My thesis presentation for my M.Div. degree at Marylhurst University

2. No more hiding

3. We need to talk

4. Rachel Borsch, M.Div.
Marylhurst University
June 9, 2012

5. o 40+ books
o 10+ articles
o Three personal interviews
o Additional web resources

6. o Spirituality: bigger than religion; part
ofthe human experience
o Religion: a method of tapping into the
spiritual dimension of self

7. o Increase in travel
o Global media
o Changing populations

8. o 22 major religions being practiced in the U.S.
today
o The fastest growing religions: Evangelical
Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and
nonreligious spiritualities
o Islam—more than 1,400 mosques
o Hindu population 930,000
o Religions are evolving; we need to ask to
understand—what does it mean for you?

9. ―Difference can all too easily become a license for
violence…‖ –Eck
o Civil Rights Act of 1964 gives us protection
against discrimination and harassment in the
workplace
o Post9/11 conversation
o Religious complaints to the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission reaching record
highs

10. o Enhancing current
diversityprograms
o Training of management and staff

11. Pluralism = beyond diversity

12. o Exclusivism = one way
o Notion thatsome should be―converted‖

13. Spiritual diversity at
work = freedom to be
yourself

14. ―The human being is the only life form
which is endowed with the intelligence
to understand the need for spiritual
practice‖ -Bhaktivedanta

15. ―People of many religious traditions bear
witness to the truth‖ -Eck
―One is the Truth, the sages speak of it
differently‖ -Rigveda

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