Curriculum
This lesson invites learners to consider stories, figures, and experiences from their own traditions that support their interfaith work.
This lesson invites learners to consider stories, figures, and experiences from their own traditions that support their interfaith work. We encourage learners to use these elements to develop their own ethic or theology of interfaith cooperation.
The third area of knowledge for interfaith leadership is what we call an ethic or theology of interfaith cooperation. This personal ethic, derived from the texts, figures, history, and art of one’s own tradition, is explained in detail in this video. We will also identify how this ethic or theology can and should be used by interfaith leaders in different contexts.
In this series of interviews, young professionals share their ethics and theologies of interfaith cooperation and reflect on how they use them in their own interfaith leadership.
Facilitating dialogue is one of the most important and difficult skills of interfaith leadership. This module introduces methods to successfully facilitate dialogue and move discussion into action.
Facilitating dialogue is one of the most important and difficult skills of bridgebuilding. This module introduces methods to successfully facilitate dialogue and move discussion into action.
When and how is it appropriate to address issues of radical difference even within shared values? What is the appropriate balance between acknowledging differences on the one hand and commonalities on the other?
This summative module reviews the concept and purpose of ethics and theologies of interfaith cooperation and reflects on how effective dialogue facilitation helps build relationships and grow interfaith cooperation.
What is your ethic of interfaith cooperation or bridgebuilding?