Compassion and World Religions

This week, on May 24, The New York Times published an opinion piece by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, entitled “Many Faiths, One Truth.”

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Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Tikkun Olam

As an interfaith initiative, Social Action Ministries recognizes that people come to the work of ending homelessness with a variety of ways of understanding the relationship between faith and social action. This week we will look at a Jewish concept that has made its way beyond solely Jewish circles: the concept of tikkun olam.




Rabbi Jill Jacobs speaks about tikkun olam (posted by JInsider)


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Religious Perspectives in the Public Sphere

In our reflection last week, we ended with two questions that centered on a basic theme: the relationship between prayerful trust in God and interfaith social action efforts.

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“Pray Hard and Work Hard”: Dr. Ron Sider’s Call to Action

Last week, we turned to the insights of Dr. Ruy Costa of Episcopal City Mission in order to consider the relationship between scripture and social change. Today we turn to an article from someone who also finds a call to justice in the Christian scriptures: Dr. Ronald J. Sider.

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