by Matt Idom

from Huffington Post

Seated on the front row of the second level of the Texas Tech gym makes it hard to “feel” the pomp and circumstance of the commencement proceedings as the class of 2011 marches in. This is a seat intended to place one over the fast break and the last second shot, not a daughter’s moment.

But it is a moment, a sacred moment.

The dignitaries…

Larry Gordon

from Los Angeles Times

Leaders of the Claremont School of Theology will announce Monday the gift of $40 million from an Arizona couple to help expand the Christian divinity institution into a university that will include training for Jewish and Muslim clergy.

The donation from David Lincoln, a Claremont trustee, and his wife, Joan, is the largest ever to the 126-year-old…

From the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne News and Views

Twenty-eight religious leaders will converge on Canberra on 2 June to pressure the federal government to act on climate change.  Representatives from many different faiths, acting under the banner of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC), will meet with Julia…

From the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue

Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook, member of the JIRD Board of Scholars and Practitioners, offers opportunity for inter-religious study this summer:

What potential is there for inter-religious connections in your community?

The United States is one of the most religiously diverse countries in the…

From Washington Post

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking said in an interview with the UK Guardian published Monday that he rejects the idea of heaven, calling it a ’fairy story’ for people afraid to die. Hawking also wrote in his 2010 book The Grand Design that he believes God was not ‘necessary’ for the creation of…

by Jaweed Kaleem

from HuffingtonPost

Religious leaders are responding to President Barack Obama’s ‬much-anticipated speech on the Middle East, in which the president said that “all faiths must be respected” and suggested “bridges be built among them.‬”

Much of…

From Washington Post

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking said in an interview with the UK Guardian published Monday that he rejects the idea of heaven, calling it a ’fairy story’ for people afraid to die. Hawking also wrote in his 2010 book The Grand Design that he believes God was not ‘necessary’ for the creation of…

by Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

from Huffington Post

“The best way to find your self is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Mahatma Gandhi

What we seek from religion is a sense of meaning, purpose, belonging; a stronger connection to each other. This is what seva is and this is what seva does. When we speak of seva, we mean ego-less service in which we…

by Rev. Charles P. Gibbs

Executive Director, United Religions Initiative

At the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne, Australia, I had lunch with Dadi Janki, the senior leader of the Brahma Kumaris, who had been an inspirational friend for fourteen years. Dadi told me the story of a queen who lost a precious necklace and sent people to the farthest reaches of her kingdom to search for it. The search continued…

Princeton Theological Seminary student Austin Almaguer has been awarded a paid Summer Fellowship by The Beatitudes Society. Austin will serve at the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago, IL from June 6 – July 29, 2011.

Austin is part of the 2011 class of 20 Summer Fellows who will work with organizations at the intersection of faith and public life such as CPWR, Interfaith Worker Justice, and Interfaith Power and Light. They will participate in weekly…

Ahmed Rehab

		Wednesday, June 8, 2011 10:00am U.S. Central Time

The Egyptian Revolution saw one of the largest and most…

The Dalai Lama returns to Montreal later this year on September 7, to address the Second Global Conference On World’s Religions after September 11, which will meet at the Palais des Congrès, almost after a decade following the events of 9/11.

Other renowned speakers include Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, world-famous author Deepak Chopra, Professor Tariq Ramadan, and Professor Robert Thurman.…

by Helen Spector, CPWR Trustee

When Rev. Dr. David Ramage recruited me in 1990 to serve on the Board of Trustees leading up to the 1993 Parliament, I was not engaged in or much aware of the inter-religious movement.

My commitment to the Council’s work caught fire when I joined a group of Trustees to travel to Cape Town in 1998, to meet with our organizing counterparts and talk with leaders from all the faith communities who would support the Parliament in 1999 in Cape…

By Khalid Latif

From CNN

I was sitting in a KFC in Brooklyn on Sunday night (halal for those who are worried) with two of my students when my phone started to buzz like crazy as friends, colleagues and family let me know that Osama bin Laden was dead.

As we drove back to Manhattan, President Obama began his address and we watched it on an iPhone and…

Interfaith Youth Core is offering opportunities for training to empower the interfaith movement on college campuses.

Interfaith Leadership Institutes are 3-day intensives that equip students and their campus allies to be movement builders for interfaith action. Come find out how your campus can join the growing number of campuses who are changing the way they think about religious diversity through the…

Rev. Dr. Clare Butterfield

Greening Your Religious Community

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:00am U.S. Central Time…

by Paul Raushenbush

Religion Editor, Huffington Post

It is a strange and conflicting emotion to celebrate a death. My professed beliefs include the redemption of evil and the potential good in all humanity. Yet I felt a sense of exhilaration when I read the headline ‘DEAD’ about Osama Bin Laden.

For the last ten years Osama Bin Laden has exemplified the absolute worst of…