interfaith cooperation
At Christmas, Christians and Muslims take time to talk about loving Jesus, and each other
By Omar Suleiman — December 27, 2019
(RNS) — If our two faiths could start from a place of understanding that the two largest faiths in the world share a love for Jesus, maybe we could learn to love one another a little bit more.
Why these New York Sikhs are fundraising for a mosque in India
By Aysha Khan — November 25, 2019
(RNS) – A Sikh-majority village in the Indian side of Punjab has some 300 Muslims, but no mosques. This Sikh family in New York City wants to change that.
How India’s youth are taking to a path shown by a 15th century mystic
By Kalpana Jain — November 13, 2019
VARANASI, India (RNS) — As Indian millennials chart their own spiritual paths they are leading a revival of the teachings of a mystic who wrote couplets on the nature of the divine and criticized any form of orthodoxy.
With interfaith exhibit, Boston’s Abrahamic faith groups revisit their shared roots
By Aysha Khan — November 11, 2019
BOSTON (RNS) — The Episcopal Cathedral is hosting a new interfaith art exhibit that explores the life of Abraham — and launching an accompanying book study focused on Sarah and Hagar.
Interfaith group pledges to use religion’s influence to address climate change, poverty
By Eric J. Lyman — August 26, 2019
LINDAU, Germany (RNS) — Azza Karam, the newly elected leader of the interfaith group Religions for Peace, urged delegates to the group's recent World Assembly to harness the power of religion to address climate, nuclear arms and income inequality.
Outgoing Religions for Peace leader reflects on decades of interfaith cooperation
By Eric J. Lyman — August 23, 2019
LINDAU, Germany (RNS) — Retiring interfaith leader William Vendley says faith leaders must focus on the common good — as well as the interests of their own communities — in order to help address issues like climate change, peace and terrorism.
International interfaith gathering: ‘We must work together or we will all fail’
By Eric J. Lyman — August 21, 2019
LINDAU, Germany (RNS) — Interfaith leaders meeting in Germany this week will discuss how they can help address issues like climate change, terrorism, women’s rights, warfare, poverty, sexual violence and migration.
Fighting hate with a holy, and blessedly ordinary, partnership of Christians and Jews
By Daniel Greyber and Katie Crowe — May 31, 2019
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Sharing a sanctuary, a church and a synagogue wrote a narrative that refused to let our current divisions have the final word.
Entrepreneur markets interfaith meats to combat surge in religious hate crimes
By Jonathan Harounoff — May 16, 2019
NEW YORK (RNS) — An Iranian-American interfaith activist and businessman is looking to unite the Muslim and Jewish communities by producing meats that satisfy both faiths' dietary laws.
Making ourselves a ‘pontifex’ in the mode of Pope Francis
By Bob Roberts — March 21, 2019
(RNS) — After meeting with the pope, an evangelical pastor dedicated to multifaith understanding reflected on their shared lessons about peacemaking.
After Christchurch shooting, Jewish communities share in trauma and healing
By Aysha Khan — March 18, 2019
(RNS) — Subjected to similar attacks at houses of worship, Jewish and Muslim communities around the world have been brought together in offering mutual support.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank: contemporaries with a common legacy
By Nancy Churnin — January 17, 2019
(RNS) — Two great souls who never lost their faith in love and humanity help us to understand the meaning of each of their lives.
An interfaith group finds willing partners to restore a shared watershed
By Yonat Shimron — December 18, 2018
(RNS) — Since its start in 2013, the group has gotten religious congregations to form green teams and to work on restoration projects that have included ripping up pavement, installing water gardens and planting trees.
This week’s parliament of religions is more than a big ‘pat on the back’ for faith
By John Longhurst — November 1, 2018
TORONTO (RNS) — The gathering of some 8,000 people from 80 countries will focus on ways religion 'has been used to support genocide, wars, persecution and injustice,' says one organizer.
‘Connecting the dots’ between faith and climate change
By Paul O'Donnell — September 13, 2018
(RNS) — The Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco is a chance to raise the profile of the small and large ways California’s faith communities are fighting for the environment.
