Word: interfaith
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...about the work's peculiarities, he had initiated in the school's cafeteria a monthly dinner discussion dedicated to making its way through the book a chapter at a time. Instead of the academics and rabbis who were his usual conversation partners, however, he stocked the group with an interfaith roster of fiction writers, hoping they might have insight into human character if not into Midrash. "If I could make the patriarchs sacred again," he says, "maybe I could make some sense of my own life...
...have sent out thousands of study guides on how to replicate the television discussion. In Kansas City, Missouri, Shepherd's Centers of America, serving older adults in 26 states, is scheduling discussion groups with a target population of 1 million. All told, Moyers will issue 130,000 guides, while interfaith groups encourage discussions of the show--and of the Bible...
...assembled at our center leaders from about 20 Christian denominations, plus groups of Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Bahais and other faiths. Despite our differences, there was one goal on which we could all agree: the prevention and alleviation of suffering. From this has grown the center's national Interfaith Health Program, within which many congregations now share ideas and experiences through regional meetings, periodicals and the Internet...
...festival, which the flyer suggested would bring "a feeling of community to the House," has instead been a source of contention in the House since an anonymous message, door-dropped to Dunster rooms Friday evening, protested the association of the Chinese harvest festival with the interfaith Dunster event...
...some respects Clinton's message is a little late. Over the past two decades, a number of activist groups, such as the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and the Council on Economic Priorities, and consumers themselves have persuaded corporations to behave as if they lived in the community. Says Milton Moskowitz, a longtime tracker of corporate behavior and co-author of 100 Best Places to Work in America: "There are a lot more 'good' companies. Originally, way back, corporate responsibility had to do with an external commitment to the community and philanthropic contributions. Now it's even broader." Says Craig...