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Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche: Overcoming Self-Aggression

2013-05-17T13:27:46Z

When I teach in the West, people talk about self-loathing and self-aggression. Imagine what could happen if we all began to feel that we are good and to have confidence in ourselves that way.

Read more: Buddhism, Prayer and Meditation, Interfaith, Self-Aggression, Buddhist Wisdom, Chögyam Trungpa, The Shambhala Principle, Religion News

Rodger Kamenetz: Welcoming The Dalai Lama To New Orleans

2013-05-17T11:51:17Z

In the midst of our wreckage that I speak to you, both as a Jew and as a New Orleanian, because survival is not just a matter of urban planning, or of financial aid, or willfulness. It is something deeper. It is of the soul.

Read more: New Orleans, Dalai Lama, Judaism, Jewish Renewal, Rebuilding New Orleans, Buddhism, Interfaith, Buddhist Wisdom, Jewish Wisdom, Dalai Lama New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Jewish-Buddhist Dialogue, The Jew in the Lotus, Religion News

Steve McSwain: The Madness That Must End Among Christians

2013-05-17T11:04:06Z

In our increasingly scientific and pluralistic world, fundamentalist theology unravels at almost every seam.

Read more: Monkey Temple, Southern Baptist Church, Christianity, Spiritual Development, Spiritual Journey, Teachings of Jesus, Interfaith, Spiritual Path, Religious Tolerance, Religion News

Walkway Named For Woman Who Saved 2,500 Jewish Children

2013-05-15T12:52:21Z

WARSAW, Poland — Polish officials have honored Irena Sendler, a Polish woman credited with saving 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust, by n...

Read more: Interfaith, Saving Polish Jews, Irena Sendlerowa, Woman Saved Jewish Children, Judaism, Irena Sendler, Religion News

Chris Stedman: Including LGBTQ Voices In Interfaith Work

2013-05-14T14:22:12Z

I feel more convinced than ever that interfaith efforts should include LGBTQ voices; if such work is intended to bring together people with different and sometimes contradicting convictions and identities, then it has to.

Read more: Atheism, Pluralism, Humanism, Interfaith, Interfaith Dialogue, Religion and Sexuality, Lgbtq Activism, Interfaith Activism, Gay Interfaith Activism, Religion News

Hungary's Churches Step Up To Counter Anti-Semitism

2013-05-14T07:11:39Z

By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor BUDAPEST, May 14 (Reuters) - When Hungarian radical right-wingers rallied against a Jewish conference...

Read more: Anti-Semitism, Catholic Church, Catholics in Hungary, Hungary Far Right, Christian Churches in Hungary, Anti-Semitism in Hungary, Reuters, Interfaith, Jews in Hungary, Christianity, Reform Church in Hungary, Religion News

Amb. Ufuk Gokcen: Freedoms Of Press, Speech And Expression: Lost In Translation

2013-05-13T15:24:20Z

While international efforts establish legal protections for freedom of expression and other freedoms, it is important not to end the discussion there. We must promote engagement and dialogue that remains focused on matters of human dignity.

Read more: Religion and Politics, Interfaith, Freedom of Speech, Islam, Blasphemy Laws, Inter-Religious Dialogue, Freedom of Religion, Religion News

Christine Pelosi: Mothers Day Vow: Get Between Our Kids and Guns Any Way We Can

2013-05-12T16:09:40Z

After morning cuddles with my Isabella, I went to San Francisco City Hall this morning to join the Healing Circle to connect with moms who have lost children to gun violence.

Read more: John F. Kennedy, Gun Violence, Newtown, Poverty, Mothers Day 2013, Mother's Day, Healing Circle, Nancy Pelosi, Violence, Interfaith, Moms, Guns, Politics News

Rabbi Marc Schneier: Shavuot And The Chosen

2013-05-10T11:01:34Z

Shavuot, holiday commemorates revelation at Sinai when the Jews were chosen by God to receive the Ten Commandments, will commence Tuesday evening. This idea, that the Jews are the chosen people, is one of the most misunderstood concepts in history.

