Interfaith Conversations

14 - What is Interfaith and Why Does it Matter?


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What does the word interfaith even mean? And why does interfaith work matter across the world in the digital age?


In this episode, I share key points to understanding the interfaith space:

  1. Examples of what happens when religious intolerance occurs
  2. What is interfaith
  3. The Who of interfaith 
  4. The Outcomes of interfaith
  5. The How to interfaith


You can use this as a tool to help you in your own community get involved in interfaith engagement!


Links to interfaith resources:


Local


Utah Valley Interfaith Association

https://uvinterfaith.org/

Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable

https://www.interfaithroundtable.org/

Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington ( or IFC)
https://ifcmw.org/ 

Montgomery Alabama
https://interfaithmontgomery-al.org/home/ 


National 


Interfaith America

https://www.interfaithalliance.org/ 

Interfaith Alliance

https://www.interfaithalliance.org/history-of-impact 

Pluralism project

https://pluralism.org/about

Association for Interreligious / Interfaith Studies (AIIS)

https://www.aiistudies.org/


Global


General 

Parliament of World Religions
https://parliamentofreligions.org/ 

United Religions Initiative

https://www.uri.org/   

Peace oriented 

The Gülen Movement 

https://www.gulenmovement.com/ 

Religions for Peace

https://www.rfp.org/   

Dialogue based

KAICIID: 

https://www.kaiciid.org/who-we-are 

Network of Centers for Christian-Muslim Relations (NCCMR)

https://nccmr.org/about-nccmr/  

Arno Michaelis 

https://rememberoakcreek.org/story-of-oak-creek/

https://www.lifeafterhate.org/ 


Al Ahmed Story

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-25/bondi-hero-ahmed-al-ahmed-awarded-key-to-city-terror-attack/106495970

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Interfaith ConversationsBy Matthew McKnight