The International Seminar Raimundo Lúlio and the dialogue inter-religious carried out in October of 2001 in the university of São Paulo (USP), Brazil,made possible, among other things, the creation of this virtual space dedicated exclusively to the study of the cultural problems related with the dialogue among the religions. .  

Inspired by the catalan philosopher's desire Ramón Llull (c.1232 - 1316) that suggested the installation of a Permanent Forum of Debate on the topic of the Dialogue inter-religious, the professors Esteve Jaulent (IBFCRaimundo Lúlio) and Harvey Hames (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba) decided to put to disposition of all the interested parties the up-to-date bibliography, and to open a Forum of Debate for the exchange of the new ideas and suggestions that where arising in the future.  

In a world in globalization process, where cultures are coming closer vertiginously, it is difficult to understand the "other one" without understanding their religion. Without reducing the cultures to their religious component - because towns and nations exist with different confessions -, it is correct to affirm that one cannot understand well a culture when the religions are ignored in that this culture leans on.

The historical religions - not one or other in particular, but taken togethet - are previous to the Philosophy and they bring, each one in their way, the solution of the deep enigmas of the human condition, responding to the questions that during millennia the humanity presents to itself: what the man is; which is sense of their life; the causes of the certain and of the wrong, of the pain and of the suffering; if exists life post-mortem; from where we come and to where we go. In sum: the same questions that the Philosophy plans to respond.

However, only some cultures have philosophical tradition. In them should arise necessarily certain relationship between Philosophy and Religion, between knowledge and faith. It is the case of the cultures that lean on in the Hinduism, in the Judaism, in the Christianity and in Islamism. This virtual space in fact tries to contribute for the growth of the dialogue among them. In him they will be texts and documents that reveal the state current of the that Dialogue Inter-religious, the relationship of institutions and personalities that support this initiative, the possibility to register in a List of Electronic mail, with up-to-date informations on the course of the works, and a Forum of Debate where you will able to formulate questions to the differents Consultants.