Collective Impact and Islamophobia
Restoring Bear Lodge’s Sacred Name
Let’s Get this Party Started!
Humans may be hard-wired for collaboration. Of all the great apes, humans are the only ones who regularly collaborate in food-seeking situations. In fact, developmental research suggests that this evolutionary approach to resource gathering may underlie our tendency to share resources more equitably amongst ourselves. Even three-year-old children will share toy rewards if they are received through collaborative efforts (Nature, 2011). Despite that, interfaith collaborations that involve children are still in their infancy stage. Like the 10-month-old tentatively taking those first steps without holding on to anyone’s fingers, those of us doing interfaith work with kids are still feeling our way.
Saying Yes to a New Kind of Collaboration
A Higher Collaborative Imperative
Transforming the Religious Impulse Gone Bad
Review: Spiritual Guidance across Religions
A Child Vows Silence for the Climate's Sake
From Collaboration to Co-Creation
Duane Elgin – Profile of a Visionary
Len Swidler– the Quest for a Deeper Dialogue
Religion Inside Out: The Story of One Person Collaborating
Youth Interfaith Activists
Mapping Social Services and Identifying Collaborators
Building Jewish-Muslim Friendship One Woman at a Time
Interfaith Collaboration – Walking the Talk
Colaboration, Cooperation, Coopetition
Required Reading for Interspirituality 101
When Swami Vivekananda spoke to the opening plenary of the first World’s Parliament of Religions on September 11, 1893, he quoted lines from an ancient Hindu spiritual hymn:
As the different streams having there sources in different places all mingle their water in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to thee.
Jainism – “Jain Teachings at an Interfaith Center”
With a vast diversity of member communities, Religions for Peace USA has a wealth of knowledge and experience to share about working for peace. These communities meditate, pray, advocate for justice, and work for a better world in many ways. Sometimes, simply hearing these stories can be inspiring for our own work. In this month’s issue, we profile a Jain community in Michigan, as Nirmala Hanke, M.D. leads us through some of the core tenets of Jainism and its applicability to our world today.

