Establishing a Model of the Harmony of Religious Diversity in 21st Century

Abstract

This research is qualitative research with three objectives: 1) To study a principle and a theory of establishment of the religious harmony; 2) to assess and analyze a way of establishment of the religious harmony from the religious leaders in Thailand, and 3) to propose a new model of establishment of the harmony of religious diversity in 21^st century. Its methodology is to collect information of the concept and theory of religious harmony from the spiritual and religious leaders from various religions and books, journals, theses, etc. from the religious scholars. Besides, questionnaires for interviewing are given to the key informants, then, their information is systematically criticized, analyzed systematically.

The result of this research was found that:

The principle and the concept of establishment of the religious harmony emphasize

on acceptance of the differences of the people in society, giving a respect to the others who belong to different religions and treating each other with ethical codes, equality, justice, and love with loving kindness. As assessed from the religious leaders in Thailand in term of the establishment of religious harmony, it indicates that many sectors of the society such as government, religion play a vital role for driving the process of establishment of the religious harmony thereby cooperating with each other to drive the religious harmony and using the religious attitude of religious pluralism – attending different functions together and joining the hands to organize various activities for establishing the religious harmony.

Having criticized and analyzed including synthesis of the information, it leads to establishment of a new model for the harmony of religious diversity in 21^st century with three comprehensive approaches: Mutual understanding, cooperation, and contribution respectively.