Category: Interfaith
Two Interfaith Stories: In Formation
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
Ideals vs. Ideology
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
Practicing Acceptance through Interfaith
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
My Foundations in Interfaith Engagement
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
Learning Together: Navigating Communal Reflection and Action
In the fall of my freshman year, on the Friday before classes started, I attended my first Shabbat service at Tufts. We came together under the auspices of an interfaith-focused pre-orientation, CAFE,... Read More
It’s Not about Debate
My interfaith journey first began in chats with Clara, who is Mormon. She would often note how similar Christianity and Mormonism were, and I would ask questions about certain Mormon terms that I hadn... Read More
Why the United States Should Encourage Its Citizens to Live Abroad
I lived abroad in Qatar as a high schooler, and it completely changed my life. I attended an international school, where I discovered my passion for interfaith conversations and learned what it mean... Read More
The Power of Interfaith Communities to Resist the Commodification of Spirituality
On a near-daily basis, an article appears on my Facebook feed bemoaning the decline of institutional religion in the United States, with a particular focus on the lack of millennial involvement in tra... Read More