JORAS - Nigerian Journal of Religion and Society

This study samples the understanding of inter-religious dialogical communication among Christians and Muslims aimed at arriving at sustained reconciliation and peaceful coexistence. This is measured by identi?cation and presentation of selected dialogical discourses in inter-religious traditions in comparisons with discourses of renowned philosophers like Barrett (1962), Passmore (1963) and Commins & Lenscott (1954). The study focuses on the following: 1) Philosophical discourses on the human, the human mind and the human spirit. 2). philosophical discourses on man and the universe, and 3). Philosophical discourses on man and the state. Passmore's treatise (1963) provides the scope for testing understanding of inter- religious dialogical communication for achieving peaceful coexistence, using range of topics from philosophical monotheism to materialism, naturalism and agnosticism, pragmatism, logic, objectivity, realism, metaphysics, positivism, semantics as well as existentialism and phenomenology. The study selects topics and themes from Barrett's (1962) discourse on Hebrew, Greek and Christian philosophies. Islam, not represented in the scholars' works cited, is accordingly the synthesizer because of its claims to being a universal religion. The Conclusion therefore is based on Islam's acknowledgement of the veracity of both Jesus representing Christianity and all Hebrew Prophets representing Judaism as Prophets of God sent to their people at their times.

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