32604 Seminar

WiSe 12/13: Religious Pluralism in the U.S.

Nathan Vanderpool

Comments

The image of a religiously tolerant country is deeply rooted in American cultural mythology. But in the context of unprecedented levels of religious diversity in the United States, religious tolerance is increasingly being criticized for failing to actively address the discrimination and violence experienced by minority religious groups. This seminar explores theories that propose moving beyond tolerance to achieve religious pluralism - communication, cooperation, and coalition building across lines of religious difference. These theories will then be connected to the methods of organizations that are attempting to make religious pluralism a lived reality by engaging in dialogue, community service, and/or political advocacy under the banner of "interfaith". "One hundred years ago, the great African American scholar W. E. B. Du Bois famously said, 'The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.' I believe that the twenty-first century will be shaped by the question of the faith line. On one side of the faith line are the religious totalitarians. Their conviction is that only one interpretation of one religion is a legitimate way of being, believing, and belonging on earth. Everyone else needs to be cowed, or converted, or condemned, or killed. On the other side of the faith line are the religious pluralists, who hold that people believing in different creeds and belonging to different communities need to learn to live together." -- Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith Youth Core close

16 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Tue, 2012-10-16 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2012-10-23 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2012-10-30 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2012-11-06 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2012-11-13 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2012-11-20 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2012-11-27 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2012-12-04 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2012-12-11 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2012-12-18 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2013-01-08 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2013-01-15 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2013-01-22 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2013-01-29 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2013-02-05 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Tue, 2013-02-12 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Nathan Vanderpool

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

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