Interfaith Dialogue: Forgiveness and Reconciliation

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2021-02-03

Country: United States
City: Boston, Massachusetts
  • Organizer

    The Center for Spirituality, Dialogue and Service

  • Location

    Virtual

The Northeastern University Center for Spirituality, Dialogue and Service in collaboration with affiliated student groups hosted an event centered on one of the three pillars of our mission as an office: dialogue. We brought people together to discuss important and relevant issues though the lens of interfaith and diverse community-building. This dialogue night was open to all members of the community in addition to representatives from our wide array of student religious groups, like the Islamic Society of Northeastern, Hindu Communities of Northeastern, Northeastern Hillel, and the Northeastern Catholic Center. This in-depth discussion looked at how forgiveness and reconciliation play into faith, and how different traditions speak to and inspire forgiveness. A student-run panel, with representatives from different faiths, came up with questions to help guide discussion, like what is one area you can begin to address today that could lead you to reconciliation, and what is the next step for you on that journey? Through this event, we invited participants to look at their own individual spiritual journeys and then look deeper into the common goal of forgiveness, reconciliation and acceptance across religious lines.