The title for this new interfaith series is from Krister Stendahl, dean of Harvard Divinity School and Bishop of Stockholm in the Lutheran state Church of Sweden. He is best known now for his “three rules of religious understanding” — especially the third rule, “Leave room for ‘holy envy,’” which supplied the title of his best-selling book in 2019.
- When you are trying to understand another religion, you should ask the adherents of that religion and not its enemies.
- Don’t compare your best to their worst.
- Leave room for “holy envy.” (By this Stendahl meant that you should be willing to recognize elements in the other religious tradition or faith that you admire and wish could, in some way, be reflected in your own religious tradition or faith.)
We hope that as we discover other faiths in our interfaith literacy series starting this fall we will experience holy envy. Join us!
Held fourth Tuesday of each month at 3:30 pm on Zoom.
- Sept. 22nd Indigenous
- Oct. 27th Bahá’í
- Nov. 24th Mennonite (Christian)
- Jan. TBA Scriptural Reasoning at U of C Faith and Spirituality Centre
- Feb 23rd Judaism
- March 23rd Universal Unitarian
- April 27th 7th Day Adventist (Christian)
- May 25th Intercultural Dialogue Institute (Muslim)
30 minute presentation followed by questions.
Please register by sending an email to [email protected]