Pope Francis and Interreligious Encounter

Abstract

The article examines the contributions of Pope Francis to the theology of religion and interreligious dialogue by examining his political, sociopolitical, and practical approach, and contrasting this approach with the doctrinal and theological dialogue and deploying the implications of his four principles—“time is greater than space”; “unity prevails over conflict”; “realities are more important than ideas”; and “the whole is greater than the part”—for the practice of interreligious dialogue.