Coming to the Table: Breaking Down Walls and Advancing Interfaith Understanding

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 13
  In Poster Session: Broadening Knowledge and Ways of Knowing Through Community Engagement (San Diego)

Abstract

The main objective of this educational experiential learning project was to examine how learning about a peer’s religion, faith, or spirituality—strengthens understanding among Christians and Muslims. Specifically, the goal was to examine how might these new learnings empower members of the Christian and Muslim communities to disrupt/dismantle discrimination about each other’s religion, faith, or spirituality in relation to their religious and non-religious neighbors. The presenters will share data collected from doctoral students' experiences with an experiential learning project, titled, “Coming to the Table: Breaking Down Walls and Advancing Interfaith Understanding,” during an advanced qualitative research course.

Authors

• Sandra L. Guzman Foster, University of the Incarnate Word

• Doleatha J. Thomas, University of the Incarnate Word