In this op-ed in Rice University’s Rice Thresher publication, a group of interfaith students expresses why the university—and all institutions and communities—must aim not for religious tolerance, but for religious pluralism. As they say: “We have all heard we should be religiously tolerant of others, but tolerance only scrapes the surface… Religious pluralism goes beyond tolerance and facilitates, facilitating the implementation of a critical approach. It allows us to see past the superficial requisites for ‘tolerance.’ Pluralism is the active and energetic engagement of diversity.”
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