Exploring Interreligious Relations &
Interfaith Culture
EDITORIAL
Discovering Asia in America’s Spiritual DNA by Paul Chaffee
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
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NEW LEADERSHIP AT UNITED RELIGIONS INITIATIVE
Victor Kazanjian to Become URI’s Second Executive Director by Paul Chaffee
THE EMERGENCE OF GLOBAL RELIGION
How Robert Bellah (1927-2013) Changed the Study of Religion by Mark Juergensmeyer
REPORT: NAINCONNECT 2013 IN TORONTO
Taking ‘In Our Diversity is Our Strength’ Seriously by TIO Staff
Dharma in the West
A HEALING REVELATION
In Appreciation of the Bhagavad Gita by Jeffery D. Long
WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN?
Review: American Veda by Philip Goldberg by Paul Chaffee
HOW RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY BECAME A REALITY IN AMERICA
Asian Religions in the United States by Christopher Key Chapple
PARSING VEDANTA, YOGA, AND DHARMA
Coming to Terms with Essential Terms by TIO Staff
CHRISTIANITY AND NONDUALITY
Dharma in the Christian West by Robert A. Jonas
FINDING COMMON GROUND
“How Does Hinduism and Buddhism Influence Me as a Rabbi?” by Rami Shapiro “Dharma” in Sanskrit – Calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas
MERTON, GRIFFITHS, AND TEASDALE
Pioneers in Hindu-Christian Interspirituality by Kurt Johnson, Robert Toth, and Adam Bucko
CAN YOU TRUST YOUR GURU?
Gurus, Seekers, and Being Accountable by Philip Goldberg
EARLY ADOPTERS OF EASTERN WISDOM
Western Transmitters of the Dharma by Philip Goldberg
A NEW KIND OF DHARMA LEADERSHIP
The Necessity of a Hindu American Chaplaincy by Rita D. Sherma
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Free to Download – On Common Ground: World Religions in America
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Creating Two New Special Editions of TIO
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