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On November 17 Krista Tippett, the Peabody Award-winning journalist and moderator of American Public Media's Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett, joined Project on Civic Reflection staff members and more than two dozen other civic leaders involved or interested in faith-based service in a breakfast reception and civic reflection discussion. "Salon: Faith and Action in a Diverse World," co-funded by the Project on Civic Reflection, the Illinois Humanities Council and Chicago Public Radio Presents, was held at the WBEZ studios on Navy Pier. Project on Civic Reflection senior associate Adam Davis led the group—which included representatives of numerous organizations, including the Islamic Heritage Foundation, the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, DePaul University, and the Chicago Cultural Alliance—in a conversation centering on the question, "How do our religious and philosophical beliefs impact how we conduct ourselves—particularly in a world where so many people around us are likely to hold different beliefs than we do?" Participants explored this question in the light of two poems, Mary Oliver's "The Buddha's Last Instruction" and Rumi's "Say Yes Quickly". Both poems are included Hearing the Call across Traditions: Readings on Faith and Service (Skylight Paths, 2009), edited by Adam Davis and published by the Project on Civic Reflection in partnership with Interfaith Youth Core and the Illinois Humanities Council.
The previous evening, Eboo Patel, founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, had conducted a public interview with Krista Tippett at Chicago's Fourth Presbyterian Church. Patel "turned the tables" on Tippett, asking her the kinds of probing questions about her religious upbringing and the development of her faith that she normally asks others. Nearly 800 people turned out to hear their conversation in person, and 300 more listened to the live webstream on www.wbez.org and www.speakingoffaith.org. Titled "Evolving Faith: Meaning, Ethics and Ideas," Patel's conversation with Tippett was one stop on Tippett's national speaking tour, which is supported with a grant from the Lilly Endowment.
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