ACW

About “ACW (A Common Word)”

Today’s world is complicated, multifaceted and often, we can find fault with just about anything that anyone does or says.  That is free will, my friends.  So how do we deal with the fallout that can so often spread like wildfire from simple statements made without thought of consequence?

One such commented, made by a Pope, started an historic dialogue between Christians and Muslims that will have a wide-reaching impact on the future relations between these two Abrahamic faiths.  I encourage you to look into “A Common Word Between Us and You” and see what you think.

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10 July 2007 – “In response to the Vatican’s statement about the doctrine of the church, including implications about the status of Protestant churches., Dr. Setri Nyomi, a Princeton Seminary alumnus and general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, has written a letter to Cardinal Caspar, president of the Pontifical Council of Christian Unity, about this statement. His letter can be read at http://warc.jalb.de/warcajsp/side.jsp?news_id=1209&part_id=0&navi=6 ” – PTS Communication

13 November 2009 – Sitting in on a course entitled “Islam in America” led by Professor Richard Young, I was hoping today to hear a lecture by the Princeton University Professor who teaches Arabic.  However, his visit has been postponed a week.  Fortuitously, I was able to sit in on the lecture regarding A Common Word. Reference was made to another document that should be introduced herein.  Please see An Open Letter and Call from Muslim Religious Leaders to:…

Prof. Young points to two things needed to enter into dialogue with integrity:

1. Striving together for justice and peace;
2. Relearn how to learn from other religious communities

Having myself traveled to Kolkata, India with Professor Young, I fully appreciate his second point.  Within a book we read in preparation for that course, the chapter entitled “Theology at 120 degrees.”  Rather than being detached from others based upon their variant religious views, he suggests we detach ourselves from our own rewards/punishment systems in order to interact with those of other systems in order to allow knowledge to pass to and from each other.  To this, I would agree.

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21 Religious Versions of the “Golden Rule”

Dear reader, let me ask you a question. Why is talking to each other so important?