Interfaith Center of New York - Religious Diversity in America

Date: July 6th-12th, 2010
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm
Where: TBA
Group: Interfaith Center of New York (ICNY)

Contact: Raffaele Timarchi
Tel.: (212) 870-3514
Email: rtimarchi@interfaithcenter.org

Event Description: This course offers a combination of theoretical and experential training in the beliefs and practices of America's new religious landscape. The course places an emphasis on the great diversity within each tradition while utilizing the City itself as the perfect classroom for examining urban religion, the affects of immigrations, and interfaith community relations.

Each day in the course will examine one or more major religious traditions, through presentations, site visits, and small group discussions. Morning sessions will feature theoretical introductions to beliefs and practices. Afternoon sessions will offer an immersion in New York's religious communities, with filed trips to variety of local places worship, conversations with men and women from specific religious communities, and expereince of religious rituals. A significant part of the training will include approaches to teaching about world religions in local contexts. Faith-specific evening cultural events will be available for all participants.