A major subtheme of the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne Australia, was Honoring Indigenous People & Self-Determination.

A highlight of the Parliament was a gathering of indigenous peoples

from around the globe, who together presented a statement to the world.



The Council is pleased to announce the release of this important

document and invites you to read this historic document and share… Continue

Gathered at the historic Antioch Baptist Church in downtown San Jose last week, a group of local religious leaders took another step towards creating a new multi-faith organization in the South Bay.



The new effort will be called the Silicon Valley Interreligious Council and will involve people from the diverse religious communities of the South Bay in joint activities to build relationships, provide educational opportunities, and offer opportunities for cooperative action on behalf… Continue

A Christmas Tree in My House? Over My Dead Body

The Joys and Challenges of an Interfaith Relationship

Beth Katz for Omaha.net

Published on July 13, 2010

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Warning: I am about to get very personal.



In October, I… Continue

From the wellspring of ancient Hindu Tradition emerged the definition of the “Guru”, the one who embodies disciplined qualities of harmony, love, truth and compassion: The guru is celebrated in the present lunar month of Ashada (June/July) on the full moon day, Guru Purnima. The Hindu culture extols its illumined masters, recognizing that the most precious treasure of humanity is wisdom. We honor our wisdom carriers as gods and goddesses who walk…

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1. I'm hard of hearing.



2. I was late, almost tripping over my feet as I carried my three-month old daughter into St. Gertrude's Parish on Chicago's North Side, finding a pew just in time for the Gospel reading.



3. I was hot... it must have been ninety degrees in Chicago outside -- oppressive and overcast -- and that could have made it a clean hundred inside the church, which had a couple fans and lots of church bulletins flapping rapidly in front of sweating… Continue

Lately I’ve had to reflect on what the purpose of interfaith dialogue is. I think sometimes if you’re a person who is interested in this kind of work, or, better yet, actively working to help support it, you can become

so inundated with distracting buzzwords or terminology that it’s easy to lose

sight of what really ignited your passion for this work in the first place.

Case in point:…

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I’ve developed Mystical Humanism as a dynamic process of sage character development, directed to achieving peace of mind, and integral human development. As Mystical Humanism engages transpersonal principles to achieve universally effective change, key assumptions are that: - peace requires ethics; therefore, widespread education to increase ethical insight is critical to a sustainable world. And, since universal tenets for morality are possible, -it is fundamentally immoral not to provide… Continue

My late grandpa had a common say that it is a fool who goes for war or fights because he/she does not know the cost of war.I have lived to see what he men't.Peace is Key and going as per what we witnessed in Kenya during the post election violence in 2008 no one could ever want to embrace war.



Our country is going for a reffarundum to determine whether people will approve the proposed draft or not, and it is in this line that I could like to engage these network for suggestion on what… Continue

A little over a week ago I went to Toronto with a small Christian group (Micah Challenge) to be witness to the people at the G20. We walked with other nonviolent protesters in the People's March. However, the news was dominated by anarchists burning police cars and smashing windows. How can we, as nonviolent people, get the medias attention over such chaos?

Two movements I have studied extensively include the Civil Rights movement in…

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