TOPIC

Interreligious Dialogue
Worldwide efforts to advance understanding across traditions

SUBTOPICS

A Global Ethic
Fundamental principles for all people

Common Word
Muslim-Christian dialogue for peace and interfaith understanding

Courtyard of the Gentiles
The Catholic Church in dialogue

G8 Religious Leaders Summits
Faith leaders engaged in global advocacy

Interfaith Dialogue on Campus
Interreligious initiatives across colleges and universities

International Prayer for Peace
Religious leaders promoting peace and dialogue

Interreligious Dialogue at Georgetown
Campus groups engaged across traditions

New Social Media
New technologies advancing dialogue across faiths and cultures

Parliament of the World's Religions
A global interfaith gathering

AT THE CENTER

Faith in Action: A Roundtable on Interfaith Service (Full Screen)

EVENTS (17)

Sourcebook Seminar on the Historical Origins of Religious Freedom
April 28, 2011

Religious Freedom and National Security Policy
October 28, 2010

Inaugural Symposium: Christianity and Freedom: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
December 14, 2012

PUBLICATIONS (17)

Prioritizing International Religious Freedom in US Foreign Policy
June 3, 2011

"Diplomacy in an Age of Faith: Religious Freedom and National Security"
March 1, 2008

Political Demography: How Population Changes are Reshaping International Security and National Politics
May 31, 2012

INTERVIEWS (63)

A Discussion with Senhora Muhai on the Role of Conflict Resolution Organizations, such as OREC, in Mozambican Development
May 27, 2009

A Discussion with Bishop Singulane on the Role of CCM in the Ending of the Mozambican Civil War
May 26, 2009

A Discussion with Student Leaders, OCER Campion Jesuit College, Gulu, Uganda
June 29, 2012

LETTERS (11)

Deven Comen on Development in India
October 5, 2010

Mariel Reed on the Search for Religion in China
October 10, 2008

Charlotte Drew on Religion and Politics in South Africa
October 1, 2006

POSTS (6)

Meetings Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development; Geneva, Switzerland, and in Cairo, Egypt: Back to Office Report
December 17, 2006

Climate change meeting with religious and civic leaders from Morocco
June 25, 2008

The Christian Right and the IRS
September 21, 2008

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QUOTES

Akbar Ahmed on the Importance of Interreligious Dialogue

May 3, 2010

Interreligious and intercultural dialogue is not only urgent but critical to the survival of the human species. In our...

Sam Simon on the Importance of Offline Engagement

March 3, 2010

It is harder to hate someone if you have met them face to face.

Dahlia Mogahed on the Difference between Online and Offline Behavior

February 26, 2010

There is definitely a gap between the intense prejudice that is voiced on the Internet and how people deal with each other...

Josh Stanton on the Importance of New Social Media in Interreligious Dialogue

February 5, 2010

Every social movement has had a place where people publishThe American Revolution had Ben Franklin and his pamphlets, Martin...

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield on the Internet and Accessibility

February 2, 2010

On one hand, online communities are real and can create more barriers and more walls; on the other hand, the Internet has...

Daniel Tutt on the Limitations of New Social Media for Interreligious Dialogue

February 2, 2010

A goal of those participating in interreligious and intercultural dialogue has been to use new social media to connect...

Daniel Tutt on More Limitations of New Social Media for Interreligious Dialogue

February 2, 2010

In some cases there are grassroots movements that adapted well to new social media, or social media working in a natural way...

Daniel Tutt on the Effectiveness of Different Online Communication Tools

February 2, 2010

Twitter is a vehicle of one-way communication. In Twitter, dialogue is difficult to foster. Facebook is the same, but it can...

Rabbi Harold White on the Importance of Differences in Interreligious Dialogue

January 29, 2010

[The goal of interreligious dialogue is] not to just look for similarities, but to see the differences and be able to...

Rabbi Harold White on the Limitations of Online Dialogue

January 29, 2010

[With offline dialogue,] you are actually seeing the people. You are seeing their facial expressions; you are seeing their...

Beth Katz on New Social Media and Interfaith Organizations

January 27, 2010

For many interfaith organizations, new social media is used as a tool to follow-up from previous engagement in dialogue in...

Leo Brunnick on whether the Internet Promotes Tolerance

January 26, 2010

On balance [the Internet] will have the effect where the [vast majority of] people exposed to that information will become...

Leo Brunnick on the Influence of the Internet on Interreligious Dialogue

January 26, 2010

[Overall, online religious information] allow people to come to the [interreligious] conversation with a lot more [ease],...

Leo Brunnick on Building Tolerance through Common Ground

January 26, 2010

[It is important to] engage people where they are [...] because they do not learn about other religions through intent, but...

New Social Media

New technologies advancing dialogue across faiths and cultures

New social media plays an increasingly important role in the promotion of intercultural and interreligious dialogue. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube provide innovative ways for users to exchange views and build understanding over time. Over the course of the 2009-10 academic year, a Berkley Center Undergraduate Fellows project addressed this changing social media landscape. Their report, entitled "Bridging Babel: New Social Media and Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue" included a survey of best practices, excerpts from interviews, and recommendations for taking advantage of new social media to promote greater understanding between religions and cultures. This site highlights other organizations and publications in this area as well as a news feed and interviews featured in the report.