SocietyDialogue Society hosts a discussion by Prof Paul Weller that will open up some relevant questions and issues for engagement with the online audience that will help set the agenda for a Dialogue Society workshop under the same title of "Rethinking Dialogue in an Age of New Challenges and Opportunities", planned to take place on 29th November 2020. ► Speaker • Prof Paul Weller, Universities of Coventry and Derby, and Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford ► Abstract Over the past two decades, and including very profoundly in recent months, the world has changed in many significant and ways Read moreShow less
Dialogue Society hosts a discussion by Prof Paul Weller that will open up some relevant questions and issues for engagement with the online audience that will help set the agenda for a Dialogue Society workshop under the same title of "Rethinking Dialogue in an Age of New Challenges and Opportunities", planned to take place on 29th November 2020.
► Speaker
• Prof Paul Weller, Universities of Coventry and Derby, and Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford
► Abstract
Over the past two decades, and including very profoundly in recent months, the world has changed in many significant and ways bringing multiple new personal, political, civilizational and religious challenges. This began with paradigmatic shock of 9/11 and the challenges ensuing from that, both of terror conducted in the name of religion, as well as of internal state responses and external military interventions; it encompassed the new rise of populisms and nationalisms and the rebirth of old ethnic hatreds and religious conspiracy theories; and with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, many previously "taken-for-granted" things have been put into question, while the multiple level impact of the last several months can still not be fully known or even projected, but are likely to be substantial and longstanding. In the context of these changes, the need for dialogue in the personal, the political, the civilizational and the religious spheres is arguably greater than ever. But what might be the potential roles for, and limitations of, different kinds of dialogue and dialogue in different spheres be in this age of new challenges and opportunities? Is it possible that the new contexts of challenge might also bring new opportunities? If so, what dialogical growing points might there be? How fragile are they? And how might they be nurtured? And when and how might dialogue need to be complemented by other modes of engagement and action? This presentation by Paul Weller will open up some relevant questions and issues for engagement with the online audience that will help set the agenda for a Dialogue Society workshop under the same title of "Rethinking Dialogue in an Age of New Challenges and Opportunities", planned to take place on 29th November 2020.
► About Prof Paul Weller
Paul Weller is a part-time Professor in the Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University, and in the Social, Cultural and Legal Research Centre at the University of Derby; Research Fellow in Religion and Society at Regent's Park College, Oxford, where he is also Associate Director (UK) of the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture.
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► Speaker
• Prof Paul Weller, Universities of Coventry and Derby, and Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford
► Abstract
Over the past two decades, and including very profoundly in recent months, the world has changed in many significant and ways bringing multiple new personal, political, civilizational and religious challenges. This began with paradigmatic shock of 9/11 and the challenges ensuing from that, both of terror conducted in the name of religion, as well as of internal state responses and external military interventions; it encompassed the new rise of populisms and nationalisms and the rebirth of old ethnic hatreds and religious conspiracy theories; and with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, many previously "taken-for-granted" things have been put into question, while the multiple level impact of the last several months can still not be fully known or even projected, but are likely to be substantial and longstanding. In the context of these changes, the need for dialogue in the personal, the political, the civilizational and the religious spheres is arguably greater than ever. But what might be the potential roles for, and limitations of, different kinds of dialogue and dialogue in different spheres be in this age of new challenges and opportunities? Is it possible that the new contexts of challenge might also bring new opportunities? If so, what dialogical growing points might there be? How fragile are they? And how might they be nurtured? And when and how might dialogue need to be complemented by other modes of engagement and action? This presentation by Paul Weller will open up some relevant questions and issues for engagement with the online audience that will help set the agenda for a Dialogue Society workshop under the same title of "Rethinking Dialogue in an Age of New Challenges and Opportunities", planned to take place on 29th November 2020.
► About Prof Paul Weller
Paul Weller is a part-time Professor in the Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University, and in the Social, Cultural and Legal Research Centre at the University of Derby; Research Fellow in Religion and Society at Regent's Park College, Oxford, where he is also Associate Director (UK) of the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture.
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About Dialogue Society
The Dialogue Society is a registered charity (Registered Charity Number: 1117039), established in London in 1999, with the aim of advancing social cohesion by connecting communities, empowering people to engage and contributing to the development of ideas on dialogue and community building. The Dialogue Society is not a religious or ethnic organisation. It aims to facilitate dialogue on a whole range of social issues, regardless of any particular faith or religion. It stands for democracy, human rights, the non-instrumentalisation of religion in politics, equality, and freedom of speech.
