Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Interfaith relations

July 11, 2011 issue

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  Photo by Brad Striebig/EMU

  EMU gives interfaith peace an early start

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — What does a bike-powered ice cream maker have to do with peace and justice?

  A lot, for the 47 children attending June’s Interfaith Peace Camp, a collaboration of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Interfaith Engagement and local faith communities.

April 11, 2011 issue

• Former Egypt educator sees results of democratic engagement

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Lee M. Yoder was astonished when he saw the Feb. 28, 2011, edition of Time.

Feb. 28, 2011 issue

• Muslims, Christians want better relations

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Participants in an interfaith meeting at Eastern Mennonite University sought better understanding between Morocco’s Muslims and U.S. evangelical Christians.

Feb. 21, 2011 issue

• MCC reps see potential for more peacebuilding in Egypt

  Mennonite Central Committee’s Egypt co-representatives hope a democratic government would positively affect their peacebuilding work.

• Three Cups of Tea

  GOSHEN, Ind. — While reading Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea, seventh-graders at Beth­any Christian Schools learned that around the world 110 million children ages 5 to 15 do not have the chance to go to school.

Jan. 10, 2011 issue

• Translation of book into Bulgarian opens dialogue

  SOPHIA, Bulgaria — David W. Shenk hopes a book he coauthored, which is now translated into Bulgarian, will allow for dialogue between Christians and Muslims in Bulgaria.

Jan. 3, 2011 issue

• Anabaptists visit Israel, seek reconciliation among Mennonites, Amish, Jews

  When Ben Girod was “cast out” from his Amish community in Bowling Green, Mo., he didn’t understand why. Now, he said, it’s evident God intended him to be a minister of reconciliation — between Amish, Mennonites and Jews.

• Anabaptists’ statement in Israel

  Statement from 45 Anabaptists presented to Jews in Israel during a November trip:

Nov. 29, 2010 issue

• Muslims and Christians in conversation

  A local pastor’s threat to burn a copy of the Quran cast a shadow over Gainesville in September, but it led to closer cooperation among Christians, Jews and Muslims, including a new interfaith ministerial alliance. Pastor Eve MacMaster participated in a special prayer service for unity at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Sept. 8 and in a program, “Know Your Muslim Neighbors,” at the Hoda Center Sept. 17.
  

• Hesston students encounter Islam

  HESSTON, Kan. — First-year students at Hesston College have embraced the opportunity to learn about Islam.

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