Interreligious/Interfaith Dialogue

While the center's mission has expanded, interreligious dialogue and interfaith cooperation continue to be both its central integrating dimension and its distinguishing characteristic. Our mission continues to be expressed in the vision and mission statements below.

Vision Statement for Interreligious Dialogue

To be recognized as an active interreligious dialogue center for the exchange of viewpoints, offering programs on critical social issues* and serving as resource center for information on the beliefs, rituals and traditions of the various religions. Adopted May 2002.
(*e.g., ecology, world trade and economic justice, human rights, racism, rights of women and minorities, etc.)

Mission Statement for Interfaith Relations

To foster understanding and cooperation among religious traditions through personal encounter and careful and balanced study of those same traditions in order to motivate shared responsibility for the key moral issues of our times.
Adopted May 2002

Religious Traditions of the World as Represented in Greater Cincinnati

Locally, the Brueggeman center brings together a range of religious traditions for purposes of productive collaboration and dialogue. Like most American metropolitan regions, Cincinnati has a rich religious history and an increasingly complex religious present. Having large and established Christian (both Catholic and Protestant) as well as Jewish populations, Cincinnati, more recently, has seen important, visible increases in formerly small religious groups, the traditions of which are highlighted below.

• Baha'i
• Buddhist
• Christian
• Hindu
• Indigenous
• Islamic
• Jain
• Jewish
• Sikh
• Taoist
• Zoroastrian

The center welcomes the cooperation and insight of all local religious denominations and spiritual traditions. It engages their involvement uniquely through its board of advisors and jointly planned special events.