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Tag: Interspiritual

Making the Unconscious, Conscious: Why Interfaith Communities Struggle with Racial Diversity

Making the Unconscious, Conscious: Why Interfaith Communities Struggle with Racial Diversity

Posted on September 23, 2015September 22, 2015 by DeShannon Bowens
Last year, I was inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement to write, “The Illusion of Separation”. The purpose was to encourage people in Interfaith, Interreligious and Interspiritual communitie... Read More
The Illusion of Separation

The Illusion of Separation

Posted on December 16, 2014December 16, 2014 by DeShannon Bowens
Every core part of my identity that I love and treasure has a history of oppression that comes with it. I am African-American. I am a woman. I am in a same gender loving relationship. And I am a pract... Read More
On Stereotypes about African Religions

On Stereotypes about African Religions

Posted on February 11, 2014February 11, 2014 by DeShannon Bowens
It is hard to believe as little as six years ago, I was spiritually in the closet. In my professional work as a psychotherapist and professional development trainer, people had often sensed I was deep... Read More

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State of Formation, founded as an offshoot of the Journal of Interreligious Studies (JIRS), is a program of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership at Hebrew College and Boston University School of Theology.

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