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Tag: Peace

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
What’s “Religious” About Interreligious Dialogue?

What’s “Religious” About Interreligious Dialogue?

Posted on August 18, 2015September 2, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
Anyone who has embarked upon the study of religion immediately runs into a debate of the meaning of the very word religion. Definitions abound and debates rage about whether a general definition of re... Read More
What Exactly is "Mutual Recognition"?

What Exactly is “Mutual Recognition”?

Posted on July 31, 2015August 5, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
The construct of “mutual recognition” is circulated frequently in the interfaith society: nearly every organization I approach as an ethnographic researcher names it as a primary goal. But... Read More
“50 Years Since Nostra Aetate" with The International Council of Christians and Jews

“50 Years Since Nostra Aetate” with The International Council of Christians and Jews

Posted on July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
“Jews are non-Christian in a way that other religions are not.” Meredeth Banki, speaker at the International Council of Christians and Jews, said this when speaking about her experience as part of... Read More
What Is the Unity of “Unity in Diversity”?

What Is the Unity of “Unity in Diversity”?

Posted on June 26, 2015June 25, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
Notwithstanding the prizing of diversity, there IS some unified bottom line to interfaith dialogue. Nonviolent behavior is the basis for “unity in diversity.” Behavior is a category about which a... Read More
Romantic Distance vs. Vexing Proximity: the difficulty of real up-close interfaith encounters

Romantic Distance vs. Vexing Proximity: the difficulty of real up-close interfaith encounters

Posted on June 22, 2015November 12, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
My research on interreligious dialogue and engagement has reinforced an old cliché: absence makes the heart grow fonder. When two people are distant from each other, it is easy to idealize each other... 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
Religious Literacy for a Fearful and Violent World

Religious Literacy for a Fearful and Violent World

Posted on May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 by Esther Boyd
In February, I had the great pleasure of co-presenting a workshop at the DC Interfaith Leaders Summit with Amber Hacker, the Alumni Director for Interfaith Youth Core. In our workshop we encouraged at... Read More
What Can Interfaith Dialogue Really Do? Part 3 of 3

What Can Interfaith Dialogue Really Do? Part 3 of 3

Posted on May 19, 2015May 18, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
Read Part I here, and Part II here. When I ate lunch with the rabbi he inveighed against interfaith dialogue and its inability to reach or transform the minds of those who are closed to dialogue. He s... Read More
What Can Interfaith Dialogue Really Do? Part 2 of 3

What Can Interfaith Dialogue Really Do? Part 2 of 3

Posted on May 14, 2015May 13, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
Read Part I here. At lunch after Purim, I heard the rabbi criticize interfaith projects for being “just another religious group.” I reflected on the irony of a religious clergy person dismissing t... Read More
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