Before the Boston Interfaith Leadership Initiative (BILI), I didn’t truly understand what interfaith interactions actually entailed. I thought BILI would teach me about the tenets of others’ relig...Read More
Every month this past year, I had the privilege of attending a Boston Interfaith Leadership Initiative (BILI) meeting as a fellow. Each three hour-long meeting featured a different wonderful guest spe...Read More
For many of my early Boston Interfaith Leadership Initiative (BILI) sessions, as well as my time at the Interfaith Leadership Institute in Chicago, I felt like I was doing a lot of personal developmen...Read More
The last few months have been unlike any our faith communities have ever experienced. My best friend had to evacuate her university to be with her family in Qatar. They celebrated Ramadan trapped insi...Read More
A soft warm light infused the room, flowing from the flames of the deepas I’d just lit. A variety of idols lined the walls, their faces cast in an orange glow. My mother, sister, and I all watched w...Read More
In this podcast, Connor Dedrick and Reuben Allik, Boston Interfaith Leadership Initiative Fellows, share their personal interfaith journeys alongside and through their experiences in their own religio...Read More
Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. Anonymous Growing up in a city like Miami, I hit the jackpot for religious diversity. I had Hindu,...Read More
Before I joined the Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service (CSDS) at Northeastern, I had never heard the term “interfaith” before. I was suddenly and violently thrown into an environment o...Read More
In this new series, we speak with colleagues, mentors, and students about their interreligious experiences, past and present. Four questions, four thoughts – FOURthought! How did interreligious lead...Read More
I think the idea of interfaith has been something I’ve hovered around my whole life. My father was raised Christian and converted to Islam after meeting my mom, a Shia Muslim. They raised me and my ...Read More