Tag: Interfaith dialogue
Building Bridges: A Muslim and Non-Muslim Dialogue about Islamophobia in America, Part 2
…And we’re back with the second part of our dialogue about President-elect Trump’s proposed Muslim policies. You can read Part 1 here. Q4: How do you feel about Trump’s call for Mosque surveil... Read More
Where Do We Go From Here? The Role of Interfaith Dialogue in Uncertain Times
The election of Donald Trump to the highest office in our country, whatever one’s political leanings, has sent shockwaves throughout the world. Other world leaders, both current and potential, such ... Read More
Lost and Found: Interfaith Dialogue and Rediscovering Religious History
I am currently in the middle of The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia–and How It Died, by the renowned historia... Read More
Who Sets the Table? White-Christian Dominance of Interfaith Gatherings
My home church recently hosted a summer-long series of guest speakers under the theme “Expanding Our Faith.” Eager to gain insights from other religious traditions, we invited a rabbi, an imam, a ... Read More
Ridicule and Rationality: Jon Stewart’s Interfaith Dialogue
Good liberals know that religious beliefs are to be celebrated, but not criticized and certainly not ridiculed -- at least in polite company. In the real world, interfaith relations aren't so well-be... Read More
Untangling Representation: For Whom Do You Speak?
Student Religious Life at Johns Hopkins University emphasizes interfaith education and collaboration. 15-20 students, many of them representing one of the campus’ active student religious groups... Read More
Dialogue that Repairs
Nigerian author Chimemanda Adichie gave a TED talk called “The danger of a single story” where she describes how we create a single story about a person, a people, or a whole country. It is do... Read More
Blitzer, Vitsmun, and Authentic Interfaith Dialogue
Wolf Blitzer – prized journalist for CNN – made what some are affectionately referring to as a ‘teachable moment’ when he asked an atheist survivor (Rebecca Vitsmun) of the Moore, OK tornado:... Read More