Mannheim
EME (Europe & Middle East Region) Conference, Mannheim22-25 October 2009 Religious Freedom: A Call To Action Report EME Conference Mannheim 2009 (PDF, 1 page)
Unitarian Universalist International Office
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IION Meeting 2008
The 2008 meeting of representatives of International Interfaith Organisations (IION) was held in India from October 4th-7th at the Renewal Centre, Azad Road, Kochi, Kerala, in conjunction with the Assembly of the WORLD FELLOWSHIP OF INTER-RELIGIOUS COUNCILS (WFIRC), which is a member of IION. Report by Marcus Braybrooke – IION Kochi 2008 (PDF, 8 […]
Natalie Gulbrandsen Ministerial Scholarship for International Studies
Ms. Gulbrandsen, former IARF President (1900-1993) served as the Moderator of the Unitarian Universalist Association from 1985 through 1993. She was actively involved in IARF-US Chapter activities and served for many years as co-chair of the Chapter. She was the recipient of many awards and recognitions including the IARF-US Award for Interfaith Cooperation in 1996. […]
Audio links about religion
This audio clip is from the HumanMedia.org website. Comments are from followers of all the world’s major religions: Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism. [audio:http://www.humanmedia.org/catalog/excerpts/ks1-4a_a_human_family_album.mp3]
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 […]
The International Association of Liberal Religious Women
Our member group the IALRW is one of the oldest international women’s organizations in the world. It was convened in Berlin in 1910 and since that time has provided a link between liberal religious women throughout the world. It serves to promote friendship and cooperation between like-minded women and is a channel of communication for those […]
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” […]
How to Host an Interfaith Dinner
The idea to host an interfaith dinner group for lay people in our community of Melrose, MA came about after learning about the “circle groups†at IARF (International Association for Religious Freedom) Congresses. These groups are comprised of individuals of different religions, who meet together during the Congress. The purpose is: for participants to talk […]
Celebrating Together
by Doris Hunter At 5:30am one morning last week at the monastery I joined the monks and nuns for morning meditation. Going into the great hall I looked up at the three gigantic golden Buddhas looming over me. I stood in the line with other visitors and I heard over 500 voices chanting the sutra, […]