Read more: Interfaith, Christianity, Islam, Monotheism, Shavuot, Judaism, Ethical Monotheism, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Religion News

Karen Berg: Peace Through People: From Bethlehem And Around The World

2013-05-09T16:58:36Z

If we can feel those around us and extend love instead of judgment, we can create unity among peoples, and our words and actions will reverberate around the world.

Read more: Karen Berg, Church of the Nativity, Jerusalem, Palestine, Kabbalah, Middle East Peace, Bethlehem, Middle East, Middle East Peace Process, Interfaith, Hebron, Israel, Interfaith Dialogue, Spirituality, Peace Thru People, Kabbalah Centre, Peace, Mysticism, Judaism, Religion News

Kyle Anderson: Pat Robertson Misses The Part About Loving His Neighbors (Again)

2013-05-08T17:38:36Z

While it is easy to dismiss Pat for just being Pat, the reality is that he has a microphone through his television show, which many people hear and take seriously. Voices like his need to be called out for adding nothing but hateful rhetoric and divisiveness into conversations about religion.

Read more: Islamophobia, Boston Marathon Bombing, Muslims, Interfaith Understanding, Religious Discrimination, Interfaith Youth Core, Pat Robertson, Religion in America, Christianity, Religion News

Dalai Lama: 'Killing People In The Name Of Religion Is Unthinkable'

2013-05-07T15:04:29Z

By Ian Simpson COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 7 (Reuters) - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday decried Buddhist monks'...

Read more: Buddhism Attacks in Myamar, Islam, Dalai-Lama, Dalai Lama Religious Violence, Dalai Lama Buddhist Attacks, Dalai Lama Myanmar, Reuters, Dalai Lama Decries, Interfaith, Dalai Lama Buddhist Monks, Dalai Lama Interfaith, Buddhism, Dalai Lama Muslims, Dalai Lamas View of the Killing of Muslim by Monks, Peace, Religion News

Brandon G. Withrow: Do The Beliefs Of Others Infuriate You?

2013-05-07T12:50:38Z

While I try to keep an understanding voice, there are beliefs, ideas and individuals that can push my buttons -- and I have plenty of buttons. The boundary between being open to others and being justly offended by the bad beliefs they hold is not always clearly demarcated.

Read more: Christianity Today, Islam, Bernard of Clairvaux, Chris Stedman, Gender and Religion, Christianity, Religious Tolerance, Interfaith, Inter-Religious Dialogue, Religion News

Rabbi David Wolpe: Is Richard Dawkins Really The World's Leading Intellectual?

2013-05-07T10:36:19Z

Dawkins on biology is an elegant, lucid and even enchanting explicator of science. Dawkins on religion is historically uninformed, outrageously partisan and morally obtuse. If Dawkins is indeed our best, the life of the mind is in a precarious state.

Read more: Religion and Science, Richard Dawkins, Atheism, Judaism, Scientific Research, Leading Intellectuals, New Atheism, Interfaith, Intellectualism, Religion News

Egypt Arts Festival To Put Spotlight On Donkeys As Symbol Of Interfaith Peace

2013-05-06T20:43:21Z

CAIRO -- They may best be known as beasts of burden, but the donkey will soon be the star of the week-long Caravan Festival of the Arts opening here F...

Read more: Interfaith, Video, Caravan Festival of the Arts Donkeys, Peace, Egypt, Caravan Festival of the Arts, Christian-Muslim Relations, Interfaith Peace, Religion News

Jalees Rehman, M.D.: The Folly Of Perpetual Victimhood

2013-05-06T18:03:54Z

As members of the Muslim community in the U.S., we have a deep responsibility to undertake an introspective analysis and explore why U.S. Muslims engage in forms of violence.

Read more: Boston, Islamophobia, Islam, Terrorism, American Muslims, Boston Marathon Bombing, Interfaith, Faith, Religion News

Nancy Fuchs Kreimer: A Rabbi's Perspective On 'A New New Testament'

2013-05-06T17:27:24Z

I took part in the February 2012 council that selected the 10 documents that ultimately made it into "A New New Testament." The texts we examined are far from perfect, just like the ones in the New Testament itself, or the Hebrew Bible for that matter.

