This article was originally published on the Common Ground News Service in five languages.

Seminaries, higher education institutions where professors of religion and religious leaders train students to become clergy, have been present in the United States for centuries. Because seminary students are generally being trained as religious leaders who will oversee…

Janaan Hashim

by Janaan Hashim

I have a new-found respect for Muslim women who look nothing like me, but share the common thread of faith. The media has painted them in a negative, oppressed manner; one in which they must be “freed” by the West. These women…

Karen Armstrong spoke this past month at a special gathering hosted by the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions in Palo Alto, California. The celebrated author and founder of the Charter for Compassion addressed the ethos of compassion and the work of the Charter.

“Compassion is not…

An Appeal for World Day of Prayer and Action for Children

Dear Friends,

Every year on 20^th November, the world celebrates “A World Day of Prayer and Action for Children (DPAC)” with a number of programmes including…

In a commitment to extending its reach to diverse religious and spiritual communities, the Board of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, at its October 24-25, 2010 meeting, elected seven new Trustees for a three-year term:

Ms. Anju Bhargava (Hindu)

Mr. Kirit Daftary (Jain)

Dr. Robert Henderson (Baha’i)

Ms. Mary Nelson (Christian)

Mr. Christopher Peters (Native American)

Dr. Anantanand Rambachan (Hindu)

Mr. Kuldeep Singh (Sikh)

The…

Baha’u’llah, the Founder of the Baha’i Faith, taught that from the beginning to the end of its life, every living thing in this world passes through different stages. Each stage has its own conditions and presents its own requirements. In the life of the human being, the conditions and requirements of infancy, of childhood, of adolescence, of youth and maturity are not the same. Each stage prepares us for the next,…

From The Huffington Post

Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, would make the perfect dad. Imagine having to tell the world’s most famous “simple Buddhist monk” that you wrecked the family car. Material items are not important, but you must examine the causes and conditions that gave rise to this accident. Or that you spent all the money in your checking account before the end of the month — again. You will not find happiness…