Richard Boeke
About the Author
The Rev. Richard F. Boeke was minister of the First Unitarian Church of Berkeley, California, from 1973 to 1995. Active in interfaith work, he helped found the North American chapter of the IARF and served as co-chair of its Peace Commission. He contributed personal memories to the IARF centenary volume.
Resources by Richard Boeke
Richard Boeke Receives the IARF Distinguished Leadership Award
At the 35th IARF World Congress in Washington, DC, Rev. Dr. Richard Boeke receives the Distinguished Leadership Award in recognition of a lifetime of work for international liberal religion, interfaith understanding and peace. The presentation recalls his involvement in IARF from the early 1960s, including friendships with Toribio Quimada and Shinichiro Imaoka, participation in the 1964 Hague Congress, his role in broadening IARF’s interreligious identity and his leadership in the IARF Peace Commission.
In his remarks, Boeke reflects on formative encounters spanning his ministry, US Air Force chaplaincy and peace activism. He recalls the nuclear age, the 1963 March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr., and the importance of relationships across religious boundaries. The recording is both an award presentation and a compact first-person testimony to several decades of IARF history.
Read LessIARF: A Personal History
A personal history of the IARF by Rev. Dr. Richard Boeke, recipient of the 2018 IARF Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Boeke recounts his journey with the IARF, starting from 1959, and provides insights into the organization's roots, key figures, and its evolution through the decades.
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