Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
Recorded – Aug 6th, 2008
Author and professor R. Gustav Niebuhr argues that tolerating people of different faiths is not enough; that in order to live in a safe and cohesive society, we must go out and interact with them.
Bio:
Gustav Niebuhr is an associate professor of Religion and the Media, director of the Religion and Society Program, director of the Carnegie Religion and Media Minor, and co-director of the Luce Project in Religion, Media, and International Relations at Syracuse University.Over a twenty-year career in journalism, most recently at the New York Times and, prior to that, at the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Gustav Niebuhr has established a reputation as a leading writer about American religion. He is a frequent guest blogger on the Washington Post’s “On Faith” column, and he also does occasional commentaries on religion for the National Public Radio program “All Things Considered.
His most recent book, Beyond Tolerance: Searching for Interfaith Understanding in America, will be published in August.
