A dialogue partner is someone who engages in conversation with another person or group. It is someone who communicates and listens to others in order to understand their perspectives, opinions, and beliefs. Full definition
Besides history and philosophy a third, and perhaps most essential, classic dialogue partner for theology has been the interpretation of scripture. (religion-online.org)
Nor did the Church fully appreciate the role of the media in a free society, and soon» instead of a subject of inspiration or dialogue partner in the media» the Church became a curious object of marginal interest, occasional scandal, and, sometimes, a whipping boy. (firstthings.com)
Some of the insights provided by the first phase of liberation theology seem too important to let slip between the cracks — for instance, the centrality of the category «the poor» for biblical interpretation; the awareness of structural, not just individual, evil; the use of the social sciences as dialogue partner for theological discourse; and the need to apply a hermeneutic of suspicion to theology itself. (religion-online.org)