SOCIAL ENTITIES AND PROJECTS FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE BETWEEN YOUNG PEOPLE

Abstract

Cultural diversity, fruit of migratory processes and other globalizingelements, draws social scenes in which new religious manifestationsinvite us to engage in an interreligious dialogue. NGOs, civilassociations, religious communities, political parties, individualindividuals, such as the different levels of government, local,regional, national or international, should be committed to ademocratic management of cultural and religious diversity.This article presents partial results on projects carried outby Catalan entities linked to intercultural and interreligiousdialogue aimed at young people. Methodologically, a descriptivecomprehensivestudy was carried out through 23 semi-structuredand individual interviews with professionals from different entities.Numerous projects on interreligious and intercultural dialogueaimed at youth have been detected. Specifically, three differenttypes have been identified: projects oriented towards knowledgeand expression of religious diversity in the public space; projectsfrom a non-denominational perspective; and, cross-cutting projectsof socio-political empowerment and awareness.In conclusion, although there is greater sensitivity for interculturalmotivations in general, sensitivity to the religious fact is to wakeup in terms of social mobilization. However, both from UNESCOitself and from the movements of interreligious dialogue, spaces formeeting such diversity are provided.