The Need for Interreligious Dialogue in Higher Education

Abstract

This article highlights the current need for inclusion of courses on religion and spirituality, as well as interreligious dialogue in higher education through an examination of three interrelated dimensions: Interreligious dialogue, religious pluralism and religious literacy. Some initiatives in this direction at the California Institute of Integral Studies are discussed.

Keywords

• Joseph L. Subbiondo
• Higher Education; interreligious dialogue; Religious Pluralism; Religious literacy; California Institute of Integral Studies
• Higher Education; interreligious dialogue; Religious Pluralism; Religious literacy
• California Institute of Integral Studies
• Higher education
• interrelligious dialogue
• religious pluralism
• religious literacy