Deep Roots, Wide Reach
Journeying into the Heart of Christ
March 11-14, 2006Columbus, Ohio
Diversity The condition of being diverse Diverse: differing from one
another, composed of distinct or unlike elements of qualities
(Merriam Webster)
Fasting Growing groups:
Asian population 43%--10.8 million
Hispanic population 38.8 %--31.3 million
How many customs and languages can we accommodate? Spanish Russian Tagalong Jainism Muslim Hindu
…came across the Atlantic
Spanish and French Catholics British Anglicans and Quakers Sephardic Jews Dutch reform Christians
Diversity broadened Africans brought with slave trade
were Muslims Chinese and Japanese fortune
mines and fields of the West brought mixture of Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian traditions
Eastern European Jews Irish and Italian Catholics
Came from… Christian and Muslim immigrants
from Middle East Sikhs settled in Central and
Imperial Valley of California
Immigrants last three decades Buddhists—Thailand, Vietnam,
Cambodia, China and Korea Hindus—India, East Africa, Trinidad Muslims—Indonesia, Bangladesh,
Pakistan, Middle East, Nigeria Sikhs and Janis –India Zoroastrians –India and Iran
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Wide range of religious faith India’s range of religions China’s range of religions Latin American range of religions Africa’s range of religions
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Diversity Activity Blue and Yellow Game
Diversity Categories Culture Religion Age Political views Body Image Socio-Economic status Gender Sexual Orientation Marital Status
Matthew 5:14
…You are the light of the world”
Matthew 28:18-20 …”Go therefore and make disciples
of all nations…”
Mark 4:22-23 “…For there is nothing secret
except to be made visible, nothing is except to come to the light. Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear…”
Ephesians 2:19 “…So then you are no longer
strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God…”
Church—Traditional modelChurch—Biblical ModelClub Disciples of Jesus spectators Participants,
ministerDemocracy: Election Theocracy of GodPrograms Meetings all timeLocal church BodyWant NeedFeel comfortable DemandsConditional Unconditional
Constitution of the United States of America “We the people of the United
States of America…”
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What Would Jesus Do?
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Latest census trends
Hispanics now the largest minority group
Blacks second place Asian population continues to grow
Healthcare diversity Healthcare Availability of services Health insurance Education Socioeconomic status Health practices
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Case Studies Case presentation Readings, concepts, ideas Questions for discussing the case Objectives of case
New England Journal of Medicine: February 25, 1999 Reveals that racial and gender bias
may still play a role in influencing physicians decision making
Mind, Body And Spirit
Emancipation Proclamation: 1863 …freed the slaves, the Unions
victory in the Civil War ensured that their freedom would be carried out
Civil Rights Act: 1964 …secured civil liberties to
Americans regardless of gender, race, ethnicity and religious or political affiliation
Discrimination: …based on social status, religious
beliefs, physical appearance, or national identity …
Is a universal reality
Racism Is viewed as a form of idolatry …
incompatible with Christian theology
Prayer: Above all trust in the slow work of the
Holy One. We are quite naturally, impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stage. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new; and yet it is the law of all progress…that it is made by passing through some stages of instability…and that it may take a very long time.
And so it is with us. Our ideas mature gradually. Let them grow, let them shape themselves without undue haste. Don’t try to force them on…for tomorrow cannot emerge any more quickly.
Only God can say what this new spirit, gradually forming within you will be.
Give the Holy One the benefit of believing that God’s hand is leading you and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete. Teilhard de Chardin
Bibliography Spirituality, Health and Wholeness: An introductory
Guide for Health Care Professionals, Siroj Soajjakool and Henry Lamberton, 2004, Haworth Press
A New Religious America: How a “Christian Community” has now become the World’s most Religiously Diverse Nation, Diana L. Eck, 2001, Harper San Francisco
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Video: Many Faces in God’s House, Global Solidarity, In
the Footsteps of Jesus, Who are my Sisters and Brothers
Pastoral Letters: Strangers No Longer, A Pastoral Letter Concerning Migration: Called to Welcome the Stranger Among us, Unity in Diversity
“…It’s in everyone one of us to be wise, find your heart,
Open up both your eyes, We can all know everything
without ever knowing why…”
thank you, gracias, merci, dank u wel, grazi…