Interaction in a Globalized World

INTERACTION IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD Today, we live in a globalized world, where there is much interaction between people from different religious backgrounds. Interaction is unannounced dialogue. When positive interaction between people who subscribe to different belief systems grows, the purpose of dialogue is served on its own. Today, we live in a globalized world. The industrial revolution and modern communications have added such vast dimensions to human relations that the entire world has been converted into a veritable global village. With distances drastically shortened, a confrontational attitude must give way to compromise, adjustment, and appreciation. Today, people who hold different religious beliefs are coming closer to each other on a global scale. This interaction serves as an informal and ongoing inter-religious dialogue. Interaction in itself is unannounced dialogue. As a result of circumstances, when positive interactions between people of different beliefs increase, the purpose of dialogue is served on its own. Today, in educational institutions and offices and through various national and international activities, adherents of different religious traditions are meeting on a scale hitherto never witnessed before. During this continuous and vast interaction, people from different backgrounds seem less like strangers to each other. A great gap has been bridged. People are learning new languages in order to interact with each other. They are also becoming familiar with one