Buddhism and Christianity arose independently of each other, separated as they were by almost 3,000 miles and at least 500 years. In terms of religious belief systems they are even farther apart.
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“Starting as young as three years old and all the way through the eighth grade, our students have the opportunity to study the moral, ethical and global study of all religions to foster understanding, appreciation and inclusivity, he said.
“As a school, our vision is to live with ‘purpose beyond self. This means we have the very powerful responsibility to include the study of many values and beliefs of our classmates, community and the world at large, Broderick said. “Patel is the perfect guest to speak to these core values we champion as a school.”
What Martin Luther King Jr. taught about embracing our enemies
Eboo Patel
This year’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day comes less than two weeks after a violent white mob, inspired by entrenched racism and dressed up in Christian symbolism, attacked American democracy, leaving five people dead.
As a Black Christian minister leading a nonviolent movement for civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr. came to know such mobs well. He faced them across the American South, and also right here in Chicago.
What might we learn from how King dealt with such mobs in his own time? It is reasonable to believe that King would support holding people accountable for crimes committed, but King also held a higher hope for at least some of those who were part of the mob. Namely, that they might be changed, and then included in the beloved community of American democracy.