ABSTRACT
The final chapter is a reflection on previous chapters and the conclusions that can be drawn from them. Its purpose is to identify a number of ideas and strategies for practitioners to bear in mind when addressing religious hatred. It begins by summarising three key conclusions: that religion needs to be better understood by practitioners; that religion is multidimensional and so is religious hatred and needs to be addressed accordingly; and that true religious hatred is essentially a psychological problem and needs to be treated as such. The chapter then expands on each of these three conclusions and what it means for practitioners, particularly when it is understood as a psychospiritual problem. It looks at Jung's idea of the ‘transcendent function’ as a process that third parties need to consider as part of their role in the effort to help those involved to move beyond religious hatred. The chapter concludes by suggesting strategies for dialogue and ‘diapraxis’ in relation to each dimensions of religion.