Read more: Christianity, New Testament, The Bible, A New New Testament, Jewish-Christian Relations, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Interfaith, Judaism, Religion News

Rory McEntee: Interspiritual Revolution: How The Occupy Generation Is Re-Envisioning Spirituality And [New]Monasticism

2013-05-06T15:52:22Z

There can be little doubt that traditional religious frameworks are no longer speaking to new generations as they have in the past. This is why the Interspiritual Revolution is so important.

Read more: Occupy Faith, Spiritual but Not Religious, Religion and Politics, Religious Tolerance, Interspirituality, Religious Nones, Interfaith, Interspiritual Revolution, Occupy Spirituality, Religion News

Blake Page: The Rapture Came on Groundhog Day: News of Pentagon Meeting Prompts a New Threat of Armageddon

2013-05-06T14:59:13Z

Perhaps you've heard the rumor going around that the military is discriminating against Christians. Perhaps you think there are new regulations, or new policies, or someone being court marshaled for their beliefs.

Read more: Pentagon, Christianity, Interfaith Dialogue, Mrff, Secularism, Pentagon Anti-Christian Reports, Military Christianity, Military Christians, Military Christian Persecution, Politics News

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush: Face To Faith: Three Crucial Testimonies Of Friendship Across Religious Divides

2013-05-06T11:08:11Z

Recently the Tony Blair Foundation ran an essay contest in which the young people were asked to write about their "Friend of a different faith or belief," what resulted were extraordinary essays from around the world.

Read more: Mickey Roundtree, Jesus Guillermo Vargas, Interfaith, Aditi Muradia, Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Friend of a Different Faith, Face to Faith, Religion News

Arzu Kaya Uranli: Humanity Needs a Touch of Magical Interfaith Dialogue

2013-05-06T10:42:46Z

I'm not sure how many times I have been asked how I felt knowing that "Islam" was behind the bombing as far as many were concerned, since the bombers were Muslim.

Read more: Fethullah Gülen, Dialogue, Islam, New America Foundation, Tsarnaen Brothers, Islamophobia, Muslims, Self-Radicalization, Boston Marathon Bombing, Interfaith, 9/11, Domestic Terrorism, Religion News

Jesus Guillermo Vargas: Face to Faith: How I Learned To Give Love And Never Lose Faith

2013-05-06T07:59:12Z

Tito's friendship showed me to give my love to everyone who deserves it before it's too late. I never had the chance to tell him just what a great human being he was.

Read more: Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Proposition 8, Face to Faith, Interfaith, Suicide, Teen Suicide, Teen Spirituality, Interfaith Dialogue, Faith, Religious Tolerance, Religion News

Aditi Muradia: Face To Faith: The Muslim Next Door

2013-05-06T07:59:39Z

I thank God for giving me such a good friend through whom I learned that every religion teaches us to be good humans.

Read more: Interfaith, Islam, Hinduism, Religious Tolerance, Religion News

Mickey Roundtree: Face To Faith: Befriending An Atheist In Mormon Country

2013-05-06T07:59:26Z

As a girl who grew up in the LDS Church, having friends who are part of religions that contradict my own is really uncommon.

Read more: Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Atheism, Face to Faith, Interfaith, Teen Spirituality, Inter-Religious Dialogue, Mormons, Mormonism, Lds Church, Interfaith Dialogue, Religious Tolerance, Religion News

Nelly van Doorn-Harder: Easter Greetings In Egypt: 'May You Be Well Every Year'

2013-05-04T18:05:02Z

So, what exactly do Egyptians say for Easter greetings? Christians tell each other "`Ied Qiyama Magid," "Happy Feast of the Resurrection." But all Egyptians can wish each other: "Kulle sanna wa enta tayyeb." May you be well every year!

Read more: Egypt Religious Harmony, Easter, Egypt Easter Fatwa, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt, Easter Egypt, Coptic Christians, Interfaith, Easter in Egypt, Easter Greetings in Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, Religion News