Interfaith Month February: Activities to promote understanding of 'many faiths, one family'

TEDxRainier - Interfaith Amigos: Pastor Don Mackenzie, Rabbi Ted Falcon and Imam Jamal Rahma.



In the News:

World Interfaith Harmony Week (GTA)

The Toronto Steering Committee to promote and facilitate World Interfaith Harmony Week in the Greater Toronto Area is pleased to announce its theme for Interfaith Harmony Week 2013. “Finding Ways To Work Together” Event 1 - February 1 2013: “Celebrating Interfaith Culture”; Event 2 - February 7 2013: “Looking For Ways To Work Together” further details: Website

This year’s Interfaith Month calendar of events officially begins on Friday, Feb. 1, deseretnews.com --A diverse group of believers is sponsoring Utah's annual Interfaith Month, which will fill the February calendar — and part of March — with events that celebrate the theme “Many Faiths — One Family.”

“Consequences of NOT Studying Religion’s Role in Global Affairs.” by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, W&M to host one-day interfaith conference, College of William & Mary -- “The goal is to go beyond mere tolerance to active cooperation on shared values.”

OCCJ Interfaith Trialogue set for next month -- The 2013 Interfaith Trialogue Series will explore the future of interfaith dialogue on Feb. 3, 10 and 17. Sister Jane Comerford, joins the Rev. Dr. Bill Crowell and Priscilla Galstaun-Khader recently at Boston Avenue Methodist Church. MATT BARNARD / Tulsa World

Let's make a deal: Neighbors swap chores, skills, services, The Columbus Dispatch

Interfaith Month 2013 - Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable

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Sacred Spaces: Readings

Books that inspired in 2012

They say books are out. Ebooks are all in. But, the story is other wise.
Ethan Vesely-Flad's blog has a post on 12 books that inspired me in 2012.
From Ethan's list I like Sacred Ground by Eboo Patel.

Book Description:
In the decade following the attacks of 9/11, suspicion and animosity toward American Muslims has increased rather than subsided. Alarmist, hateful rhetoric once relegated to the fringes of political discourse has now become frighteningly mainstream, with pundits and politicians routinely invoking the specter of Islam as a menacing, deeply anti-American force. In Sacred Ground, author and renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel says this prejudice is not just a problem for Muslims but a challenge to the very idea of America. Patel shows us that Americans from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. have been “interfaith leaders,” illustrating how the forces of pluralism in America have time and again defeated the forces of prejudice. And now a new generation needs to rise up and confront the anti-Muslim prejudice of our era. To this end, Patel offers a primer in the art and science of interfaith work, bringing to life the growing body of research on how faith can be a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division and sharing stories from the frontlines of interfaith activism. Patel asks us to share in his vision of a better America—a robustly pluralistic country in which our commonalities are more important than our differences, and in which difference enriches, rather than threatens, our religious traditions. Pluralism, Patel boldly argues, is at the heart of the American project, and this visionary book will inspire Americans of all faiths to make this country a place where diverse traditions can thrive side by side.

What do others say about this book:
“Interfaith cooperation is one of America’s founding ideals. It still sets us apart from much of the world. Eboo Patel has lived that value and, in this book, spreads that good word. Uplifting and invaluable, Sacred Ground is essential reading for our polarized era.” —Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and Benjamin Franklin