{"id":334,"date":"2021-09-01T10:32:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T09:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/?p=334"},"modified":"2021-09-20T14:36:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:36:52","slug":"facing-the-future-working-together-to-improve-the-interreligious-dialogue-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/2021\/09\/01\/facing-the-future-working-together-to-improve-the-interreligious-dialogue-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing the future: working together to improve the interreligious dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

The session, organised by RELINDIAL – Religions: Libraries and Dialogue Special Interest Group (sponsored by the Social Science Libraries Section), was titled “Facing the future: working together to improve the interreligious dialogue<\/strong>” and was held on Wednesday the 18th of August. The programme – due to the concept of our SIG – fitted well into the IFLA\u2019s sub-theme\u00a0Libraries Enable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The session was moderated by SIG’s Convenor\u00a0Donatus D\u00fcsterhaus,<\/strong>\u00a0who shared the information about RELINDIAL, its work and plans. There were three presentations by colleagues from Africa, America and Europe.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 The first presentation came from\u00a0Ubong Ottong<\/strong>\u00a0from the University of Calabar in Nigeria. Libraries as the Impetus for Religious Tolerance in Nigeria U. Ottong talked about the country of Nigeria and there was a focus on a study that examined the influence of libraries on religious tolerance in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The Presentation Description<\/a> is available on the WLIC website for participants with the subscription, the video of the presentation<\/a> is published on the event page.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The second presentation was done by\u00a0Margot Lyon<\/strong>\u00a0who is Director of Business Development at Atla (American theological Library association). She presented ideas about Religion in the Public Square: Best Practices and Opportunities for Libraries and Religious Literacy. In her paper, she provided an overview of best practices and programs related to the broad topic of Religion in the Public Square and how these activities can frame, inspire and connect initiatives and opportunities related to religious literacy and libraries.<\/p>\n

The full paper with Session transcript<\/a> (12 pages) is available on the WLIC website for participants with the subscription.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The third contribution came from\u00a0Nada Dimitrikevic<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Suzana Tanasijevic<\/strong>\u00a0from Serbia. They talked about manuscripts of the old Serbian church. Revival of the past for the future – preservation of old Serbian church manuscripts and printed books.<\/p>\n

The Presentation Description<\/a> is available on the WLIC website for participants with the subscription.<\/p>\n

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During the Question and Answer Session, we had more than 20 participants.
\nThe SIG RELINDIAL is planning a webinar Serie this autumn about themes related to the Interreligious dialogue in libraries in the world. For more information please follow our social media accounts on Facebook <\/a>& Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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