Outside Reading - From Diversity to Pluralism

In another religious class I am taking, we read about pluralism and how it is "the engagement that creates a common society from... diversity" (Diana Eck).  During this class, we were on the topic of habitat and habitus.  Habitat is the place of dwelling and habitus is the way we dwell in a particular place/ how we live there.  I found this to be interesting because in a habitat with many people, everyone has to work together despite the diversity in order to grow with one another.  The interactions between people allow for a closer habitus and can determine if the environment is good.  This is just like the habitat of animals in a forest because they have to help one another and use each other to have a good place of dwelling in order to thrive in their ecosystem.  If some animals or humans aren't willing to cooperate then the habitat is faulty and could affect the other beings living there negatively.