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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
Tue, 2012-10-23 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2012-10-30 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2012-11-06 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2012-11-13 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2012-11-20 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2012-11-27 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2012-12-04 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2012-12-11 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2012-12-18 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2013-01-08 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2013-01-15 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2013-01-22 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2013-01-29 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2013-02-05 18:00 - 20:00
Tue, 2013-02-12 18:00 - 20:00