How to Use interreligious in a Sentence
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In the world of interreligious affairs, there are those who seek to rally allies and there are those who seek to become friends.
—Joshua M. Davidson, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
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The interreligious violence left thousands dead and displaced hundreds of thousands.
—Mike Corder, Star Tribune, 16 Feb. 2021
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Many interreligious couples view the current atmosphere with dismay.
—Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2020
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Last month, the jewelry brand Tanishq was forced to withdraw an advertisement built around a touching scene of interreligious harmony at a baby shower.
—Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2020
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Francis did, however, wear a white face mask throughout an interreligious prayer service in downtown Rome on Tuesday, removing it only to speak.
—Fox News, 21 Oct. 2020
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In Nasiriyah, a city several miles away from the pope's interreligious event in Ur, people wondered why Iraq's government had paved roads for the pope while leaving theirs potholed.
—Louisa Loveluck, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2021
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But the question in 2022 is whether his commitment to the future of interreligious encounter will stand in the way of his commitment to human dignity in Ukraine in the present.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022
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After two years of planning, the seminary has committed to deepening and expanding its work on interreligious dialogue and conflict resolution.
—Amanda Blanco, courant.com, 20 Sep. 2021
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While interfaith coalitions might seem quaint in a time when fewer Americans attend church, experts in conflict resolution say the work of these interreligious groups is vital to reweaving the tattered fabric of society.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2024
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Ghana, a majority-Christian country, prides itself as democratic and religiously tolerant in a region plagued by interreligious conflicts.
—Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2021
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Assad’s regime was, rightly or wrongly, seen internationally as one of brutal secularism and relative interreligious tolerance.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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The award recognizes individuals and organizations that promote interreligious harmony and the public good.
—Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2021
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The university introduced three new master’s degree programs this fall in interreligious studies, international peacebuilding and chaplaincy.
—Seamus McAvoy, courant.com, 13 Oct. 2021
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In Chile, nearly 300 indigenous Mapuche and Haitian immigrant families received flour, diapers, milk and oil, thanks to an interreligious effort.
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Sep. 2020
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For more than a century, people of faith and conscience engaged in the global interfaith movement have remained deeply committed to a core mission of peace, justice and sustainability ,all while promoting interreligious dialogue and understanding.
—Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
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For decades, her clinical practice focused on mixed couples — interracial, intercultural, interreligious — and couples in cultural transition.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2023
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By then, his father had become the director of interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee, essentially to try to strip Christian churches of antisemitism.
—Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022
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The Vatican framed the visit to the two Muslim-majority countries as a gesture of interreligious dialogue, as well as support for local minority Christian communities.
—Ramazan Kılınç, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
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Expecting his own death, the leader of the monastery, Christian De Chergé, had written a spiritual testament that emphasized the power of interreligious encounter and the deep spiritual ties that bind Christians and Muslims.
—Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
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Francis traveled to the ruins of Ur in southern Iraq on Saturday to reinforce his message of interreligious tolerance and fraternity during the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, a country riven by religious and ethnic divisions.
—Chron, 6 Mar. 2021
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In Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, the Pope’s message will focus on interreligious dialogue and cultural plurality, according to the Vatican.
—Ines De La Cuetara, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2024
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Many initiatives and conversations are happening among religions, and among interreligious leadership and international bodies – most importantly, the United Nations initiatives.
—Rita D. Sherma, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2022
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In 2020, a 300-seat auditorium at the student union was named for Solomon and Etta Brachman, whom TCU applauded for their philanthropy, civic and business leadership and interreligious ties.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2025
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The Catholic Theological Union in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago also honored him that year with the establishment of the Bernardin Center, a facility that hosts programs dedicated to interreligious dialogue, the consistent ethic of life, and peacemaking initiatives.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Mar. 2026
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