A Rural Sustainable Farm as Public Sphere: A Place of Interfaith Action

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Senda-Cook, Samantha

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2024

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25

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Rhetoric , Interfaith Action , Satellite Public Sphere , Dialog , Rural Space

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The Asian Rural Institute (ARI), based in Tochigi, Japan, is a Christian-based nonprofit. The goal is to train people from around the world—particularly those from countries that have been negatively impacted by colonization—to grow their own food sustainably. I argue that at ARI, interfaith action cultivates public sphere dialogs through the nature and closeness of the work, the trust and (sometimes) affinity that develops, and the space for productive conflict. Interfaith action and dialog play a role in daily life at ARI by enabling it to function as what Catherine Squires (2022) calls a satellite public sphere in this rural place.

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Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center, Creighton University

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https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/151456

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https://moses.creighton.edu/jrs/toc/SS25.html

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1941-8450

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