Promoting interreligious understanding and friendship. The conference started with a trip to chouf and saida where the group had the time to visit mosques, churches and exchange stories of peace and reconciliation. Marianne moyaert, in response to the religious other. The value of interreligious education for religious leaders jennifer howe peace and or n. August 4, 2019 wikistrat rabbi david rosen, international director of interreligious affairs at the american jewish committee ajc, has been advancing understanding and good relations between religious communities for more than 40 years.
Resources for ecumenical and interreligious understanding. Review of leonard swidler s dialogue for interreligious. Leonard swidler has been researching the practice of interreligious, intercultural and interideological dialogue since 1957 when he started researching the ecumenical dialogue between catholics and protestants. The leaders for interreligious understanding liu program is a continuing educational program. The center for interreligious understanding is located on the scenic campus of spring hill college located in mobile, alabama. Thinking about congregational life in the era of mass shootings, the book of amos. Interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions i. It is distinct from syncretism or alternative religion, in that dialogue often involves promoting understanding between different religions or beliefs to. A comment by iranianamerican author, commentator and religious scholar reza aslan, which is worth repeating and remembering. The ecumenical and interreligious leaders network is a professional organization for ecumenical and interreligious leaders with membership across the nation. Catherine e clifford, editor this book is a celebration of the one hundred year history of the week of prayer for christian unity. A guide for students, groups, and organizations seeking to foster interfaith dialogue and promote understanding across religious lines. Her writings and research reports have largely focused on the image of the other in religious education and the sources of prejudice in various teaching and preaching traditions.
This groundbreaking volume gathers an array of inspiring and penetrating stories about the interreligious encounters of outstanding community leaders, scholars, public intellectuals, and activist from the united states, europe, and the middle east. Moyaert s second book on the list, which makes her the only scholar with two texts on here, reflects the fact that she is very much a thought leader and cutting edge thinking across the field. Interethnic and religious conflict resolution in nigeria. This book is a mustread for college chaplains, religious leaders who work with. Could heightened religious understanding seed success within secular careers.
There he said that religious leaders should jointly face moral issues and they share the responsibility for keeping existential questions alive in the culture. This interreligious cooperation arose from the common ground of religious concern on social justice issues, particularly labor issues and civil rights. A pioneer in the field of leadership, maxwell has published one new and one newish book on leadership this year. He also said that interreligious dialogue should seek to find the truth in. Leaders for interreligious understanding started its annual and final alumni regional conference on september 10, 2018. Click download or read online button to get ecumenism and interreligious dialogue book now. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dialogue for interreligious understanding. And in a world where religionbased conflict affects us all, this book provides. It offers very good strategies to those who would like to practice interreligious dialogue either individually or institutionally. Over all, this book provides mainly a practical ground of swidlers long dialogue practice. Retired, active and inactive ecumenical professionals available as speakers or resource persons can be identified. This volume demonstrates the importance of understanding the many contexts in which interrituality happens and shows how ritual boundaries.
In this lesson, students will be introduced to several black and african american leaders and learn about the influence of their religious beliefs. He will address the current refugee crisis and sign copies of his new book following the lecture. James morton, an icon and interreligious leader, by tanenbaum ceo, joyce s. Rabbi eliyahu bakshi doron an interreligious appreciation. He later outlines a detailed 32hour stepbystep program designed for business leaders. The latter part of the statement is given over to testimonies from several traditions, meant to demonstrate that each tradition does have a spiritual instinct toward mutual respect and understanding. Pope francis as interreligious leader america magazine.
