This panel, comprised of alumni of the John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue, explores the role of interreligious engagement in shaping new visions of civil society, civic discourse, and cultures of pluralism in twenty-first century Europe. Ana Petrache begins the conversation by problematizing the notion of “civil religion” and possible impediments this concept brings to interreligious exchange. Offering a philosophical investigation and starting from Thomas Hobbes’ commentary on 2 Kings 5:17, Petrache analyzes the dynamics of obedience to the state, religious identity in the public sphere, and freedom of religion to reveal that disentangling the concepts of “religion” and “civil religion” is a necessary propedeutic tool for interreligious encounter. Peter Dziedzic offers a detailed comparison of the concept of “religion” as developed by both Islamic and Catholic intellectual traditions. Through a detailed analysis of the Islamic concept of dīn and the Western concept of religio, Dziedzic explores how models of early Islamic societies and examples of Catholic-Muslim intellectual exchange can offer new ways for rethinking concepts of pluralistic societies today. Building on these analyses, Nataliia Pavlyk, founder of the Oriental Studies Circle in Kyiv, Ukraine, presents a concrete case study of Jain-Jewish dialogue based on spiritual practices, revealing how these encounters contribute to building a culture of religious pluralism." Chair: Peter Dziedzic (John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue)Speakers:Peter Dziedzic (John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue), Din and religio: Towards a Dialogical Model of Religious BelongingNataliia Pavlik (John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue), Dialogue in Action: Jain-Jewish Dialogue in UkraineAna Petrache (John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue), Enabling Interreligious Dialogue by Deconstructing “Civil Religions”