The Parliament of Religions's Blog – June 2010 Archive (3)

Exclusive Truth, Inclusive Truth, Pluralist Truth, or.....Nihilism?

Andrew Pessin Blogs from HuffingtonPost.com



Are all the major religions the same? Obviously not. But are they ultimately the same? Quite possibly, depending on what the word "ultimately" means here. Stephen Prothero's best-selling book, God Is Not One,

makes the rather easy case that the major religions are…

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Added by The Parliament of Religions on June 21, 2010 at 10:00am — 17 Comments

World Religions Summit in Winnipeg, Canada

From June 21 to June 23, a large collection of religious leaders representing the world's faiths will meet at the University of Winnipeg in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The World Religions Summit will be held concurrent to the G8 Summit in Huntsville, Ontario.



The purpose of the World Religions Summit is to encourage the nations represented at the G8 Summit to remain committed to the UN Millennium Development Goals, enter into dialogue from a multi-faith perspective regarding…
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Added by The Parliament of Religions on June 14, 2010 at 9:56am — No Comments

U.S. foreign policy objective- facilitating religious dialogue?

On Tuesday night, June 10th in Chicago, Dirk Ficca, Eboo Patel, and Afeefa Syeed convened as part of a panel discussion moderated by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs entitled, "Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: One Year Post-Cairo".



For those unfamiliar with these speakers,
Dirk Ficca is the executive director of the Council for a Parliament of…

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Added by The Parliament of Religions on June 10, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

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