Regard sur les relations entre chrétiens et musulmans 50 ans après Nostra aetate
Missionary Church in the service of the neighbour. Christians among Muslims

Summary/Abstract: Openness to dialogue with religions of the world initiated by the conciliar declaration Nostra aetate presents an unprecedented event and begins a new era in relations between the Church and Muslims. Very useful turns out to be a critical reading of the declaration 50 years after its promulgation. Analyzing half a century of relations between Christians and Muslims, the author tries to answer the question to what extent Nostra aetate is today an inspiration for inter-dialogic relationship. The declaration retains theological dynamism of its age. The author compares the aporia of the Christian-Muslim conciliar era to today – first by the criteria of Nostra aetate, then in the light of later texts of the Magisterium. Finally, given the growing Islamic fundamentalism, the author wonders how to make it that the dialogue promoted by the declaration would become the actual challenge today.

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