{"id":103,"date":"2015-09-15T13:20:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T18:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.religionandsocietycenter.org\/weblog\/?p=103"},"modified":"2017-03-28T23:07:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T23:07:10","slug":"no-compulsion-in-religion-the-challenge-of-faith-and-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.religionandsocietycenter.org\/index.php\/2015\/09\/15\/no-compulsion-in-religion-the-challenge-of-faith-and-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"No Compulsion in Religion: The Challenge of Faith and Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We live in a multi-faith society. Yet, historically, our faith traditions have not taught us how to let others be themselves. Accordingly, compulsion has become a default stance.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s important to remember that there are teachings in our traditions which remind us that there is no compulsion in religion. Or is there? Is there such a teaching in our traditions? And, if so, what is its application to society?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionandsocietycenter.org\/events\/9-11-Commemoration-2015-Flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">(More Information)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Video of the presentation at Goodwin Memorial Baptist Church, Harrisburg, PA:<\/h2>\n<p>As edited and aired on Channel 20&lt;\/&gt;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1qAdSxsbbpc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Full length video<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2KZ3Y6MpUoA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We live in a multi-faith society. Yet, historically, our faith traditions have not taught us how to let others be themselves. Accordingly, compulsion has become a default stance. It&#8217;s important to remember that there are teachings in our traditions which remind us that there is no compulsion in religion. Or is there? Is there such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5,6,10,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114,"url":"https:\/\/www.religionandsocietycenter.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/06\/rabbi-moline-responds-to-dr-ben-carsons-statement-about-islam-and-the-constitution\/","url_meta":{"origin":103,"position":0},"title":"Rabbi Moline responds to Dr. Ben Carson&#8217;s statement about Islam and the Constitution","author":"jdcharlton","date":"October 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Rabbi Moline responds to Dr. Ben Carson's statement about Islam and the Constitution September 21, 2015 For Immediate Release Contact: Ari Geller, West End Strategy Team, 202-776-7700, Ari@westendstrategy.com WASHINGTON -- Following an interview in which Dr. Ben Carson, candidate for the Republican nomination for President, said that he believed Islam\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interfaith Dialog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interfaith Dialog","link":"https:\/\/www.religionandsocietycenter.org\/index.php\/category\/interfaithdialog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":125,"url":"https:\/\/www.religionandsocietycenter.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/12\/2016-september-11-remembrance-at-beth-el-temple-harrisburg\/","url_meta":{"origin":103,"position":1},"title":"2016 September 11 Remembrance at Beth El Temple Harrisburg","author":"jdcharlton","date":"September 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Power of People of Faith to Overcome Hatred, Bigotry, and Extremism Introductory speakers Rabbi Eric Cytryn, Senator Rob Teplitz, Rabbi Carl Choper, Beth El Director Ben Wachstein: Feature speaker Imam Mohamad Basher Arafat: Panel Discussion facilitated by Randall Tenor: \"Building Bridges Among the Faith Communities\" Imam Mohamad Basher Arafat (Muslim),\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interfaith Alliance Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interfaith Alliance Events","link":"https:\/\/www.religionandsocietycenter.org\/index.php\/category\/interfaith_alliance_events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.religionandsocietycenter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Beth-El-9-11-2016-300x224.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":136,"url":"https:\/\/www.religionandsocietycenter.org\/index.php\/2015\/09\/12\/2015-harrisburg-911-commemoration\/","url_meta":{"origin":103,"position":2},"title":"2015 Harrisburg 9\/11 Commemoration","author":"jdcharlton","date":"September 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Rev. 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