Resumen de Il modello dialogico dell'ermeneutica a confronto col pluralismo religioso
The essay aims to illustrate the contribution that Gadamer’s philosophical Hermeneutics can offer to the understanding of religious pluralism in contemporary societies. This contribution can be identified on two levels: firstly, in the elaboration of a concept of originality and “primacy” of dialogue, understood as an open horizon of encounter in which everyone can play himself, confront with otherness and learn from others; secondly, in the concrete confrontation with the various religious experiences, especially with regard to the plurality of rites. The interreligious dialogue model in the hermeneutic perspective avoids exclusivity and essentialism, and seeks to grasp the universally human “need for transcendence” which is the common ground of all religious experiences.
