We train and equip leaders to be agents of change in the U.S. and around the globe who work to practice pluralism, democracy, and advance understanding, compassion, and dialogue across difference through civic, religious, and academic leadership. The Dialogue Institute (DI), based at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, works to transform the world into a global community by fostering interreligious and intercultural scholarship, understanding and cooperation. A nonprofit organization founded in 1978, the DI trains religious, civic and academic leaders in practicing the skills of respectful dialogue and critical thinking, building and sustaining transformative relationships across lines of religion and culture. It provides resources and creates networks for intra- and interreligious scholarship and action that value difference and foster human dignity.The related Journal of Ecumenical Studies (JES) advances critical awareness of the latest directions in ecumenical and interreligious research. Established in 1964 initially with an intra-Christian focus, JES soon evolved into an organ of Christian-Jewish dialogue and then further expanded to include all of the world's major religions and ideologies, including atheism. It continues as the premier peer-reviewed journal in intrareligious, interreligious and interideological dialogue around the world.