so another flavor to hinduism. comments you might have, in general, on the hare krishna? janet, i wanted to ask you if what he's saying about the chanting corresponds to some of your experience, along these lines? i mean, does that what the - when you were chanting, to start it out, is it calling forth the name of god in a kind of a, how would you say, asking god to come down, that sort of thing? >> actually, i was taught it's a prayer of thankfulness, it's a prayer of gratitude to recognize that patanjali has given so many great gifts to humans. and so it's a recognition of the gifts that he's given - and the gratitude. so it's said more with a tone of gratitude. >> and that's what we heard when we spoke in class with the hare krishnas and they were opened up to that. god to them is very much a personal deity. you see, we're getting a little bit of variation there. they're not going to go with that monist idea, the "not two" idea, the dante idea - they want krishna there; they want rama. and if you've had a chance to look at their literature or go into one of their templ

so in the next class, hinduism.

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so mays is trying to sort through what does hinduism mean? what does islam mean? they are meeting and encountering people in the christian tradition. the eastern orthodox tradition. they are trying to sort out this sort of big picture. it's not the kind of world of the university of chicago religious studies program where we kind of do this comparative of analysis. they come up through both of them are black baptists. and rise up and are trying to push language and ideas as they encountered and experienced them. >> that's the point. i'm thinking it feels like they didn't have to go through the stage. they sort of jumped beyond it to know there is a universal and that everybody is working to get there whether they know it or not. >> i think for thurman there is a matter of interfaith is probably informed through dealing with racial reconciliation. at morehouse, there is a lot of evangelical language in thurman's letters and way of speaking in articles he writes. sounds very evangelical. when he goes to seminary and has to room with a white roommate which causes him

trying to look at christianity itself as a global religion and also to begin he was his first into hinduism and islam. mays was interested in the relationships between christians and jews. especially after the aftermath of the european holocaust that mays thought it was crucially important that particularly black christians not be anti-semitic in thinking of the ways they thought about their own expressions of various expressions of christianity. the greater way he looks at the dialogue is his important role in being an advocate for south africa. one of his most distinguished moments came in 1954 in evanston, illinois, just north of chicago where northwestern university is where he makes a wholesale thattack. in all of these ways, mays is interacting and then coming back to morehouse and before he was at morehouse he was dean of the howard school of religion as it was called now howard university school. he was attacking these structures telling students to open themselves up to dialoguing about the larger world which they inhabited. this is fairly remarkable thing for a man who grew up in

trying to look at christianity itself as a global religion and also to begin -- his first forays in hinduismnd islam. the other thing i want to add about this is that mays was deeply interested in the relationships between christians and jews, especially aftermath of the holocaust, that mays thought it was very crucially important that particularly black christians not be anti-semitic in their thinking about the ways they thought about their own expressions of various expresses of christianity. the final ways mays began to think about this greater interfaith dialogue is his important role in being an advocate for south africa. one of his most distinguished moments came in 1954, in evans ton, illinois, north of chicago, where northwestern university is, where he makes a wholesaleo. he is interacting and come back to morehouse, before then he was dean of howard school of religion as it was called, n howard university divine tee school. attack the structures telling students to dialogue, to learn more, open up themselves to dialoguing about the larger world which they in habited. this is fairly

another version of that golden rule is found in every major religion and every set of beliefs from hinduism to islam to judaism to the writings of plate yoe. when i talked about shared responsibility, it's because i genuinely believe that in a time when many folks are struggling and at a time when we have enormous deficits, it's hard for me to ask seniors on fixed income or young people with student loans or middle class families who can barely pay the bills to shoulder the burden alone. i think to myself, if i'm willing to give something up as somebody who's been extraordinarily blessed and give up some of the tax breaks that i enjoy, i actually think that's going to make economic sense. but for me as a christian, it also coincides with jesus' teaching that for unto whom much is given, much shall be required. it mirrors the islamic belief that those who have been blessed have an obligation to use those blessings to help others or the jewish doctrine of moderation and consideration for others. when i talk about giving every american a fair shot at opportunity, it's because i believe that wh

look at christianity itself as a global religion and also to begin -- he was his first forays into hinduism and islam. the other thing i want to add about this is that mays was deeply interested in the relationships between christians and jews, and especially after the aftermath of the european holocaust that mays thought that it was very crucially important that particularly black christians not be anti-semitic in their thinkings about the ways they thought about their own expressions of -- various expressions of christianity. and the finally ways that mays begins to think about this greater interfaith dialogue is his important role in being an advocate for south africa. one of his most discontintingui moments came in 1954 in evanston, illinois, just north of chicago where northwestern university is where he makes a wholesale theological attack on a par tied, and so in all of these was ways, mays was interacting and before that he was a dean as it was called now howard university divinity school, but he was attacking these structures, telling students to dialogue, to learn more, to open up

