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Building dialog
Interfaith conference finds strength in diversity
By TOM HEINEN
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Saturday, March 17, 2001
With America becoming more diverse, learning how to live and work with people of other faiths is no longer an optional activity, says Anant Rambachan, a global expert on interfaith dialogue.
"If we are to create a meaningful life in our communities, if we are to work together to resolve the common problems of our existence, it's necessary that we learn to work with people of other religious traditions," said Rambachan, who will speak at an interfaith gathering here this month.
A religion professor at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, Rambachan will be the featured speaker March 25 at a conference titled "Affirming Common Values in the Midst of Religious Diversity."
Sponsored by the Milwaukee Association for Interfaith Relations, it is at the new Hindu Temple of Wisconsin in the City of Pewaukee.
A Hindu and the author of several books, Rambachan has been especially involved in the dialogue between Hinduism and Christianity. He participated in the last three General Assemblies of the World Council of Churches.