Diana L. Eck

Diana L. Eck

Director, The Pluralism Project

"On Faith" panelist Diana L. Eck is Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University and Director of The Pluralism Project . Her books about India include Banaras, City of Light and Darshan: Seeing the Divine Image in India (1982). Her book Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras (1993) won the Grawemeyer Book Award in Religion. With colleagues in The Pluralism Project , she also studies the changing religious landscape of America and has published A New Religious America : How a 'Christian' Country has become the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation (2001). Close.

Diana L. Eck

Director, The Pluralism Project

"On Faith" panelist Diana L. Eck is Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University and Director of The Pluralism Project . Her books about India include Banaras, City of Light and Darshan: Seeing the Divine Image in India (1982). more »

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December 23, 2006 10:45 AM

Believing Is A Matter of The Heart

Traditionally, "believe" means "belove." It doesn't mean, "I think so, but I'm not sure." It doesn't mean, "I accept this intellectually because I have the evidence." No, believing is a matter of the heart. The Latin credo with which the great Christian creeds begin means: I give my heart to this.

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May 16, 2007 9:33 AM

A Good Person with Bad Theology

The Reverend Jerry Falwell was apparently a warm and loving person to those who met him. He looked that way –as if one would like a big bear hug from him. But, alas, I believe he preached a divisive and even dangerous form of Christianity. From where I sit, his is a legacy of finger pointing and judgment that is not the Good News as I hear it.

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