15 Endorsements from the Faith House Community

Faith House is the down-to-earth, practical and personal embodiment of what the so-called theological experts hold up as the ideal of interreligious dialogue: a place where people can explore the diversity of religions while cherishing the real differences of religions. ~ Paul Knitter, Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions and Culture at Union Theological Seminary

Experiencing my neighbor’s faith has inspired me to deepen my own. ~ Russell Chin

As a member of a minority faith, I often feel isolated. Faith House feels like a teacher whose class you never want to miss, a welcoming community. ~ Valerie H.F.

Faith House is the only organization I know of that celebrates and shares the tenets of a variety of spiritual paths with all who come through the doors.  Their programs educate, stimulate, entertain, and delight. Like a pebble in a pond, they create ever-growing circles of understanding and acceptance in these strife-filled times. ~ Marcia Kelly, Author of Sanctuaries: A Guide to Lodgings in Monasteries, Abbeys, and Retreats and 100 Graces: Mealtime Blessings

Faith House means that people of all faiths have a spiritual home to encounter each other, inspire each other, and join hands to heal the world together. ~ Rabbi Justus N. Baird, Director, Center for Multifaith Education, Auburn Theological Seminary, NY

In the short time since its founding as a creative, courageous experiment in delight for deep differences, Faith House Manhattan has become a respected model for the enterprise of broadening interreligious understanding.  ~ Lucinda Mosher, Christian ethicist in the Anglican tradition who works as a consultant, educator, and author on interreligious matters

Faith House is the rare place Rumi writes about:
“Out beyond ideas of right and wrong there is a field…Let’s meet there”
Faith House is the redemption of the religious idea by life.
Faith House is catching.
Faith House is the modern Tent of Abraham: open and welcoming to all.
Faith House is where the different paths converge in people! ~ John Khabir McGheehan

I come to Faith House because it gives me the opportunity to learn and experience the faith and religion of others without feeling like an outsider. ~ Mairim Pina

As someone who has been “multifaith savy” – and even a multifaith professional – I wondered what Faith House would have to offer me.  I find that the Living Rooms are aptly named – a place to come and be without pretense or need to defend positions. A place for honest and comfortable learning and sharing of faith. ~ Ula Barrack

I come to Faith House to hear and listen to new ideas and meet intelligent people.  Faith House has become part of new source or you can say a fountain of knowledge refreshing my old thoughts about my religion and compromising them with other religions ideas.  It is very valuable to the city for the volunteering they do and we get to know and learn from each other how to do the good thing for our community.  All my love and support.  ~ Ali Mansour

Faith House has come at an opportune time in my spiritual journey. I look forward to every event. It gives me a better understanding of different faiths and their practices, which I believe is important in a diverse community. ~ Miguel Angelo Colmenares

Faith House has made me realize that my fear of other religions is totally unfounded, and in fact utterly stupid. ~ Sam McCash

A beloved story from the Christian scriptures teaches that to “love my neighbor” I first must discover who s/he is, beyond easy definitions.  Faith House opens a living room where neighbors we would never meet sit and eat, each one teaching, and all hearts open.  Thank you to all the staff and planners. ~ Rev. Stephen H. Phelps

A shared hope that in coming together we preserve our unique selves, multiply our possibilities, and by gazing deeply into the Other, nurture the divinity within oneself. ~ Rathi Raja, President of Arsha Vedanta Center of Long Island and the Executive Director of Young Indian Culture Group

Where the world of faith is a house with windows and doors that open, offering sight and access to different beliefs, there Faith House Manhattan offers the light to experience interreligious beauty.~ Fabian Munz

Faith House leaders and their invited guests to the series they organize are experts in the religions they practice. Definitely, they know what they are sharing. The interfaith meetings are a way to cultivate respect, inclusiveness, peace, love and compassion for our neighbors. The mission of Faith House is important in these postmodern times marked by individualism and consumerism because it nurtures our communities with a spirituality that promotes peace and social justice. Faith House gatherings are full of creativity and hospitality is at the center of these sessions. ~ Luz Diaz, Religious Education Office, St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, NY

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