The Dialogue Institute engages religious, civic, and academic leaders in practicing
the skills of respectful dialogue and critical thinking, building and sustaining transformative relationships across lines of religion and culture. It provides resources and creates networks for intra- and interreligious scholarship and action that value difference and foster human dignity.
Established in 1964, the peer-reviewed Journal of Ecumenical Studies advances
critical awareness of the latest directions in ecumenical and interreligious research.
The Dialogue Institute works collaboratively with other universities, nonprofits, non-governmental organizations, and the business and public sectors to create an atmosphere of trust and to foster knowledge and mutual understanding in a global context.
The Journal of Ecumenical Studies (J.E.S.) was founded by Arlene and Leonard Swidler in 1964 as the first peer-reviewed journal in the field of interreligious dialogue. J.E.S. welcomes original manuscripts that focus on any dimension of dialogue within or among religious traditions.
The Dialogue Institute collaborates with the Journal of Ecumenical Studies to create resources for interreligious dialogue grounded in solid academic research and scholarship. Leonard Swidler’s Dialogue Principles are made available for any others interested in pursuing interreligious and intercultural dialogue.
Dialogue requires partners and the DI/JES is interested in helping to forge supportive cooperation among participants in this Dialogue Institute Network (DIN) in the region as well as nationally and internationally.
