“I was a young woman who had grown up in the mountains of Montana as a Protestant Methodist in a pretty good social gospel tradition. I became fascinated with the religious lives of others who seemed also to be very religious, yet in ways that were quite different from my own. That fascination led to relationships, in India and elsewhere, with families of Hindus, of Muslims, of Sikhs, and a lot of study.” WayDifferentYoungSocialReligiousMy OwnStudyMountainTraditionIndiaFascinatedElsewhereYoung WomenFascinationProtestantsLives Of OthersMontanaMethodistsReligious Life Author:Diana L. Eck
“Those are big challenges in our age, not just how we live as co-citizens in societies with people of different faiths and different cultures - I mean, that's a big challenge itself - but how we think about all that as Christians, or as Jews, or as Muslims, or as Hindus. How do we think about the religious other? There's a theological dimension as well as a civic dimension to our pluralism.” PeopleThinkingWellsMeanDifferentBigsAgeChristianCultureChallengesReligiousCitizensJewDimensionsCivicsTheologicalDifferent CulturesPluralismBig ChallengesDifferent Faiths Author:Diana L. Eck
“When immigrants come, the freedom to practice their faith is a guarantee. They may have trouble with their neighbors, but freedom of religion is part of the blueprint for America, and that is the recipe for the religious diversity that we have today.” MayTodayAmericaReligiousPracticeTroubleDiversityNeighborGuaranteesImmigrantsRecipesBlueprintsFreedom Of ReligionReligious Diversity Author:Diana L. Eck
“There's still plenty of people who have this deep conviction that America is a Christian country and ought to say so in its Constitution, etc. But that's not the legal basis on which we're framed. So the flourishing of religion, of religious diversity, is really built into who we are.” PeopleStillsCountryChristianAmericaReligiousOughtDiversityBuiltBasesConstitutionConvictionPlentyWho We AreEtcFlourishingFramedReligious Diversity Author:Diana L. Eck
“India is a culture in which religious life and spirituality is very much on the surface of things. That doesn't mean it doesn't have depth, but it is very visible. There are lots of temples, lots of Islamic centers, lots of gurdwaras, and lots of teachers.” MeanCultureSpiritualityReligiousTeacherIndiaDepthSurfaceVisibleIslamicTemplesReligious Life Author:Diana L. Eck
“I will say that the power of being a stranger in someone else's religious community has its own lessons, really. It is something like the power of visiting another very happy extended family and being at their table.” CommunityReligiousLessonsTablesStrangerVery HappyVisitingExtended FamilyReligious Community Author:Diana L. Eck