The Culture of Encounter Project - Georgetown University

Participants in the May 2022 Culture of Encounter and the Global Agenda conference in Rome reflect on their experiences with colleagues from around the world in navigating national, religious, social, and other divides and seeking common ground.

Several participants in the May 2022 Culture of Encounter and the Global Agenda conference in Rome respond to Archbishop Paul Gallagher's keynote presentation on the importance of encounter for global governance.

Several participants in the May 2022 Culture of Encounter and the Global Agenda conference in Rome respond to Fr. Arturo Sosa's keynote presentation on the importance of encounter and interculturality.

Participants in the Culture of Encounter Project share their reflections on the concept in different national contexts: India, Nigeria, Peru, and the United States.

Participants in the Culture of Encounter project reflect on the challenges to interfaith encounter and global cooperation.

Constantin Sigov, who lives in Kyiv, shares his reflections on the war and the heroic Ukrainian resistance. Two other project participants, Jose Casanova and Julia Murao-Permoser, share broader reflections on the significance of the idea of a culture of encounter in a time of war.

How does Pope Francis’ idea of a culture of encounter relate to challenges of global governance? In these essays, participants in the Culture of Encounter and the Global Agenda Project reflect on different aspects of this question.

Participants in the Culture of Encounter and the Global Agenda Project explore the origins and significance of the concept of a culture of encounter for the Catholic Church in its internal and external dynamics.

In these essays, participants in the Culture of Encounter and the Global Agenda project explore the cultural and religious dimensions of the idea of encounter in different contexts.

How can we as individuals and societies build solidarity beyond the level of the family, community, and nation, enabling inclusive and effective approaches to global problems? In these essays, participants in the Culture of Encounter and the Global Agenda Project reflect on this question.