The Dialogue Institute's current Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) for Student Leaders on Religious Pluralism in the United States - hosting 20 young adult students from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey, July 5-August 9 - was featured in the August 6th edition of the Jewish Exponent.
Latest J.E.S. Issue Explores a Common Vision for the Church in North America
The Spring 2015 issue of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies is primarily devoted to exploration of a common vision for the Church in a North American context, featuring a variety of essays presented at the annual conference of the North American Academy of Ecumenists (NAAE), held September 26-28, 2014.
DI's Public Forum on Interfaith Relations in the Workplace
SUSI Students Interviewed on The Nick Taliaferro Show
Two students - Karim Zughaib, a Christian from Lebanon, and Somaya Arab, a Muslim from Egypt - from the Dialogue Institute's current Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) for Student Leaders on Religious Pluralism in the United States were interviewed on the The Nick Taliaferro Show (WURD - 900 AM) on July 9.
DI Hosting 20 Middle Eastern Students this Summer
DI Awarded Funding to Continue SUSI Program
The Dialogue Institute (DI) was recently awarded funding from the U.S. State Department to continue its Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI) for Student Leaders on Religious Pluralism. The renewal funding enables the DI to host two more Institutes, one this coming summer (July-August) with 20 students from the Middle East, and another next winter (January-February) with 20 Southeast Asian students.
New Steps in the "Cosmic Dance of Dialogue"
In celebration of 50 years and counting of ecumenical and interreligious scholarship and activism, more than 100 guests joined the Dialogue Institute (DI) and the Journal of Ecumenical Studies (J.E.S.) on April 24th for New Steps in the "Cosmic Dance of Dialogue" - featuring conversation with Sr. Joan Chittister, Paul Knitter, and Leonard Swidler.
Latest J.E.S. Issue Honors Leonard Swidler
The latest issue of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies - Volume 50, Number 1 - is a Festschrift in honor of DI founder and J.E.S. co-founder Leonard Swidler. The special issue was officially announced as a surprise to Professor Swidler during the New Steps in the "Cosmic Dance of Dialogue" event on April 24th.
Bernstein's MASS: An Interfaith Dialogue
DI Program Featured in State Department Video
In order to promote its Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI), the U.S. State Department recently released a video featuring the Dialogue Institute's Winter 2015 Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI) for Student Leaders on Religious Pluralism. Twenty students from five different countries in Southeast Asia participated, and were interviewed in Washington, DC at the completion of the DI's five-week program, January 10-February 14.