Interfaith

fieldwork people more readily used social values rather than the Quran or the Hadith to justify their involvement, in the literature, the reverse was the case. There was much more evidence in the literature of using the Quran and the Sunnah to justify interfaith involvement. The Holy Quran Dialogue in Islam: Quran, Sunnah and History describes how the very concept of dialogue is not only endorsed but is required by the Quran, the Sunnah and Islamic history. This stems from the conception of…

In chapter 5: An American in India, Eboo Patel narrates his experience of visiting India, this time he is making the trip voluntarily. The purpose of the trip is to create a connection with his past and his people. He was going back to India seeking to integrate into his “lost heritage, his people and land” (78). Although, Eboo had a different approach to embrace his culture at first, he did not fully agree with some Indian cultural norms. The class structure and the significance difference…

A four year degree or a graduate degree in Environmental Science, Political Science or a related field within the last 12 months. I will graduate from Agnes Scott College in May of 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Social Justice. I also plan to procure a minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies and a specialization in globalization. Must be willing to knock on doors and make phone calls every workday. I have strong social skills and can relate to people of different…

welcoming nation for religious diversity, it had become a place where speaking out for religious freedom meant endless prosecution. To combat this, people like Eboo Patel started to make their messages of pluralism known. Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith Youth Core, wanted his country to understand that his religion was in no way hate-centered or evil, as many citizens of the United States believed after witnessing 9/11. In his novel, Sacred Ground,…

Terms are not innocent, objective tools, but often carry within them assumptions of older scholarship. Since the answer to any question already lies, to a certain degree, within the question itself, the conclusions we give birth to become the offspring of the language we use. Terminology is pregnant with meaning often unnoticed in the analytical process, which it nevertheless controls from within. Rethinking the way we speak may therefore result in the discovery of new landscapes. A cursory…

In fact we can said that Buddhism is about compassion and teach compassion because since its earliest beginnings when Shakyamuni Buddha, who was born Prince Siddhartha and raised in a rich life; but left it all behind to discover the meaning of suffering and sadness to achieve the ultimate liberation. This demonstrated his comprehending side of nature, all manifested in an uniquely human quality such as readiness to give comfort, sympathy, concern and carrying. "According to Buddhism,…

Pam Sebastian has attempted to help open up the cultural understanding before. “I’ve run into some push back about interfaith conversation because it’s not straight Christian conversation and I don’t think it has to be and I don’t think it should be,” Sebastian said. Sebastian believes that there is a lot of potential to really open up interfaith conversation on a campus like MVC. “I think we have phenomenal potential. I mean here we are marooned in the middle of the corn and…

have increased because of the more diverse world. Another piece of evidence that highlights the claim that acceptance is a reason race and religion does not matter is, the United States has seen a lot of growth in the number and the acceptance of interfaith marriages. Interracial marriage used to be rare (“1 in 10 marriages in the beginning of the 20th century”) But now marrying someone with a different religious background is quite common. In 2008, about 80 percent of adults from the ages 18…

storytelling. Patel has used the narration of his life’s story and work to teach the significance of interfaith understanding and action. Throughout this, we meet the inspiration movers in Patel’s life like Shaykh Hamza, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Zayd Patel, and the arguably more important shakers like Tarek Elmasry, Ron Kinnamon and Christiane Amanpour. As we follow Patel through his journey as leader of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), we are inadvertently forced to reflect on personal ideologies,…

Myth and Countermyth In Mark Chohen’s chapter “Myth and Countermyth”, his argument consists of two contrasting ideas. The first idea is the myth of the interfaith utopia. People called that time a literary golden age during which Jews and Arab people lived peaceful under Islamic rules. Islam people at that time did not discriminate against the Jews and they tolerated the Jews. Jews received both political and cultural toleration. As a result, the Jewish culture started to integrate into the…