Interreligious respect manifested in Chautauqua

Abstract

This narrative case study report will focus on an intentional community (Lakeside, Ohio) that seeks to promote interreligious respect. It is posited that this interreligious respect is both directly expressed via community programming and indirectly expressed via normative community structures. This kind of community can serve as a model for other types of settings. The thesis statement for this report stresses that the Lakeside Chautauqua promotes interreligious respect through its defined community and programming. A fundamental premise is that in a diverse society such as we have in the United States, it is imperative that we have foundations for our varied religious perspectives to peacefully co-exist and, ideally, appreciate each other.