Program

Interfaith Understanding

Self-paced

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Full program description

This certificate enables you to:

  • Explore and identify personal reasons for interfaith engagement
  • Be able to demonstrate working knowledge of histories, beliefs, practices and contemporary expressions of religious thought.
  • Be able to locate oneself socially in various cultural/religious contexts
  • Be able to identify/articulate similarities and differences in the way different traditions deal with suffering
  • Be able to identify/articulate common rituals associated with marriage and family life in several religious traditions
  • Be able to identify/articulate current misconceptions, challenges and points of hope related to religious violence and conflict