The Civic Dimension
Religious Diversity News: Civic
- Fired for a Sin or for a Blessing?
The Wall Street Journal - IDF set to remove word 'God' from text recited at army memorials
Haaretz Daily Newspaper - California presbytery defies church, backs minister in gay weddings
The State - BELARUS: No religious burials for executed prisoners
Forum 18
Civic life includes all the places in the “public square” where people encounter one another as citizens. The basis of civic life is not one or many religious traditions, but the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the range of ways in which citizens cooperate in civil society. In Greater Boston, immigrants now account for more than a quarter of the population; cultural and religious diversity is increasingly reflected in our public square. Religious communities, and especially the new minority communities are active participants in civic life. All of these factors are continually changing civic life in Greater Boston, challenging us to reconsider who “we” are as a city.