The Interfaith Movement: The Words, The Truths, and the Ways

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2013
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Haverford College. Department of Religion
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In this thesis I analyze the languages used by individuals active within the Interfaith Movement in order to gain an understanding of "Interfaith" as a concept in action. I investigate how language both facilitates and limits interfaith action. I begin with an overview of how interfaith has changed the current religious landscape. I investigate which institutions and persons have been seminal within this movement. I follow by addressing how people within interfaith approach talking about interfaith. This includes the major voices, such as, Diana Eck, Hans Kϋng, Leonard Swidler, and Karen Armstrong. These scholars all develop and use an interfaith language to define and to think about interfaith. These scholars use language I deconstruct and analyze in order to better interpret the language of interfaith individuals who participate in the movement. This information is drawn from interviews I have conducted with members of major interfaith institutions. The project will focus on speculation of what is happening in the interfaith movement in terms of the facilitation of interfaith action and dialogue according to these individuals. What are their understandings and motivations? Finally, I will synthesize my research to come up with a working conception of "interfaith" as a branded but fluid concept. Interfaith can best be appreciated as an attitude of open-mindedness that fosters a larger engagement within a community.
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