Source: The Kansas City Star
http://www.kansascity.com/255/story/90247.html
A faith you read about may seem very different from encountering it in those who faithfully practice it. In even the best text, some things remain opaque, but an interfaith friendship may reveal them.
Book-learning is one thing. Real life may be another.
A faith you read about may seem very different from encountering it in those who faithfully practice it. In even the best text, some things remain opaque, but an interfaith friendship may reveal them.
For most of my career, I've combined parish or community work with adjunct teaching. I think this mix has helped keep my teaching real and my ministry challenged by the ferment of ideas in the academy.
So when Kansas City was selected as the first site to train religious practitioners and religion students for working in our religiously plural nation, the learning strategy of combining guest scholars with local faith leaders at their sites made perfect sense to me.
Four groups — Harvard University's Pluralism Project, Religions for Peace at the United Nations Plaza, our own St. Paul School of Theology and our local Interfaith Council — will work together to conduct "interfaith academies" June 13-27 at various sites around Greater Kansas City.