Source: University of California, Santa Barbara
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(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Eighteen scholars from around the world have gathered at the University of California, Santa Barbara this summer to study the religious diversity of the United States and to learn first hand how people with widely differing beliefs can coexist.
They are participating in a program titled "Study of the United States - Institute on Religious Pluralism," which was developed by UCSB's Department of Religious Studies. Now in its sixth year, it is one of 10 university programs around the country funded by the Study of the United States Branch of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The bureau seeks to bring foreign scholars to the United States to learn about various aspects of American life.
A key focus of the program is a timely look at how people of different faiths can get along and work toward common goals in a single society.