IARF Peace Commission 2013 conference publication
Print publication of papers given at the summer 2013 conference of our Peace Commission: Religious Freedom & Responsibility For Planet and People
Equality, Freedom, and Religion: book
Oxford University Press Roger Trigg 196 pages Introduction1: Does Religious Freedom Matter?2: Does Equality Trump Freedom?3: Religious Beliefs and Institutions.4: Equal Beliefs?5: Is Religious Toleration Enough?6: Freedom from the Law?7: Belief and Practice8: Necessary Limits to Religious Freedom9: The Challenge of Equality10: The Foundations of Equality and FreedomConclusion
Mythology of Evolution, The
What is the nature of life? Scientists turn to natural selection, genes or adaptation to explain the living world, but much of the imagery used to present evolution threatens to distort our understanding of the incredible history of our planet. There is no science without mythology, and the only way to reveal the facts […]
Beyond the Dysfunctional Family
Jews, Christians and Muslims in Dialogue With Each Other and With Britain This book is the fruit of 15 years of face-to-face interfaith dialogue [in Britain] between practitioners of the three Abrahamic faith communities, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Martha Nussbaum and the new religious intolerance
Her latest book, The New Religious Intolerance, is a vigorous defence of the religious freedom of minorities in the face of post-9/11 Islamophobia. Guardian interview…
Islam & Buddhism
The Common Ground project This is an important and pioneering book, which seeks to find common ground between the teachings of Islam and of Buddhism. It is my hope that on the basis of this common ground, followers of each tradition may come to appreciate the spiritual truths their different paths entail, and from […]
New Servetus title from IARF
Publication: On the martyr Servetus 2011 was the 500th Anniversary of the birth of Miguel Servetus (1511-1553), a Unitarian martyr for religious freedom, burned at the stake with his books in Geneva, 27 October, 1553… Our British Chapter has collaborated to produce a festschrift titled “Servetus – Our 16th Century Contemporary” (PDF download), edited by […]
Review: The Great Transformation – The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
From the Axial Age Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006), 469 pp. Karen Armstrong has written her most important book to date, tracing the origins of our religious inheritance in four centers of the Axial Age: China, India, Greece, and Palestine. The Axial […]
How to be a Perfect Stranger
by Stuart M. Matlins This easy-to-use fourth edition is updated and revised with the latest membership statistics on the various faith traditions, an expanded glossary of religious terms and an all-new section on popular religious symbols. It also includes the “Everything You Need to Know Before You Go” checklist. This book helps turn the “strange” […]