Archive for June, 2003

 

The Rio de Janeiro Interfaith Network

Sunday, June 15th, 2003

This article, originally published in the Sourcebook for Earth’s Community of Religions, describes a particularly good example of interfaith “cooperative activities” generated around ethical and critical issues of our time. Number 4 in our series covering various interfaith organizations.

Iraq’s Religious Groups Meet in Amman to Reject Violence and Call for Common Action to Assure a Just Society

Sunday, June 15th, 2003

Representatives of each of Iraq’s major religious groups - including Shi’ite, Sunni, and Christian leaders - today [05/28/2003] rejected violence and called for common action to build a just society in Iraq. This was the first time representatives of all Iraqi religions met since Saddam Hussein took power.

News Briefs, May 2003

Sunday, June 15th, 2003

Links to articles covering various events of interest from May, 2003: “Phillipines: Enough of Bloodshed, Zambo Interfaith Conference Says,” “Religious Investors, Advocacy Groups Issue First Global 'Bench Marks' for Corporate Behavior,” “Evangelicals Condemn Anti-Islam Remarks,” “Meeting Recommends Strong Inter-Religious Ties On AIDS,” “Charlotte walks for AIDS awareness,” “Zimbabwe: Interfaith-Based Approach Effective in Fight Against AIDS”

Interfaith America

Sunday, June 15th, 2003

Gustav Niebuhr reviews the history of the interfaith movement in America in this article for the Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.

When Worldviews Collide

Sunday, June 15th, 2003

What's about to unfold in Iraq may be the most dramatic
act yet in the tragic split we've created in our minds between the natural and supernatural; the physical and metaphysical. It may hasten their reconciliation, or potentially begin the endgame. By Tom Mahon