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Tag: Hope

Turning Hope into Action

Turning Hope into Action

Posted on October 21, 2018 by Wendy Webber
Sometimes I’m not sure if I’m an optimist or a pessimist. Almost daily I am disappointed in humanity. I also am witness to acts of love and empathy that give me faith in humanity on a daily basis.... Read More
Hope is an Action

Hope is an Action

Posted on January 28, 2016January 27, 2016 by Esther Boyd
“They gave Pandora a box. Prometheus begged her not to open it. She opened it. Every evil to which human flesh is heir came out of it. The last thing to come out of the box was hope. It flew awa... Read More
Beautiful Resistance in Palestine

Beautiful Resistance in Palestine

Posted on December 2, 2015December 1, 2015 by Abigail Clauhs
This summer, Abigail received a scholarship to join a two-week-long Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East (UUJME) human rights delegation to Israel and Palestine. UUJME’s mission is... Read More
The Mechanics of Personal Transformation via Interfaith Dialogue

The Mechanics of Personal Transformation via Interfaith Dialogue

Posted on August 25, 2015August 26, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
My research on interfaith dialogue is driven by questions about people’s individual capacities for transformation and cohabitation with other humans. In previous articles (here and here) I demonstra... Read More
The Difference Between Religious Diversity and Religious Pluralism

The Difference Between Religious Diversity and Religious Pluralism

Posted on August 5, 2015August 4, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
In a previous article I explored how “choice and safety” are the key ingredients in converting de facto religious diversity into religious pluralism, an environment more conducive to transformativ... Read More
On Taking a Selfie with Pope Francis

On Taking a Selfie with Pope Francis

Posted on July 13, 2015July 13, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
Recently I attended an audience with Pope Francis with the International Council of Christians and Jews. It was my second audience, as I had also gained access to the Vatican’s elaborate reception r... Read More
Methodological Challenges to Measuring Transformation

Methodological Challenges to Measuring Transformation

Posted on July 7, 2015July 8, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
When I set out on my dissertation research, my main question was whether and how interfaith dialogue functions to transform people. I had a hypothesis that people do interfaith dialogue because when d... Read More
On Irreconcilable Differences: My Interreligious Dialogue with Mormon Missionaries

On Irreconcilable Differences: My Interreligious Dialogue with Mormon Missionaries

Posted on June 16, 2015June 15, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
Since I’m conducting field research on interfaith dialogue in Rome, I thought it would be an important part of my participant-observation to embark upon a dialogue. I met some Mormon sisters conduct... Read More
Art and Soul?

Art and Soul?

Posted on March 4, 2015March 4, 2015 by Laura Brekke
The world is a hard place. Too many hours in front of the 24-hour News Networks and one can feel desolate in the face of Sisyphean problems in the world. ISIS in Iraq. Boko Haram in Nigeria. The Lord... Read More
More Than Just the Baby in the Manger

More Than Just the Baby in the Manger

Posted on December 17, 2014December 16, 2014 by Abigail Clauhs
Sometimes the timing of things does make me believe in alignments of stars or planets or fate, in a terrible kind of way. I wake up this morning to the news of the attack on the Peshawar school in Pak... Read More
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