Religious+Pluralism

The purpose of this project is to confront religious and ethnic prejudices in America and explore ways to build interfaith solidarity. The United States is one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world and yet we tend to be very ignorant when it comes to knowing and understanding other religious traditions. Widespread misunderstanding and distortion result in violence at local and global levels, while acceptance of different religions leads to peace and growth. Focusing on the increase in hostility and anger toward the Islamic community, students will be trained to facilitate and initiate inter faith dialogues. This project has two goals: 1) to expose and educate students about the variety of religious traditions and to increase our religious and cultural literacy of different traditions; 2) To actively confront distortions, misperceptions and stereotypes that many Americans have about other religions, particularly Islam. You do not have to be a religious person to take this Community Connection group nor do you have to be particularly knowledgeable about religious traditions. We will meet different leaders of a variety or traditions such as pastors, priests, rabbis and imams. We will work with two organizations: the Interfaith Youth Core ( [] ) will help train us in interfaith dialogues and we will also connect with an Islamic Religious School to do a joint project.
 * //Confronting Religious and Ethnic Prejudice (Religious Pluralism) //**