Editorial Introduction - Inter-Religious and Inter-Convictional Dialogue: Overview of a Dialogical Process and Its Products

This is an introductory overview article for a joint special edition of Journal of Dialogue Studies (which publishes the journal) and the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture based at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, on the theme of ‘Inter-Religious and Inter-Convictional Dialogue', produced out of a collaboration between the Society and the Centre in relation to a series of seminars on ‘Inter-Religious and Inter-Convictional Dialogue’; an associated colloquium; and a book launch held at Regent’s Park College during the University’s Trinity Term 2022, between 9 May and 13 June inclusive, together with other relevant papers included following an open call for additional papers to be published under the theme. It includes an overview of the contents of the two books by the author that were launched at the start of the series, namely: Fethullah Gülen’s Teaching and Practice: Context and Interactive Development (Cham: Springer, 2022) and Hizmet in Transitions: European Developments of a Turkish-Muslim Inspired Movement (Cham: Springer, 2022).