International Society of Muslim Philosophers and Theologians
Abstract
Dialogue of life is a form of inter-religious dialogue which commonly takes
place at any place and any time. It is a dialogical relation to promote amicable
relation with people from different religions. It begins when one encounters,
lives and interacts with the others and participates in daily life activities
together. It is a social interaction which shows the involvement of non-elite
participants in the inter-religious dialogue at the grass roots level. The nonelite
participation in the inter-religious dialogue is necessary to accommodate
the challenge of pluralistic society. This kind of process which involves the
social interaction in everyday activity is known as a dialogue of life. Those
activities can be seen in the life experience of living together with mix-faith
family, celebrating festivities and wedding ceremony as well as doing
(running) business with the other religious communities. The aim of this paper
is to elucidate the concept of dialogue of life and how this dialogue has a
significant impact on encouraging positive interaction among people of
different religions in Malaysia
