Tag: Interfaith
Stronger Together
“Well, this is awkward,” I thought as small drops splashed onto my cassock. I suppose it shouldn’t have struck me as that awkward. After all, I was processing through a church singing all about ... Read More
Needing to Know Your Neighbors
Managing Editor’s note: all Contributing Scholars begin writing by answering the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with those from different rel... Read More
Let’s Talk About the Refugee Crisis for a Moment
In the last two weeks, the travesty of what’s been happening in the Middle East (a complicated and complex term in itself) has come to full light with the recent refugee crisis that has hit many par... Read More
Our Humanity Compels Us Toward Others
I believe that in order to better relationships between peoples in today’s interdependent world, it is imperative that countries become more sensitive to the beliefs and histories of the different p... Read More
Ideas for Research On Interfaith Couples and Families
I conducted anthropological research on interfaith couples and marriages in Indonesia in 2010, and have continued to investigate interfaith dialogue practices, religious diversity management and inter... Read More
One of These Jews Is Not Like the Others: A Progressive Jew at an Orthodox Yom Kippur
It was raining at dusk. I decided not to ride my bike to the progressive Yom Kippur service on the Boston University campus. If I rode my bike, I would get too thirsty coming home and I wouldn’t ke... 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
“Right View” and Interfaith Dialogue
One “fold” on the Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path toward enlightenment is Right View. “Right view” is the skill of dissolving interpretations in favor of drawing closer to the reality of the wor... Read More