Witness through Encounter - The Diplomacy of Benedict XVIAuthor :
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Published : Friday 5 November 2021
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Appealing to dialogue is often just a safe way of referring to something negative, or at best blandly neutral: the avoidance of conflict, the denial of similarity, not stirring deep-seated disagreement, etc. When Bernard oâ?TConnor says pope Benedict XVI facilitated dialogue, however, he means something quite positive, very much tangible and certainly transformative. In providing an account of the popeâ?Ts interactions with various groups of the international community, Oâ?TConnor attempts to convey Benedict XVIâ?Ts diplomacy as encounter, where even in the sphere of international relations exhortations to â?odialogueâ?? are invitations to see more clearly and be moved as much as move. To dialogue is to embrace, revise perception such that our approaches to the great questions of our day are not simply shared but correct. As Oâ?TConnor writes, â?oPope Benedict attempts to promote the outlook that a renewed emphasis upon objective, critical and structured philosophical reasoning positions practice, diplomatic and otherwise, to regain its lost foundation and framework. the quest for integrity, if nothing else, should motivate our fidelity to academic pursuit, to intellectual investigation, and to rigorous interdisciplinary inquiry. so influenced, practice will then reject what is arbitrary and be guided by what is time-tested and enduring.â??Oâ?TConnor illustrates true dialogue emerging from the encounter, and in turn provides scores of characteristics of this encounter as it unfolds in papal diplomacy. In providing scores of addresses and speeches to various bodies, Oâ?TConnor presents pope Benedict XVI as an example of effective diplomacy that treats the meetings on the world stage as engaging in true dialogue. encounter is the true basis of dialogue and one that allows it to open to what is truly a catalyst for change toward cooperationâ?"â?"witness, both personal and collective. As oâ?TConnor shows, â?owhere there is authentic encounter, as meeting in mutual trust, what arises is context for witness.â?? If authentic even the diplomatic encounter has the means to deepen and transform oneâ?Ts being. Witness Through Encounter intends to fulfill multiple needs. the diplomatic approach exemplified herein is singular and worthy of study among political scientists, sociologists, philosophers and diplomats eager to embrace a worldview that is more personal than simply humanistic. this work will also be useful in inter-religious settings. An additional advantage of Oâ?TConnorâ?Ts presentation of Benedict XVIâ?Ts diplomatic approach, his witness through encounter, is that it contains insight valuable to the scholar alongside the resources used.
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