Faith Commons

Name: Should We Worry? Christian Nationalism in Our Schools
Start: 2024-10-21T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-21T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Temple Shalom

Bringing Faith to Life

Faith Commons lifts up faith voices in the public square for the common good.

Good Faith

Just Peace

Shared Hope

What We Are About

We cultivate unexpected relationships through educational programs that inspire more people to participate in public life with mutual respect, hospitality, and generosity.

3 Calls to Action

1. Attend an Event

From speaker events to film screenings, community gatherings, and more, Faith Commons seeks to bring people together so we can work together for the common good.

2. Listen to Our Podcast

The Good God podcast hosts conversations with Rev. Dr. George Mason, for people who care about the positive contribution of faith to public life. Weekly episodes will touch on subjects such as religion, politics, education, science, law, the arts, philosophy and philanthropy.

3. Subscribe to our newsletter

Thoughts from the Commons is our monthly email communication featuring a written reflection on current events, ways to engage, trustworthy resources, and more.

10 for 10: Voting Vision not Division

What is 10 for 10: Voting Vision not Division? Starting on September 2, 2024 and continuing every Monday for ten weeks through November 4, Faith Commons is offering ten 10-minute reflections on topics related to the upcoming election through the lens of religion.

Our premise is that religion should be used to unite people and groups of people rather than to divide them, and that the founders of our country shared our view.

The Faith Commons Blog

One Year After Our Tour to Israel/Palestine Was Canceled

“What Makes This Land Holy?” That was the title of the Faith Commons tour to Israel/Palestine scheduled to begin on October 9, …

The shocking things I witnessed at the Texas Board of Education

This original article was published at BaptistNews.org. by Mara Richards Bim, Faith Commons Program Director Recently I traveled to Austin, Texas, to testify …

Choosing a Faith of Vision not Division

by Rabbi Nancy Kasten Where do people in our world today find the strength to cope and persevere in the face of …

Although tolerance is no doubt a step forward from intolerance, it does not require new neighbors to know anything about one another. Tolerance can create a climate of restraint but not one of understanding. Tolerance alone does little to bridge the chasms of stereotype and fear that may, in fact, dominate the mutual image of the other. … It is far too fragile a foundation for a society that is becoming as religiously complex as ours.

Diana Eck, A New Religious America – How a “Christian Country” Has Become the World’s Most Religiously Diverse Nation (Harper Collins, 2001).

Featured Events

Oct 21

Should We Worry? Christian Nationalism in Our Schools

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Temple Shalom, 6930 Alpha Rd
Dallas, TX 75240 United States

Join the Conversation If you are a community member, an educator, or a parent concerned about the future of our schools, we invite you to learn about recent proposals to […]

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Thoughts from the Commons is our monthly email communication featuring a written reflection on current events, ways to engage, trustworthy resources, and more.

GOOD GOD PODCAST

Our podcast is a meeting place for people to think together about the conflicts and confluence in the currents of culture and the movements of the Spirit. The conversations seek to move viewers and/or listeners from an exasperated Good, God! to the affirmation, Good God.

What Others Have to Say

“With three outstanding faith leaders from the world’s three major religions, listeners have the opportunity to receive meaningful support and comfort regardless of one’s own beliefs.” BOB COLEMAN

“In a time of division, nothing is more welcome to me than 3 faith leaders of differing faiths who gather to discuss commonalities.” ELLEN WESTERVELT BOEHMER

“Faith Commons shows once again how connected we all are through God who crosses boundaries, borders, ethnicities, cultures, and religions—what a large and gracious God who breathes God’s Spirit into all!” JIM MORRISON

“Faith commons program today was terrific. I was in tears when it was over. Times reminding me of days I marched as a teenager. Thank you so much for all you do!” MARCIA GROSSFIELD