Why The ‘Interfaith Movement’ Must Rebrand

Why The ‘Interfaith Movement’ Must Rebrand

Rev. Bud Heckman Executive Director of Religions for Peace USA We’ve Got A Brand Problem If I ask you what the human rights, civil rights or environmental movements are about, you likely can give a semi-   coherent description that sounds something like what...
Why The ‘Interfaith Movement’ Must Rebrand

What Happens When Governments Foster Interfaith Action?

 Rev. Donald Heckman The Potential Impact of the New Saudi-Sponsored Interfaith Center in Vienna The question is no longer, “Should governments foster interreligious action?” but instead, “How should they do it?” And  then, “What happens...
What they are not talking about at Camp David’s G8 meeting

What they are not talking about at Camp David’s G8 meeting

(World leaders pose for a group photo at the G8 summit in Deauville May 27, 2011. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer) By Aaron Stauffer and Rev Bud Heckman, May 17, 2012 Vladimir Putin is sitting out this year’s G8.  Why is it easy to skip all of a sudden?  Is the sizzle gone...
Finding and defining the religious pluralism within

Finding and defining the religious pluralism within

By Matthew Weiner and Rev. Bud Heckman, May 4, 2009 Mary Rosenblatt grew up Jewish, she married a Catholic and her children are “exposed to both faiths.” In her adult life, she has become particularly drawn to meditation as practiced by a local Buddhist circle. If she...
Why The ‘Interfaith Movement’ Must Rebrand

What the Emerging Interfaith Voices Tell Us

Rev. Bud Heckman The Next Great Thing(s) in Interfaith What do TIO’s March and April “Emerging Interfaith Voices” series tell us about the interfaith culture emerging globally? Collectively they witness an appreciation for, among other things, the: unique and...