the version of that golden rule is found in every major religion and every set of beliefs - from hinduism to islam to judaism to the writings of plato. and when i talk about shared responsibility, it's because i genuinely believe that in a time when many folks are struggling, at a time when we have enormous deficits, it's hard for me to ask seniors on a fixed income, or young people with student loans, or middle- class families who can barely pay the bills to shoulder the burden alone. and i think to myself, if i'm willing to give something up as somebody who's been extraordinarily blessed, and give up some of the tax breaks that i enjoy, i actually think that's going to make economic sense. but for me as a christian, it also coincides with jesus's teaching that "for unto whom much is given, much shall be required." it mirrors the islamic belief that those who've been blessed have an obligation to use those blessings to help others, or the jewish doctrine of moderation and consideration for others. when i talk about giving every american a fair shot at opportunity, it's because i believe

another version of that golden rule is found in every major religion and every set of beliefs from hinduism to islam to judaism to the writings of plate yoe. when i talked about shared responsibility, it's because i genuinely believe that in a time when many folks are struggling and at a time when we have enormous deficits, it's hard for me to ask seniors on fixed income or young people with student loans or middle class families who can barely pay the bills to shoulder the burden alone. i think to myself, if i'm willing to give something up as somebody who's been extraordinarily blessed and give up some of the tax breaks that i enjoy, i actually think that's going to make economic sense. but for me as a christian, it also coincides with jesus' teaching that for unto whom much is given, much shall be required. it mirrors the islamic belief that those who have been blessed have an obligation to use those blessings to help others or the jewish doctrine of moderation and consideration for others. when i talk about giving every american a fair shot at opportunity, it's because i believe that wh

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i know that's found in every major religion and every set of beliefs from hinduisms, islam, judaism, to the writings of plato. when i talk about shared responsibility, it's because i genuinely believe that in a time when many folks are struggling, at a time when we have enormous deficits it's hard for me to ask seniors on a fixed income or young people with student loans or middle class families who can barely pay the bills to shoulder the burden alone. i think to myself, if i'm willing to give something up as somebody who's been extraordinarily blessed, give up some of the tax breaks that i enjoy, i actually think that's going to make economic sense, but for me as a christian, it also coincides with jesus's teaching that for unto whom much is given, much shall be required. it mirrors the islamic belief that those that have been blessed have an obligation to use those blessings to help others or the jewish doctrine of moderation and consideration for others. when i talk about giving every american a fair shot at opportunity, it's because i believe that when a young person can afford

here in america, people are free to practice islam, christianity, buddhism, hinduism, aetheism, so long as it doesn't threaten this nation as a whole. we were told by the president there is no chance that any federal money would ever go for abortion. and some of our friends actually bought into that representation. turns out wasn't true. some of us tried to explain back then, you can't bind with an executive order what the law says specifically. it sets out requirements for health care providers, clinics, insurance policies and there are those that will provide abortions and ultimately there will be tax dollars since dollars are fungible that there are will be dollars used for abortions under obamacare. if obamacare is constitutional and the mandates in obamacare are constitutional, there is nothing the federal government cannot dictate. as i have said from here many times, this obamacare, 2,400 pages was about the g.r.e. it's what it's all about. this bill is about the gmple r.e., the government running everything, because if the government has the right to control everyone's health ca

the version of that golden rule is found in every major religion and every set of beliefs - from hinduism to islam to judaism to the writings of plato. and when i talk about shared responsibility, it's because i genuinely believe that in a time when many folks are struggling, at a time when we have enormous deficits, it's hard for me to ask seniors on a fixed income, or young people with student loans, or middle-class families who can barely pay the bills to shoulder the burden alone. and i think to myself, if i'm willing to give something up as somebody who's been extraordinarily blessed, and give up some of the tax breaks that i enjoy, i actually think that's going to make economic sense. but for me as a christian, it also coincides with jesus's teaching that "for unto whom much is given, much shall be required." it mirrors the islamic belief that those who've been blessed have an obligation to use those blessings to help others, or the jewish doctrine of moderation and consideration for others. when i talk about giving every american a fair shot at opportunity, it's because i believe t