Women Transcending Boundaries met at the Islamic Society of Central New York where, upon their arrival, women were given a brief tour of the masjid (mosque). Three women then presented their understanding of the concept of redemption from their own faith perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Islam\u2014Danya Wellmon<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Danya explained some of Islam\u2019s\nteachings about redemption: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Salvation comes from faith and works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Angels record one\u2019s good deeds and one\u2019s\nbad deeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Muslims do not believe in original sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 There are no intermediaries between God and\nhumans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Judaism\u2014Jeanette Powell<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeanette shared her understanding of\nredemption from the Jewish perspective. Among the things she noted were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The stories of the Exodus and of Passover\nare stories of redemption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 God gives persons the chance to renew\nthemselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Both God and humans have a part in\nsalvation. Humans must take action; they must respond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 God forgives, but humans must act as well\nby changing their ways. There is no quick forgiveness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Christianity\u2014Marilyn Wolfe<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Marilyn noted stories of redemption\nfrom the Christian scripture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The parables of the lost coin, the lost\nsheep, and the lost son show a God who seeks and saves the lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The story of the conversion of Paul, and\nthe Christians who then welcomed him, shows teachings about the Christian\ncommunity taking action and making things right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The scripture includes stories of\nredemption where people who have been estranged come together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 God forgives, but humans must act as well\nby changing their ways. There is no quick forgiveness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sharing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The women divided up into small\ngroups of five to seven each. Core Group members served as facilitators using a\nprocess developed for interfaith dialogue by the InterReligious Council of\nCentral New York. The facilitators began by outlining ground rules related to\nconfidentiality, careful listening, and full participation. Phyllis Berman, who\nhad trained the Core Group leaders, monitored the process, moving from group to\ngroup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the questions in each group differed,\nsome examples included: What is positive about being a woman\u2014or a Muslim,\nJewish, or Christian woman? What was it like in your family to learn about your\nreligion? What was it like in your family to learn about other religions? Have\nthe things you have learned helped or hindered you in your life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The groups concluded with most of the\nattendees noting that they would like to continue the small-group sharing once\na month at the general meetings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After a tour of the Islamic Society mosque, three women presented their understanding of the concept of redemption from their own faith perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15,16,17,38],"class_list":["post-7789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-programs","tag-christianity","tag-islam","tag-judaism","tag-visiting-faith-communities",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7789"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8595,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7789\/revisions\/8595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}