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September 2011
This October Auburn is tracking the news and information that your community needs to trouble the waters and heal the world. We’ll tell you how to join the Groundswell, a new multifaith voice for justice and social action. Also, resources for October’s Reformation Sunday and All Saints Day and an important upcoming television series to have on your radar. All this and more on the Auburn Web site.
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By J.C. AustinSeptember 23, 2011
Auburn's Rev. J.C. Austin reflects on the value of every individual life and the power of redemption.
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By Justus BairdSeptember 13, 2011
Not a story you hear everyday. During Ramadan this year, prominent American Muslim leaders urged Hamas to immediately release captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Their rationale: Hamas doesn't like the unjust treatment of Palestinians, so why do the same to an Israeli soldier?
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By Jessica JenkinsSeptember 12, 2011
The Domestic Crusaders is an award-winning play written by Muslim American Wajahat Ali depicting the day in the life of a Pakistani-American Muslim family, showing this September in New York City.
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By Jessica JenkinsSeptember 12, 2011
With tensions mounting between the U.S. and the Muslim world, integrating newcomers from those countries raises a whole set of sensitivities and challenges. This September 11th, host a screening of "Hawo’s Dinner Party: The New Face of Southern Hospitality."
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By Jessica Jenkins
September 12, 2011
On September 15, 2001, I received an email from my close friend and Stanford classmate Valarie Kaur, an email that would launch us both into a whirlwind over the subsequent decade .. A Sikh man in Arizona had just been shot. His name was Balbir Singh Sodhi, he owned a gas station in Mesa, and someone drove up and shot him because he was wearing a turban on his head and they thought that made him a terrorist.
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By Claudia Gunter
September 12, 2011
Thousands of people across the nation honored the tenth anniversary of 9/11 with vigils, film screenings, and service projects with a shared vision to overcome fear and hatred. Through community-based events held in synagogues, churches, mosques, community centers, and public parks, people all over the U.S. joined together to commemorate the anniversary of 9/11 through remembrance and renewal. Groundswell, a new multifaith voice for justice and social action, connected people across the U.S. to stand together against anti-Muslim bigotry on the tenth anniversary of 9/11.
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By Justus BairdSeptember 10, 2011
9/11 changed us - whether we were alive at that moment or yet-to-be born. Ten years later, it makes sense to consider what we have learned. These are the eleven (9+1+1) spiritual lessons that 9/11 taught me.
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By Justus BairdSeptember 09, 2011
Check out volume 7 of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, featuring top scholarly religious voices from around the globe. Once again, we hear perspectives that aren’t always highlighted or included in academic discussions here in the US, and provide a place and starting point for rigorous and sustaining conversations.
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By Lisa AndersonSeptember 08, 2011
Westina Matthews is a woman of powerful faith and spirit whose personal story of literally being in the eye of the story on September 11, 2001 bears witness to the necessity for forgiveness and reconciliation despite the difficulty a commitment to do so entails.
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