Journal of religious culture = Journal für Religionskultur
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The importance of empathic communication in dialog process
(2012)
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Murat Yıldız
- When we observe today’s world, we can safely say that tensions and clashes still continue and
that some of them arise from interreligious and intercultural conflicts. In search of a safer future
world, man, naturally, looks for a solution. In this context, it is thought that empathic
communication model will contribute greatly to the reduction of prejudices and to the formation
of a healthy interreligious and intercultural dialog process. The aim of this study is to
draw attention towards the importance of learning and teaching of empathic communication
skills as a procedural method in interreligious and intercultural relations. In this study, emphasis
was placed upon communication conflicts and prejudices and contributions that empathic
communication can make in the reduction of prejudices were outlined.
