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What Does It Mean to Be by Kathryn Mary Lohre Imagine that you are representing Presbyterian Women at an interfaith women’s gathering. Seated next to you is a Muslim woman on one side, a Hindu woman on the other. A Jain woman, a Sikh woman and a Buddhist woman all turn to give you their attention. It is your turn to introduce yourself. What does it mean to be a Presbyterian woman? How would you engage with these other women of faith? Questions like these press us to define who we are and what we believe. In conversation with people of other faiths, we can actually strengthen our own beliefs as we bear witness to those beliefs. Women just like you have sat with their Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist counterparts to learn from and with each other, to share strategies, and to simply discover common ground. Since 2001, the Pluralism Project at Harvard University has hosted five interfaith women’s consultations, each with a different objective. Through this interfaith initiative, women of different faiths have formed a new kind of women’s network in the United States.
What is pluralism? What is the Pluralism Project? What role can Presbyterian women play in dialogues and networks? Find out by reading the full text of this article! Call 800/524-2612 |
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