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Tanenbaum believes in a safe world “in which religious differences are respected and daily life reflects the highest values of our shared religious and ethical traditions.” Tanenbaum designs trainings and educational materials that aim to lead to a greater understanding and respect between people of different religious backgrounds. [5]
Marc H. Tanenbaum (1925–1992) was a human rights and social justice activist and rabbi. He was known for building bridges with other faith communities to advance mutual understanding and co-operation and to eliminate entrenched stereotypes, particularly ones rooted in religious teachings.
Interreligious studies, sometimes called interfaith studies, is an interdisciplinary academic field that researches and teaches about interfaith dialogue and encounters between religions. The field emerged in the 1980s and 1990s as a result of the collective efforts of theologians and interfaith practitioners, including scholars, during a ...
Religious studies is the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions.It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives.
Grewal, Inderpal and Caren Kaplan, An Introduction to Women's Studies: Gender in a Transnational World, 2006, ISBN 0-07-109380-X OCLC 47161269; Griffin, Gabriele (2005). Doing Women's Studies: Employment Opportunities, Personal Impacts and Social Consequences. London, England: Zed Books in association with the University of Hull and the ...
Reza Aslan (Persian: رضا اصلان, IPA: [ˈɾezɒː æsˈlɒːn]; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American scholar of sociology, [1] writer, and television host. A convert to evangelical Christianity from Shia Islam as a youth, Aslan eventually reverted to Islam but continued to write about Christianity.
Women are slowly being recognized as theological scholars. George Gallup Jr. wrote in 2002 that studies show women have more religiosity than men. Gallup goes on to say that women hold on to their faith more heartily, work harder for the church, and in general practice with more consistency than men. [1]
The religious studies scholar Walter Capps described the purpose of the discipline as to provide "training and practice ... in directing and conducting inquiry regarding the subject of religion". [2] At the same time, Capps stated that its other purpose was to use "prescribed modes and techniques of inquiry to make the subject of religion ...