Comments on: Campus faith groups host religious awareness week

By: Lee Martin

Lee Martin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:20:16 +0000

This is wonderful to see. So many problems in this world derive from irrational religious hatred. Irrational religious hatred derives mainly from a lack of understanding.

I’m not saying that Rabinowitz and her band of disciples can save the world with a mere week of religious discussion, since other problems, such as climate change, do exist. And, well, WashU is not the Middle East.

But student activism has, historically, always preceded wider movements, and this pluralism week sets an example for the rest of the world to follow. Rabinowitz has, in this respect, created a new religion, that of tolerance and understanding. Perhaps ‘Tolerstanding’ would be a snappier name.

By: Sharon Kibbee

Sharon Kibbee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:59:40 +0000

I am looking forward to the weeks worth of events.Faith is a very important part of us. To understand diversity we must also understand the different faiths/religions to understand each other. Years ago, this was not the case because we were global. Since the dawn travel, phones and the internet; the world has emerged to be the global place we are today. Along with that has come the different cultures and the religions that make up these different cultures and countries. So it seems to follow that fath/religions become as big, if not a bigger part of our diverse world.

By: Jerome Bauer

Jerome Bauer — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:43:05 +0000

A few years ago, we in the WashU Cooperative Network were building support for an expanded network of cooperative houses, to foster ecumenical dialogue about religion and spirituality. The Muslim Students Association and Hillel were supporting a kosher/halal house, and we were also working on a Hindu/Christian house, tentatively named the “Sophia House.” Let’s revive this initiative.