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Posts Tagged ‘interfaith’
October 26th, 2011
Qatar hosts interfaith dialogue conference
posted by Brandon Vaidyanathanhe Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue is currently hosting its ninth annual conference on interfaith dialogue from October 24-26.
September 6th, 2011
Interfaith groups blossom after 9/11
posted by Grace YukichFor some Americans, the response to the religious fears created by 9/11 was increased hatred of difference, particularly of Islam and Muslims. In contrast, others responded by reaching out across lines of religious difference to learn, share, and heal. Interfaith groups formed around the U.S. as venues for people of different faiths to get to know each other more deeply, challenging stereotypes and forging new community connections.
May 17th, 2011
Claremont School of Theology to train Christians, Jews, and Muslims
posted by Grace YukichThis week, Claremont School of Theology in California announced that a large financial gift will allow them to transform the seminary into an institution that will train Christians, Jews, and Muslims. According to The Los Angeles Times, the new university—which will be called Claremont Lincoln University, in the couple’s honor—will serve as an umbrella for three largely separate programs: the existing program for Christian pastors-in-training, another program for rabbis, and a third for imams.
October 19th, 2010
Karen Armstrong discusses the Charter for Compassion
posted by Sam HanYesterday, religion scholar Karen Armstrong appeared on WNYC, the NPR-affiliate in New York City, to discuss, among other things, a project she is spearheading called “Charter for Compassion.” The project is funded in part by the TED prize that was awarded to Armstrong in 2008.
October 14th, 2010
Contending Modernities
posted by Jessica PolebaumNovember 18-19, 2010, will mark the kickoff of Contending Modernities, “a multi-year, interdisciplinary research, public education, and peacebuilding initiative,” based primarily out of the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Led by Scott Appleby, co-chair of the SSRC’s Advisory Committee on Religion and International Affairs, the initiative will explore the varieties of relationships between religious and secular institutions and actors throughout the world.
September 2nd, 2010
Standing shoulder to shoulder
posted by Amanda KaplanRabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali discuss the coincidence this year of Rosh Hashanah and Eid al-Fitr, with regard to the ongoing controversy around the planned Islamic community center in lower Manhattan.
August 17th, 2010
Delegation of American Muslim leaders visits Auschwitz and Dachau
posted by Charles GelmanIn Forward, the Jewish weekly newspaper, A.J. Goodman reports on a recent trip of Muslim leaders to Auschwitz and Dachau.
February 18th, 2010
St. Francis, the sultan, and the promise of peace
posted by Nathan SchneiderOn February 17th, with half the foreheads in the packed room marked by Ash Wednesday smears, Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture sponsored a forum with four authors who have recently written about St. Francis’ 13th-century encounter with the sultan of Egypt: two historians, a Franciscan sister, and a journalist.
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