Worldview Dialogue Training in May

The Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution (CRDC) developed a new training held May 2nd, entitled "Interworldview Dialogue: An Introduction to the Construction of Multiple Identities, Interests, and Power Dynamics", an innovation of board member Professor Patrice Broadeur.

This workshop helped participants learn how to dialogue between the religious/secular divide as well as go beyond it through the discovery of how identities function within human contexts that always include interests and power dynamics. By sharing their respective worldviews with each other, and learning how to include their multiple identities and interests, the participants entered into the complexity of our human relations and learned how to develop responses that help prevent or minimize conflicts.

The workshop was divided into three parts: 1) a lecture on interworldview dialogue and identity construction; 2) a game on multiple identities and interests; and 3) an open discussion on how multiple identities shape conflicts and how interworldview dialogue help manage their complexities and promote the common good.

Trainer: Dr. Patrice Brodeur, who has trained groups all over the world in interworlview dialogue. He is currently Canada Research Chair on Islam, Pluralism and Globalization, Faculty of Theology and Science of Religions University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.