(1540-1571) & (1519-1559) Each person [should] maintain whatever religious faith he wishes, with old or new rituals, while we at the same time leave it to their judgment to do as they please in the matter of faith, just so long as they bring no harm to bear on anyone at all. —Isabella Jagiellon Transylvania has… Read more »
Category: Biographical Stories
Ashoka
(304-232 B.C.E.) One must not exalt one’s creed discrediting all others, nor must one degrade these others without legitimate reasons. One must, on the contrary, render to other creeds the honor befitting them. —Ashoka Ashoka was the Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty whose religious conversion to Buddhism led to such a transformation that the one who… Read more »
Hans Küng (b. 1928)
Hans Küng is a Roman Catholic theologian of astounding breadth through his prolific writing. He is also notable as a proponent of interfaith cooperation.
Juliet Garretson Hollister
(1916-2000) Juliet Hollister was “just a nice little mother,” in her words, when her life was transformed by a vision born over peanut butter sandwiches at her kitchen table. It was 1960, and the Cold War was at its height with nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union and the United States aimed threateningly at each… Read more »
Hazrat Inayat Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan was a Sufi folk musician and teacher who traveled to the west to share his music and teachings of divine unity, love, harmony and beauty.