Interfaith Dialogue & Youth Ministry

In this blog post, originally published on the blog of the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), Rachael McNeal, a Masters in Divinity candidate at Princeton Theological Seminary, reflects on the question: “What is it about Jesus that makes you want to do interfaith work?”

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A Call for Guest Bloggers!

Last week, we began a conversation about how the language we use can help create—or at times hinder—social action efforts that are welcoming to people of all faiths and no faith at all.

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Evangelism and Evangelicals: An Impasse for Interfaith Social Action?

In this week's guest post, Sara Staley, a Master of Theological Studies student at Boston University, reflects on challenges and opportunities for evangelical Christian involvement in interfaith social action.  

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A Call to Action: Interfaith Support for Housing First for Families

On Wednesday, March 2, faith community representatives, service providers and advocates gathered at University Lutheran Church in Cambridge for A Call to Action: Interfaith Support for Housing First for Families.

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For People of All Religions...and No Religion?

Interfaith work for social action often brings our communities of faith and spiritual practice into partnerships with unfamiliar groups.

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Looking Back on 2010

Last week, faith community leaders, advocates, service providers and public officials gathered in Boston for the 21st Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Homeless People, hosted by Church on the Hill. During the interfaith service, which included prayers, reflection and music, the names of people who have died homeless in Massachusetts during the last year were read.

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Boston Faith Communities, Service Providers, Advocates and City Officials Gather for Leading the Way: Ending Homelessness in Boston

This week, people of faith from across Boston gathered with service providers, advocates and City of Boston officials for Leading the Way: Ending Homelessness in Boston, held at Temple Israel.

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Only One Week Away: RSVP Now for Leading the Way!

Will you join us as part of a growing interfaith movement in Massachusetts committed to creating a society in which no one is without a home?

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Leading the Way: Speakers Announced!

Don't miss your chance to register for Leading the Way: Ending Homelessness in Boston, a free half-day retreat hosted by Social Action Ministries and the Boston Regional Network, with the support of Episcopal City Mission, One Family Inc. and The Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation.

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October 5th: Save the Date! Leading the Way: Ending Homelessness in Boston

Leading the Way: Ending Homelessness in Boston

Social Action Ministries and the Boston Regional Network to End Homelessness invite you to join religious and lay leaders from across Boston and across faiths for a free half-day retreat as we commit to work together to end homelessness.

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Finding Common Ground

In past posts, we have considered the question of the extent to which religious differences can or should affect interfaith social action efforts.

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Faith in the Public Sphere: Continuing the Conversation

Our May 13th post posed questions about the role of religious perspectives in the public sphere, identifying two models for interfaith social action efforts—either focusing only on common ground or inviting diverse religious perspectives to inform that common ground publically. This week, we’ll continue that conversation about the role of religion in the public sphere.

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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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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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