April 15, 2012
Shabbat is welcomed at Beit T’Shuvah, a halfway hourse for the treatment of alcohol, drug, sex, and gambling addictions, with the breaking of the traditional challah bread. Read the story in the review of Rich Nahmias’ Golden States of Grace.
EDITORIAL
Hearing the Emerging Voices, Including Your Own by Paul Chaffee
THE NEXT GREAT THING(S) IN INTERFAITH
What the Emerging Interfaith Voices Tell Us by Bud Heckman
Interfaith Community Called to Account on Climate – Saying No to Trafficking – Dying for the Cause – Religious Freedom Monitored Globally – Interfaith Reconciliation Efforts in Sri Lanka – Love Letters for the Middle East – Muslims Broach the Tough Issues – Waking Up About Water – Tourism for the Common Good – Michigan High Schoolers Receive Interfaith Funding – Spiritual Perspectives on Animal Care – Coptic Christians in Mourning
A GIANT IN OUR MIDST
Remembering John Hick (1922-2012) by David Cramer
REPORT FROM HARIDWAR, INDIA
Global Gathering of Indigenous and Pagan Elders by Rachael Watcher
Emerging Interfaith Voices
UNIFIED SPIRITUAL ACTION REQUIRED
Protecting the Sacred in a Shattered World by Phil Lane Jr.
BIRTH OF AN INTERFAITH SEMINARIAN SOCIETY
Finding Your Voice in an Interfaith World by Joshua Stanton
TEACHING LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Making Interfaith Cooperation a Social Norm by Dan Pawlus
REDEFINING RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP
Interfaith Women Exploring New Ways to Lead by Kay Lindahl
WOMEN'S VOICES BEING HEARD AT THE UNITED NATIONS
Women & Spirituality at the UN Commission on the Status of Women by Kathe Schaaf
RAVELUNRAVEL LAUNCHES MAY 17
Exploring Religious Identity in Omaha and Beyond by Beth Katz
GIVING VOICE TO THE SILENCED
A Review of Golden States of Grace by Paul Chaffee
NEW VOICES, NEW LEADERS
A Review of My Neighbor’s Faith by Paul Chaffee
GROWING UP SIKH IN AMERICA
Double-Edged Daggers by Valarie Kaur (excerpted from My Neighbor’s Faith)
TO LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY, RESPECT ALL, AND SERVE ALL
How a Samoan Mormon Became a Global Interfaith Activist by TIO Correspondent Ruth Broyde Sharone
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