All told, only 34% of Americans — barely a third — say most people can be trusted. There is a path to a more neighborly America.

Writing my speech felt like healing. Shaving my beard felt like a reminder that healing is not linear.

Now more than ever, our country needs graduates who can build relationships across identities, interpret differences with care, and put knowledge into practice. Religious studies forms exactly these c...

Learn how campus life staff can support students of diverse worldviews — a large percentage of whom are non-religious — as they explore their passions.

Programs that meet regularly give participants time to revisit first impressions and discover what matters to someone they might otherwise know only by reputation or stereotype.

Visiting the Obama Center reminded me that we are better, stronger and more American when we work together across difference for the common good.

In time of a humanitarian crisis, Mary Ellen Giess argues that interfaith communities in Springfield are showing what’s possible.

"We should remember that patriotism is strongest when it expands our sense of belonging rather than narrowing it," writes Kiran Kaur Gill, SALDEF.

Muslims in America are more visible than ever. But progress is not the same as safety, and visibility is not the same as belonging.

In the months since ICE’s occupation of the city, Interfaith America connected with leaders at organizations and institutions who have offered support and care in the face of division and suffering.

The Fellowship brings together leaders from across the country to strengthen religious freedom, build relationships across differences, and promote a healthier public square.

Dolly's legacy is a reminder that there are shared values are at the heart of our different faith traditions, which often point in the same direction: toward compassion, service, and the healing of a ...

Pluralism empowers Jewish college students to see how their Judaism can positively impact America and how America can positively impact their Judaism.

The new Anthony Bourdain biopic reminded me, the best leaders show us what's possible in our world— even, and especially, when we don't believe them.

Presbyterian politician Thomas Kennedy was an instrumental figure in the 1825 bill extending full political rights to Jews in Maryland.

Eight student leaders, and 2026 Summit attendees, share their advice for peers who want to get involved with interfaith efforts on campus.

Throughout her five-decade career, Dolly bridged divides and steered us toward a stronger, more inclusive society.

Eboo Patel talks to Rabbi David Ingber in a live podcast taping of Detours & Destinations.

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In the wake of cuts to inclusion and belonging initiatives, these leaders are still fighting to keep inclusion at the center of workplace culture.

Classrooms are powerful laboratories for learning how to cooperate across difference. Here are five ways you can nurture pluralism in your classroom.

IA colleagues Reaz Khan and Meg Huber reflect on the values of bridgebuilding, the tensions that can arise, and how practicing pluralism leads to personal growth.

This 2026 Interfaith Leadership Summit reminded us what’s possible when people choose curiosity, cooperation, and community.

I have witnessed what people are capable of when they choose connection over suspicion. I have experienced generosity from people who owed me nothing.

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Featuring: Carlos Campo, Loretta Ross, Amy Spitalnick In our opening session for the Summit, national leaders will join Eboo Patel on stage to highlight pluralism as a vital part of our democratic fabric and offer a vision for how we can chart the pat...

Everyone should be free to live by their deepest conviction, contribute to public life, and protect that same right for others.

We don’t need a partisan response to the Trump Administration’s attacks on Catholic institutions and individuals — we need a consistent public witness to protect religious freedom for all.

"The Odyssey" is at its core it is a poem about how we treat strangers. How do you receive the stranger at your door before you know who they are?

As we look forward to the 2026 Summit, “A Road Forward,” get to know the mainstage speakers' perspectives on the promise of pluralism.

Sumreen Ahmad and Paul Lambert, two friends of different faiths, discuss their journeys towards championing pluralism and religious inclusion at work.

Free and fair elections don’t magically happen; they are the result of millions of Americans stepping up to serve their community.

Ten Advancing Campus Pluralism institutions are building best practices and skills to implement four key pluralism practices on campus.

This 4th of July, here’s how to teach America’s diverse origins.

The center makes clear that the Obamas’ journey belongs to a larger American narrative. And for my South Side family, we saw how it belongs to us.

Father Greg Boyle is driven by two foundational convictions: everyone is unshakably good, and everyone belongs.

Melissa Carter, M.B.A., Ed.D., reflects on a dinner and dialogue ahead of the National Convening on the Black–Jewish Alliance in Miami.

Rainey was a civil rights icon and a genuine pluralist — and there was no conflict between the two. He understood that the American project’s strength lay in its capacity to absorb people whom the pow...

To appreciate the blessings of liberty, share a meal with your neighbors.

In honor of America’s 250th, we’re highlighting some of our favorites leaders — the people, the words, and the inspiration who can help keep us working toward that more perfect union.

The nuns express themselves with a casual humility, without checking their identities at the door. They are not shy about their religious convictions, yet they do not force their beliefs on others. Fo...

In commemoration of America’s 250th, the nationwide America’s Potluck event invites communities to host a shared meal.

While many of the World Cup’s competing nations are wracked by social divisions, some of the teams offer strikingly positive examples of how players from different backgrounds and religious faiths can...

[As medical professionals] you all do interfaith work every day... you work with people of different religious identities in a cooperative setting — and in a setting in which those religious identitie...