“My whole worldview has changed because of the work that I do. Specifically, the way in which I appropriate my own faith as a Christian, and the way in which I think about the faith and life of others who are very different than myself. That mutuality of regard is how we deal with difference and diversity in the world.” ThinkingWorldWayDifferentWholeChristianDifferencesMy OwnDealsChangedDiversityRegardAppropriateWorldviewLives Of Others 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
“People get tired of talking about American exceptionalism, but I think this is an extraordinary thing about the United States, that we are a nation of immigrants, first of all, that is built upon a pluralistic society of native people that were here to begin with. The issue of diversity is really with us from the beginning.” PeopleThinkingFirstsStatesNationsUnitedTalkingUnited StatesIssuesDiversityBuiltTiredExtraordinaryNativeImmigrantsExtraordinary ThingsExceptionalismAmerican Exceptionalism Author:Diana L. Eck
“I do think that the U.S. has an opportunity as a democracy to really exemplify what a religiously diverse society can be when it embraces the pluralism.” ThinkingOpportunityDemocracyEmbraceDiversePluralismDiverse Society Author:Diana L. Eck
“I grew up going around with family, camping and living in a very beautiful mountain valley, knowing the names of the mountains and the rivers. I think it's no accident that I ended up studying the geography of India and knowing the names of the mountains and the rivers and all of that. I loved it. I think it gives a sense of space and a can-do-ness that was very powerful.” ThinkingGivingBeautifulNamesCan DoSpacePowerfulKnowingStudyGrewMountainGrew UpRiversIndiaAccidentsValleysGeographyVery PowerfulVery BeautifulCamping Author:Diana L. Eck