BUILDING BRIDGES:
ABRAHAMIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE WORLD TODAY

What is the relationship between religion and violence?
Must your faith tradition be wrong in order for mine to be right?
What is the role of God in a democratic society?

Season I, Building Bridges: Abrahamic Perspectives on the World Today. This popular series which premiered in November 2006 on Bridges Television (American Muslim TV Network), looks at these and other vital questions about the role of religion in America today. Conceived by CLAL President Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, this landmark program brought religious leaders together from the three major faiths to answer the tough questions dividing our country and world. From religion and violence, to abortion, to the place of women, the series asked leaders to probe their own traditions for insights on the big issues to create a new listening, understanding, and foundation for bridge building.

Check back with us in the coming weeks for more Building Bridges episodes.

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Why Religion Matters
What is the role of religion in a world that is currently witnessing more religious violence than at any time since the crusades? Is it time to simply give up not on any one tradition in particular, but on religion in general? If the answer is to have any real meaning, then we must take a hard look at each of our traditions and ask what they really offer the world. What is it about them that contributes not only to the creation of group identity, itself a crucial element of human identity, but to the good of all mankind?

Click on the play button to view each segment of the half hour show:

 Segment 1

 Segment 2

 Segment 3