This chapter discusses the conditions for inter-religious dialogue focused specifically on the teachings and practices of religious traditions. The possibility of learning from the religious other, involves a demanding set of conditions. In the language of virtues, the first may be called epistemological humility and the latter generosity or hospitality towards the truth of the other. Dialogue between religions also presupposes identification with a particular religion from which one engages in dialogue, trust that the other religion addresses the same ultimate truth or fundamental questions in a mutually relevant way, and belief that one may actually understand the teachings and practices of another religion in a way that might open up one's own religion to new insights and actions. The latter conditions designated are commitment, interconnection, and empathy respectively. If phenomenologically sound, these conditions apply equally to any religious tradition engaged in dialogue, though their concrete form and expression vary.
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