Religion both unites and divides us in today’s multicultural and constantly changing society. The modern interfaith movement is said to have started at the 1893 Parliament of World Religions with religious groups meeting and getting to know each other, many for the first time. But recognizing the explosion of diversity students will encounter after graduation has prompted growing numbers of universities to add curricula requirements which provide interreligious awareness and interfaith leadership skills. Interfaith Leadership is a highly-interactive and experiential semester of community as well as self-exploration which recognizes the ways that religion and interreligious encounters are embedded in today’s cultural, political and economic systems, analyzes the intersections of religions and society in order to improve outcomes, and allows the student to develop a personal theology of interfaith cooperation. SORRY THIS COURSE IS FULL FOR SPRING 2021
C5161 (was M5705) Interfaith Leadership
Department of Ministry, Advocacy & Leadership
Instructor: Holli Emore, M.Div.
Course Dates: Jan 11-Apr 25 2021
Class Meetings: Sundays, 5:00 PM ET
Required Reading:
Patel, E. Interfaith Leadership: A Primer. Beacon press, 2016.
Patel, E. Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America. Beacon Press, 2016.
Putnam, R.D. & Feldstein, L. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. Simon and Shuster, 2000.
