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State of Multifaith Education in the US
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on March 22nd, 2010 01:22 PM
- In today’s culturally and religiously diverse world, multifaith education has become a growing trend among many institutions and universities. Not surprisingly, more and more theological schools are using multifaith education to prepare future religious leaders to effectively navigate through religious diversity and build bridges with other faith
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Documentary - Bridges of Belief
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on March 21st, 2010 11:42 AM
- A short documentary about the interfaith community in Eugene, Oregon. Diverse religious leaders and interfaith workers explain the true meaning of interfaith and the success of their monthly interfaith gatherings. The interfaith group gathers at different places of worship every month to learn about the common "truth" that illuminates every faith and
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Growing Up Global
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on March 21st, 2010 10:15 AM
- I’ve been reading a lot of articles, blogs posts, and papers recently that talk about the importance of religious and cultural knowledge. The more I read about the subject, the more I am noticing that there is a dangerous amount of misinformed and ignorant adults in this world. This realization has lead to numerous uncomfortable conversations, and
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Paul Heck - Common Ground
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on March 20th, 2010 09:00 AM
- Scholar and author Paul L. Heck discusses his new book "Common Ground: Islam, Christianity, and Religious Pluralism" at the Rumi Forum. He talks about the subjective and objective aspects of religion, and the need for religious "knowledge" to create a pluralistic world. He notes that there is too much emphasis "identity" and that causes people to get
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Beth Katz: Interfaith Mythbuster
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on March 19th, 2010 09:22 AM
- A friend of mine introduced me to a wonderful new interfaith columnist for Omaha.net named Beth Katz. Her monthly column, “The Accidental Theist” explores issues connected to faith, religion, culture, and interfaith relations. Katz is the founder and Executive Director of Project Interfaith, a non-profit interfaith organization based in
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Mae Chee Sansanee Sthirasuta - Are We Awake?
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on March 18th, 2010 10:25 AM
- Mae Chee Sansanee Sthirasuta asks "Are we awake?" in a series of videos by Awakening The Global Heart Program entitled Vision Of World Leaders. In the video she talks about being fully awake and living in full awareness of the present moment. She adds that the virtues of love and wisdom are key to avoiding spiritual ignorance.
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Shinto-Jewish Interfaith Dialogue
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on March 18th, 2010 10:01 AM
- The Jerusalem Post reported today about an interfaith dialogue that happened last Thursday between Israeli academics and 26 Shinto priests from Nagano, Japan. The dialogue took place at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. While the two faiths differ greatly in their belief systems, the aim of the dialogue was to discuss the similarities
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