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Design Consideration for Inter-Religious Dialogue in Malaysia The Incorporation of Contact Theory

dc.contributor.authorArfah Ab Majiden_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-30T01:43:48Z
dc.date.available2024-05-30T01:43:48Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.descriptionVol. 5 No. 2 (2020): Jurnal Sains Insanien_US
dc.description.abstractInter-religious dialogue has been implemented in Malaysia by various organizations, be it Muslim’s or Non-Muslim’s organizations as early as 1950s.Often being carried out in the format of intellectual discourse and forum, its accessibility to the non-academician, non-scholars and non-elite is uncertain.If the inter-religious dialogue programs could not reach the grassroots, its effectiveness in addressing inter-religious issues that affected the grassroots is also doubtful.International dialogue practitioners has begun to include number of theories in their dialogue designs to reach out broader range of community.One of the theories is Contact Theory proposed by Gordon Allport (1959) aims at addressing in-group/out-group bias.Therefore, this study attempts to examine the application of Contact Theory in two models of inter-religious dialogue in Malaysia (i.e. Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia (IKIM) and Inter-faith Spiritual Fellowship (INSaF)).Case study research design was employed in order to identify the design of interreligious dialogue and the presence of Contact Theory within the two models.Data obtained through interviews and document analysis were than analysed using within-case and cross-case analysis (Miles & Huberman, 1994).The finding suggest that IKIM’s and INSaF’s inter-religious dialogue models did not include any special session that allowed a real dialogue or cooperative interaction (one of important elements in Contact Theory) to take place among the participants.Without cooperative interaction among the participants, it would be difficult for these two models to reap the benefit of Contact Theory.Future research should focus on developing inter-religious dialogue design that is more appropriate for the grassroots with the inclusion of Contact Theory.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAb Majid, A. (2020). Design Consideration for Inter-Religious Dialogue in Malaysia: The Incorporation of Contact Theory. Sains Insani, 5(2), 91-97. https://doi.org/10.33102/sainsinsani.vol5no2.143en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.33102/sainsinsani.vol5no2.143
dc.identifier.epage97
dc.identifier.issn0127-7871
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.spage91
dc.identifier.urihttps://sainsinsani.usim.edu.my/index.php/sainsinsani/article/view/143
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/15107
dc.identifier.volume5
dc.language.isootheren_US
dc.publisherUSIM Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJurnal Sains Insanien_US
dc.subjectInter-religious dialogue, grassroots, Contact Theory, interactionen_US
dc.titleDesign Consideration for Inter-Religious Dialogue in Malaysia The Incorporation of Contact Theoryen_US
dc.title.alternativePertimbangan Rekabentuk Dialog Antara Agama di Malaysia: Penggabungan Teori Kontaken_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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