Happy Holidays 2008

Unfortunately, I think the title is misleading. At least the author says he knows nothing about Park51. Most of us don’t, and that’s why I am ambivalent. However, it is a good discussion about the need for religious freedom. The Faith Divide: An evangelical supports mosque near Ground Zero – On Faith at washingtonpost.com. You might think I’m a liberal or mainline Christian. Not at all. I’m an Evangelical, a conservative Evangelical at that, and an Evangelistic Evangelical to top it all off – that means I tell everyone I can in a polite way about Jesus. I believe Jesus…

David Campbell and Robert Putnam: Islam and American Tolerance – WSJ.com. Consider the experience of two groups that are perceived positively by Americans today: Jews and Catholics. Americans rate Jews and Catholics more warmly than they do mainline Protestants, historically America’s religious establishment, and evangelical Protestants, the single largest religious group in the country. At the end of the scale opposite Jews and Catholics are Muslims, Mormons and Buddhists.

The Ariane de Rothschild (AdR) Fellowship program (www.adrfellowship.com) to be held at Columbia Business School in partnership with University of Cambridge, UK, starting July 4 – July 16, 2010. Last date to receive applications is January 22, 2010. This is an intercultural and interfaith initiative which aims to define new paradigm of dialogue between Muslims and Jews from UK, USA and France. The Fellowship aims to develop a network of entrepreneurs with a demonstrated interest in social change and cross cultural dialogue. It is an endeavor to create a new brand of both dialogue and social entrepreneurship that allows for…