By challenging the assumption that world religions operate as essential entities separate from the lived experiences of practitioners, he shows that interreligious dialogue is in turn problematic as it is built on this very paradigm, and on the myth of religious conflict. The icjs works with clergy and religious leaders to create learning communities around texts and congregational life. This book will serve a great foundation for anyone wishing to know the history of the week of prayer for christian unity and driving. Celebrating african americanblack leaders in history. In 1893, the parliament of the worlds religions held, in conjunction with the world colombian exposition, a conference held in chicago that is believed to be the first interfaith gathering of notable significance. The papers collected in this book serve as a critical part of an overall objective to develop and promote mechanisms for the understanding and resolution of ethnic and religious conflicts in nigeria. The stories of interreligious friendshipsikhs feeding hindus, religious leaders in sweden interpreting halal dietary laws or jewish circumcision, an imam in india speaking about other religious traditions in his sermons thereby giving space to the other in his sacred space. Ricoeur and the fragility of interreligious encounters, lexington books, 2014. The center for interreligious understanding at spring hill. Rabbi jack bemporad biography rabbi bemporad is the director of the nonprofit center for interreligious understanding ciu, which he founded in 1992. In the united states, many of these leaders had been involved in jewishchristian dialogue and interfaith work before 1933. Ecumenism and interreligious dialogue download ebook pdf. Rabbi jack bemporad biography center for interreligious. Sacred work of interreligious learning and leadership.
Strategies for the transformation of cultureshaping institutions new york. Understanding interreligious relations is a multiauthored volume that explores the theme of the religious other from the perspective of five major religionshinduism, judaism, buddhism, christianity and islamand discusses a range of issues in which interreligious relations are central. Muthuraj swamy provides a fresh perspective on the world religions paradigm and interreligious dialogue. The contribution that religion can make to peacemakingas the flip side of religious conflictis only beginning to be explored and explicated. Leaders for interreligious understanding home facebook. In the popular mind, to discuss religion in the context of international affairs automatically raises the specter of religiousbased conflict. Hidden in the news, if reported on at all, are the brave religious leaders in these. Read the introduction to eboo patels new book in which he shares a powerful example of interfaith leadership in a rural oklahoma community.
Introduction eboo patel, jennifer howe peace, noah j. Strategies for the transformation of cultureshaping institutions ebook written by leonard swidler. We offer yearly scripture forums where we dig into common and unique texts in our histories. Its aim is to bring people of all religious faiths together to promote open dialogue, mutual respect, and theological understanding of the common foundations shared by the worlds religions. In the evening of thursday, april 17, pope benedict met with leaders of nonchristian religions at the pope john paul ii cultural center in washington. He is the director of the institute of semitic studies princeton, new jersey and the chair of the board of the ethiopian peace and development center.
Well over 100 signers were present, ranging from distinguished senior religious leaders to three children. Both academic and community leaders address various aspects of these conflicts, and uwazie offers several thoughtful options for their successful. Leaders for interreligious understanding posts facebook. Making a home in the secular academy kate mccarthy from the history of religions to interfaith studies. Rose from prison religion to interfaith leadership for institutional change barbara a. Judith banki is an internationally renowned writer, lecturer and expert in interreligious affairs. Printed resources for ecumenical and interreligious understanding. Religious leaders dialogue on the death penalty january 26, 2017 january 23, 2017 association of catholic colleges and universities events catholic mobilizing network, death penalty, interfaith cooperation, interfaith leadership, interreligious understanding, washington national cathedral. Strategies for the transformation of cultureshaping. Understanding interreligious relations is a reference work of relevance to students and scholars as well as of interest to a wider informed public. The first provides expositions and critical discussions of the ways in which the other has been construed and addressed from within the major religious traditions.
A guide for students, groups, and organizations seeking to foster interfaith dialogue and promote understanding across religious lines in this book, renowned. A sustained, scholarly discussion between representatives of religious groups will clarify the areas of agreement and disagreement in belief and practice. Interreligious interfaith studies available for download and read online in other formats. The challenges of interreligious community building. Download pdf interreligious interfaith studies book full free. The national association of ecumenical and interreligious staff naeis is a professional organization for ecumenical and interreligious leaders with membership across the nation. The many other dimensions and impacts of religion tend to be downplayed or even neglected entirely. Building interreligious understanding and peace at a. He has been involved in this area from the time he served as rabbi of the largest orthodox jewish congregation in south africa, during his tenure as. An interreligious organization or interfaith organization is an organization that encourages dialogue and cooperation between the worlds different religions. Interreligious dialogue and the partition of india. The institute for islamic, christian, and jewish studies is an independent, educational nonprofit that promotes interreligious dialogue and understanding through public programs. Pdf interreligious interfaith studies download full.
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