Examine key principles of interfaith dialogue such as commitment to:

• accept others as equal partners
• learn and share rather than teach
• respect diversity within and among religions
• include all religious and spiritual communities who wish to be engaged in dialogue
• seek to understand what is true and holy in other religions (e.g., Nostra Aetate)
• challenge the misuse of religion for political gain or to justify violence or coercion
• critique one's own tradition and seek to understand criticisms of that tradition
• critically appraise online materials and conversations about diverse religious and spiritual traditions
• collaborate on common goals (e.g., peace, environment, poverty, human dignity).

Discuss Jewish, Christian and Muslim views on the role of key religious historical figures such as Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Noah, Moses, Mary, Jesus and Mohammed.

Compare rituals of worship, forms of prayer, development of moral codes, and religious artistic expression of Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Describe the effects of persecution on interfaith dialogue throughout history faced by Jews (e.g., anti-Semitism), Christians (e.g., martyrdom) and Muslims (e.g., Islamophobia).

Investigate how interfaith dialogue is supported by understanding historic events and movements such as:

• genocidal acts (e.g., the Holocaust, Holodomor, the Kurdish Genocide: Al-Anfal Campaign)
• the Crusades
• religious extremism within Judaism (e.g., the Kingdom of Israel/Tzrifin Underground)
• religious extremism within Christianity (e.g., Ku Klux Klan)
• religious extremism within Islam (e.g., Al-Qaeda).

Research case studies where interfaith dialogue results in positive change among Jews, Christians and/or Muslims (e.g., Albania's Muslim and Christian populations, Pope Paul VI's Nostra Aetate, the work of Saskatchewan born Sister Rosaleen Zdunich B.Ed. M.Sc. ).

Describe the relationships between interfaith dialogue and Pope Francis' concepts of:

• building a 'culture of encounter' (e.g., Evangelii Gaudium - The Joy of the Gospel)
• 'care of our common home' (e.g., Laudato Si' – Praise be to You).