Sunday at the Square: The Belly Story of America
From Friday’s Bill Moyers Journal, an interview of three Union Theological Seminary faculty members. Here, speaking with Union’s President Serene Jones, he addresses pluralism, a topic relevant to July 14 Dinner at the Square “A Rabbi, A Priest, A Pastor & An Imam”:
BILL MOYERS: A pluralistic world and society, American society. In fact a recent poll suggests that the number of Americans who call themselves Christian has fallen by about 11 percent. Isn’t it presumptuous to think that the world can be arranged according to Christian doctrine?
SERENE JONES: That’s actually one of the powerful things about what I think is the belly story of America at it’s best, is the story of democracy, which is, it’s a story that allows multiple faith stories to be held within it, in ways that are respectful and pulling forth the meaning of life questions. And allowing them to intermingle and interact, in a space that is encouraging of discussion and conflict.
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