Paul Knitter Summary

Paul Knitter in the video, discusses the problems such as misunderstands when people of different spiritual backgrounds meets and the importance of trying to understand those people who differ from you. He states that part of the reason why it is difficult to represent someone from a different religious background is because we struggle to understand them fully. There’s a growing awareness the people of all sorts of different religious backgrounds all have to live near each other peacefully as this world faces problems and the world is becoming more integrated. With this growing awareness comes gatherings such as the Parliament of World Religions which Paul Knitter was speaking at. Religious diversity, the other religions that are not your own, allows for the expansion of knowledge. …show more content…
He states that there is a growing recognition that a lot of the questions and issues that people have within their own religion can be fixed with the help of another religion which addresses those issues. Inter-religious dialogue we have with people of other faiths can help us grow and develop our own beliefs on what the truth is. However, some people like himself find that they find their religious identities connected to two separate faiths and this is often called dual-belonging. Such people may feel like they are more on religion than the other but they claim parts of more than one belief system as their own in order to fully nurture their spiritual needs. Knitter ends his video by stressing the importance of becoming inter-religious people and for all people to come together to work and problem solve instead of working against each other because the problems we face today are too much for any one nation or one religion to be able to