As it promises on the dust jacket, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd’s Beyond Religious Freedom delivers a critique of the politics of promoting…
Engaging the R word
interfaith
The 9th World Assembly of Religions for Peace
Several weeks ago, over 600 religious leaders, representing more than 120 countries and a wide-range of religious traditions (Baha’i, Buddhist,…
Beyond the Catholic-Protestant divide
The epigraph of Brad Gregory’s The Unintended Reformation comes from an essay that Jacques Maritain wrote for the Review of…
Mormon appointed to White House faith-based advisory council
Recently, Religion News Service reported that President Obama had appointed the first Mormon member to his faith-based advisory council.
Qatar hosts interfaith dialogue conference
he Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue is currently hosting its ninth annual conference on interfaith dialogue from October 24-26.
Interfaith groups blossom after 9/11
For some Americans, the response to the religious fears created by 9/11 was increased hatred of difference, particularly of Islam…
Claremont School of Theology to train Christians, Jews, and Muslims
This week, Claremont School of Theology in California announced that a large financial gift will allow them to transform the…
Karen Armstrong discusses the Charter for Compassion
Yesterday, religion scholar Karen Armstrong appeared on WNYC, the NPR-affiliate in New York City, to discuss, among other things, a…
Contending Modernities
November 18-19, 2010, will mark the kickoff of Contending Modernities, "a multi-year, interdisciplinary research, public education, and peacebuilding initiative," based primarily…
Standing shoulder to shoulder
Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali discuss the coincidence this year of Rosh Hashanah and Eid al-Fitr, with regard…