Bachelor of Arts in Theology

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    Christian-Muslim Relations in Kariobangi, Nairobi: Contemporary Challenges and Future Prospects
    (Tangaza University College, 2004-02) Huruwella, Moses
    Many times when we switch on the Television, the radio or reading the newspapers and magazines, we come across unpleasant news about conflicts between Christian and Muslims. We hear of fights, killings of people on matters of faith. This leaves one with questions: Why should believers fight on the basis of faith? Have they really understood the fact that they are one in the faith because of the one Creator? Religious indifference, antagonism and divisions between Muslims and Christians have played a negative role in the social, political and religious history in different parts of the world as well as in many African countries. In this regard, there are countries like Nigeria, Sudan where application of the sharia Law has made it quite difficult for Christians to practice their religious teachings. Christianity and Islam have largely regarded each other as enemies. For centuries, many adherents of Christianity and Islam have undermined each other's efforts in evangelism and proselytization to win converts. In Kenya, for example, this scenario is seen by many Muslims in the crusading attitudes and activities.1
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    Interfaith Dialogue and Unity in a Pluralistic Context
    (Tangaza University College, 2006-12) Mwenda, Bonaventura
    Facounters hem een people or different religions are part of the sock)- religious context in the world today. a world that is characterized by an increasing globalization and religious pluralism. The people of Mogondoutchl i (Niger) also experience this reality. Their milieu is culturally and religiously mixed with people from different ethnic groups (1 lausa. Fulani, Tuareg). nationalities (Beninese, Togolese, Nigerians). and religions (African ancestral cult, Islam and Christianity). It is to this milieu that the Sock iv of the Missionaries of Africa appointed me to do two years (2001-2003) of pastoral experience. I stayed in a Christian community that lives the apostolate of neighbourliness with Muslims. The experience that I acquired gave me a deep desire to promote interfaith dialogue among people of different religions, especially in the field of Christian Muslim relations. 'Hie experience I had in Dogondoutchi left me with some unanswered questions with regard to the sociological and theological foundations of religious encounter. Should we consider religious encounters to be opportunities, obstacles, or challenges in our desire to bring peace among different religions? Most of the time, we experience some tensions between openness to others and the emphasis on one's own identity. Can we reach a level where we can say that both of these two desires are beneficial as long as the right balance is maintained between them? 13asic to any progress in the mission of interfaith dialogue is the common awareness that all of us are created by the One Supreme Being and that continuous encounters are inevitable in any pluralistic context Riese encounters may be planned or unplanned, friendly or antagonistic. However, if we all strive for a deliberate and genuine interfaith encounter, we may manage to create a just and peaceful society. As John Paul II affirms: Society cannot bring citizens the happiness that they expect from it unless society itself is built upon dialogue. Dialogue in turn is built upon trust, and presupposes not only justice but also mercy L.] Justice by itself is not enough: The equality brought by justice is limited to the realms of objective and extrinsic goods, while love and mercy bring it about that people meet one another in that value which is man himself, with the dignity that is proper to him. The search for universal human values such as peace, justice, trust and love, urges us to commit ourselves to promote interfaith dialogue and unity in pluralistic societies, such as that of Dogondoutchi. Despite the difficulties we meet in dealing with religious pluralism. God still invite us to strive for unity and harmony among different religious believers.