{"id":5734,"date":"2017-03-02T11:32:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T16:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/?p=5734"},"modified":"2017-03-04T21:20:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T02:20:24","slug":"senior-interfaith-student-learns-from-past-looks-to-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2017\/03\/02\/senior-interfaith-student-learns-from-past-looks-to-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior interfaith student learns from past, looks to future"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Not every senior project is simply a hurdle to clear for graduation; for some, it is a resource to be used even when college is a distant memory.<\/p>\n

Elizabethtown College student Luke Mackey is one who will utilize his senior project even after he graduates. Mackey, an interfaith studies student, is developing an online resource<\/a> for international educators and anyone interested in interfaith. This website\u2019s development is in conjunction with the Office of International Student Services and his academic advisor, Tracy Sadd. Mackey said he would like to submit some of his research to the Association of International Educators (NAFSA) or be featured on its website. His senior project might help him do just that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not necessarily teaching what interfaith is, but I\u2019m teaching from my perspective as an interfaith leader,\u201d Mackey said.<\/p>\n

The E-town senior\u2019s website is split into three sections. The first is religious literacy and describes major world religions. Another features \u2018leading through interfaith\u2019, which describes the interfaith movement and various organizations associated with it. Additional resources can be found in the third section, which describes why interfaith matters.<\/p>\n

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At the base of it, it\u2019s knowledge about other religions.\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAt the base of it, it\u2019s knowledge about other religions,\u201d Mackey said, \u201cbut interfaith is about applying that knowledge to help people on campus and in general.\u201d He also said that information can \u201cempower both the student and the international education staff\u201d at any given college.<\/p>\n

Mackey does not just research interfaith; he has seen its real-world applications during his internship with On Earth Peace, an organization dedicated to \u201covercoming violence with the power of love.\u201d Throughout 2016, Mackey was a newsletter editor for the organization. His job encompassed more than just editing, however. On his first day there, interns discussed anti-racism and mass incarceration in the United States. \u201cIt was very eye-opening,\u201d Mackey said. \u201cThat really set the tone for my work there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although On Earth Peace is an agency of the Church of the Brethren, Mackey said it was \u201cvery inter-religious.\u201d He encountered people of various religious and non-religious backgrounds working at the organization in his three semesters there.<\/p>\n

As an interfaith leader who has had several unique experiences, Mackey said that he is excited for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like having this inclusive mindset will be helpful when working \u2026 in future endeavors this summer and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not every senior project is simply a hurdle to clear for graduation; for some, it is a resource to be used even when college is a distant memory. Elizabethtown College student Luke Mackey is one who will utilize his senior project even after he graduates. Mackey, an interfaith studies student, is developing an online resource […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":5735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178,764],"tags":[490,1128,1133,209],"class_list":["post-5734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-achievements","category-research-and-academics","tag-achievements-2","tag-feature","tag-interfaith","tag-religious-studies","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5734"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5762,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5734\/revisions\/5762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}