Multi-Religious Retreats Offer Variety in Faith

From Christian Post:

Religious retreats are traditionally focused on strengthening a particular faith, but a new type is cropping up where believers of a variety of faiths are worshipping together. Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Judaic, Christian and Islamic texts are read aloud during the same Sunday service at a Muslim Sufi religious retreat in New York, according to The Associated Press. The Sufi Muslim retreat leader speaks about Jesus and the peace that he has inside.

This is the scene at Abode of the Message in New Lebanon, New York, about 25 miles southeast of Albany. At this retreat center, guests are invited to deepen their faith without converting. There is a woman who even described herself as a Sufi Christian. Nearby, the Buddhists at Zen Mountain Monastery say they see no conflict with Buddhist practice and a person’s search for God… Perhaps the multi-faith retreats are part of the increasing openness Americans have towards their personal faith…


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