Interfaith Encounters in America

Index

INDEX 227 accomodationism, 10, 52 Action Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, 60 African Americans, 10; and community interfaith councils, 94, 108–109, 1 17 African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 108 African Traditional Religion, 183 Air Force Academy, 205; Chapel, 4–5 airport chapels, 205–206 Albanese, Catherine, 209 Alliance for the Separation of School and State, 213n. 8 Ally, Shabir, 177 American Academy of Religion, 212n. 9 American Baptist Churches of Wisconsin , 105, 108, 120 American Jewish Committee, 74 American Jewish Congress, 74, 75 American Religious Identity Survey (ARIS), 6, 48, 126, 131, 134, 135, 213n. 6 Amida Buddha, 31 Amish, 131 Amnesty International Interfaith Network , 173 Anderson, Jim, 103 Anonymous Christians, 25 Answering Islam, 172, 174–178, 186, 187, 192, 195 Anti-Defamation League, 64, 68, 74 anti-Semitism, 64, 65, 68, 86 antiwar movement (1960s), 56 apologetics, 24, 195 Ariarajah, Wesley, 34–35 Ashcroft, John, 69 assimilation, 10, 12, 140 Ayalon, Daniel, 67 Azumah, John, 32 baby boomers, 8 Badawi, Jamal, 177 Baha’is, 85, 87, 88, 92, 94, 183–184, 213n. 6, 214n. 6 baptism, 149, 151, 159, 163 Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, 74 Baptists, Southern, and interfaith marriage , 130, 131 bar mitzvahs, 157, 160 Barna, George, 170 Barrows, John Henry, 17 Bauer, Gary, 66, 69 Beliefnet, 173, 174, 178–186, 194, 196, 203, 207, 214n. 8; participants, 180–183; statement of principles of, 179 Belief-o-matic quiz, 178 Bible: and interfaith marriage, 128, 130; in public schools, 45, 70–78, 79, 199 Bible and Its Influence, The, 72–78 Bible Literacy Project, 72–78, 79 birth ceremonies, 151 Bloom, Harold, 74 Brahman, nirguna, 29 Brasher, Brenda, 170 Braybrooke, Marcus, Pilgrimage of Hope: One Hundred Years of Global Interfaith Dialogue, 21 1n. 1 bris, 149 Brock, Rita, 54 Brown, Davis, 206 Buddhism: and conflicting truth claims, 24; diversity within, 32; and eclectic American spirituality, 8; views of interfaith marriage, 132–133, 135. See also Buddhists Buddhists, 46, 51,82, 92; on Beliefnet.com, 180, 184, 188; Catholics in dialogue with, 21–22, 44; on community interfaith councils, 85, 87, 90, 106, 1 16; and interfaith activism, 58, 59; in interfaith marriages, 151, 153, 214n. 6; as portion of U.S. population, 7 Bush, George W., 179 Caplan, Jeremy, 132 Carlson, Jeffrey, 42 Casanova, José, 47, 48 Catholic Church, Milwaukee Archdiocese , 105, 108, 1 12 Catholics, Roman, 4, 5, 6, 7; on Beliefnet .com, 180, 189; Buddhists in dialogue with, 21–22, 44; on community interfaith councils, 85, 87, 90, 94, 1 1 1, 121; and interfaith activism, 47, 58, 59, 79; in interfaith marriages, 130–131, 134–135, 137, 139; and public school Bible curriculum, 74, 75, 13; theology of religious difference, 37, 39; and women, 89 Celebration of Abraham, 100, 1 16 Center for Global Ethics, 172 character education, 71 Chico Area Interfaith Council, 91–103, 1 15, 1 17 Chico Islamic Center, 93, 94 Chico Peace and Justice Center, 94 children, interfaith, 147–155 chosenness: American, 49–52, 69; Jewish , 49 Christian Action for Israel, 66 Christian Coalition, 179 Christianity: diversity within, 32; dominance in interfaith dialogue, 16–18, 24, 203–204; views of interfaith marriage , 130–132, 135. See also specific denominations Christian Legal Society, 74 Christians: Eastern Orthodox, 87–88, 91, 181; Evangelical, see Evangelicals Christian Scientists, 6, 92, 94 Christian Uniqueness Reconsidered, 21 1–212n. 7 Christmas tree, 158, 163 christocentrism, 75 Church of England, 16 Church of God in Christ, 108, 100 church-state separation, 2, 10, 52, 53 civil religion, 49, 53, 82, 97 civil rights movement, 56, 212n. 5 Clark, Lynn Schofield, 193 Clooney, Francis, 37, 38 Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, 58 Cohen, Kate, 155, 156 colonialism, 15, 6, 26 Colson, Charles, 60 commercialization, 158, 173–174, 193–194, 206, 207–208 commodification, 197, 198 comparative religion, 23 comparative theology, 37, 212n. 9 Conference of Catholic Bishops, U.S., 58 Congregational Action Network, 1 10 Constitution, U.S., 1, 50, 52, 53, 54, 71 consumerism, 35 Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship, 60 Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), 7, 51, 173 Council on Islamic Education, 74 creationism, 71 Cronkite, Walter, 62 culture war, 2, 45, 98, 125, 210 Culture Wars in American Politics, 213n. 9 Dalai Lama, 179 Dana, Julie Hilton, 98, 100, 122 Davidson, James D., 134 Davis, Derek, 52–53 D’Costa, Gavin, 39, 212n. 7 DeLay, Tom, 67, 70 Depuis, Jacques, 39 desecularization, 47 Dialogue Decalogue, 19 dialogue, interfaith: on Answering Islam...