Sending Letters on Religious Values to U.S. Leaders

Written by a spiritually disparate group of 100 scholars, the letters explore values such as the common good, inalienable rights, and justice as expressed in a Hindu holy book; in a biblical passage; in a question at the heart of Islam; in the jagged sculpture thought to be of John the Baptist standing on the National Mall in Washington.

Each a succinct 350 words, the missives are part of "American Values Religious Voices: 100 Days. 100 Letters,” a nonpartisan campaign to remind the nation's leaders that the country's undergirding principles — many rooted in and reflective of religious tradition — can span the most formidable chasm.