March Event: Dennis Hoover

Societies around the world, including our own, are having challenges with deep religious diversity. Given the alarming rise in religious conflicts, polarization, and demonization of the religious "other," there is an urgent need for new approaches to go beyond indifferent "tolerance" or segregated co-existence. 

Dennis Hoover will introduce such approach called "covenantal pluralism," which steers a middle path between fundamentalism and relativism. The philosophy of covenantal pluralism calls for freedom for religious communities, accompanied by a relational engagement that yields fairness and flourishing for all, even amidst stark differences in theologies, values, and lifestyles.