Religious Dialogue

1. Define religion and religious dialogue.
2. Identify the major religions in Nigeria and their basic tenets.
3. Explain the different types of religious dialogue and their purposes.
4. Apply the criteria for selecting participants in religious dialogue.
5. Analyze the common values and unresolved difficulties in interfaith relations.
6. Evaluate the scriptural basis for religious dialogue in Christianity, Islam, and African Religion.

13 weeks, about 34 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: An Overview of Religious Dialogue

   • Unit 1: The Meaning of Religion and Religious Dialogue · 2 hours

     Define religion and religious dialogue.. Identify major religions in Nigeria: African Religion, Islam, Christianity.. Explore reasons for religious dialogue and its importance..

2. Week 2Module 1: An Overview of Religious Dialogue

   • Unit 1: The Meaning of Religion and Religious Dialogue · 3 hours

     Understand the founder, scripture, place of worship, and structure of African Religion.. Examine beliefs in God, divinities, spirit beings, ancestors, and the practice of magic and medicine..

3. Week 3Module 1: An Overview of Religious Dialogue

   • Unit 1: The Meaning of Religion and Religious Dialogue · 3 hours

     Study the founder, scripture, and basic beliefs of Islam.. Understand the Five Pillars of Islam: confession of faith, prayer, fasting, alms giving, and pilgrimage to Mecca..

4. Week 4Module 1: An Overview of Religious Dialogue

   • Unit 1: The Meaning of Religion and Religious Dialogue · 3 hours

     Explore the sacred book of Christianity, the Bible.. Study the basic teachings of Christianity: belief in Trinity, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.. Understand man in the image of God, the sacraments, and the final judgment..

5. Week 5Module 1: An Overview of Religious Dialogue

   • Unit 2: Types of Religious Dialogue Participants and the Criteria for · 2 hours

     Identify four types of religious dialogue: dialogue of life, social engagement, religious experience, and specialists.. List the criteria for participants in religious dialogue: professional qualification, maturity, sincerity, experience, and mutual respect..

6. Week 6Module 1: An Overview of Religious Dialogue

   • Unit 3: The Place and Plateform for Dialogue · 2 hours

     Identify places where dialogue takes place: family, school, office.. State the platforms through which dialogue is conducted: meetings, conferences, seminars, workshops, public debates, periodicals, and curriculum design..

7. Week 7Module 1: An Overview of Religious Dialogue

   • Unit 4: Guidelines for Religious Dialogue · 2 hours

     State the guidelines that facilitate dialogue among Christians, Muslims, and adherents of African Religion.. Understand accepting one another, mutual understanding, life alongside one another, and venturing to run risk together..

8. Week 8Module 1: An Overview of Religious Dialogue

   • Unit 5: Factors That Promote Religious Dialogues · 2 hours

     Identify factors that promote dialogue among Christians and people of other faith.. Explore dialogue in God's presence, conversion to God, holding one another to the highest ideals, and undertaking the impossible..

9. Week 9Module 2: Principles of Religious Dialogue

   • Unit 1: Recognizing Common Values in Religions · 3 hours

     Explain common values for dialogue among African Religion, Christianity, and Islam: submission to God, meditation on a book, solidarity, transcendence, obedience, and worship..

10. Week 10Module 2: Principles of Religious Dialogue

    • Unit 2 Forgetting the Wrongs of the Past · 3 hours

      State and explain the wrongs of the past among religions in Nigeria that need to be forgotten: violence, accusations, misrepresentation, state interference, and denigration..

11. Week 11Module 2: Principles of Religious Dialogue

    • Unit 3: Elimination of Prejudice · 3 hours

      List and discuss prejudices that need to be eliminated for fruitful religious dialogue: legalism, moral laxity, fanaticism, opposition to change, primitive religion, and misinterpretations of Christian beliefs.. Understand the scriptural basis for religious dialogue in the Bible, the Qur'an, and Oral Tradition..

12. Week 12Module 2: Principles of Religious Dialogue

    • Unit 4: The Scriptural Basis for Religious Dialogue · 3 hours

      Explain unresolved difficulties concerning religious dialogue: dietary restrictions, mixed marriages, the duty of the apostolate, and the problem of secrecy with African Religion.. State how human beings can imitate God as a means of dialogue with people of other faith..

13. Week 13Module 2: Principles of Religious Dialogue

    • Unit 5. Unresolved Difficulties · 3 hours

      Explain the purpose of creation and its implication for religious dialogue: fellowship with God and one another, and leadership of the Earth.. Explore the origin of human dignity, the best way to promote humankind, and the most deserving of service..