Inter-religious Dialog

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Inter-religious Dialog

Religion today is anti-truth. It is casteist, patriarchial, and anti-women. It is supposed to be about love and non-violence, yet more have been killed through religion than through war. It has become today an arm of terrorism.

God is Love, Truth, Compassion, and Justice. Dignity is the highest religion. We have suffered under religions for too long. Can we redefine religion as a force for social liberation instead?

We need to engage actively in dialog, social justice, and environmental protection. Above all, we need to listen. Despite all our great achievements, we won't be able to transform the world until we begin to listen to each other. To listen, to understand one another, is a deeply spiritual experience.

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Words of freedom in lands of Islam. Ten characters of yesterday and of today
:: Rodny Masson el Khoury :: Elsa Zakhia :: 2002 ::

The Islamic civilization is badly known, this text proposes to fulfill the main gaps through the narration of 10 people of philosophy, the theology and poetry. Editions l'Atelier. Various Authors, 2002 (lightly-edited machine translation) Beyond the ideas, that know ourselves of the islamic lands? From Cordoba to Beirut, of Baghdad in Cairo, since Mahomet's prophecy in the 7ème century, "researchers of roads and free waters" opened in a daring way the horizon of the thought and poetry. The speech is given here to ten these grandes faces of philosophy, the theology and poetry. (...)

The worlds’ war : Search for internal peace
:: Inés Martínez :: December 2001 ::

The Story of Arno, born in Germany, grown in Brazil and raised by cures. Son of the war and the intolerance who has build himself little by little and finding the interior peace. Querido Antonio: When you turned fifteen I advised you to read Demian by Herman Hess because it represents the internal struggle of a teenager trying to live in the dark and in the bright world, in order to find out what is right and what is wrong. At the beginning you were forcing yourself to read, but afterwards you completely identified with the protagonist. You know, what I wanted you to learn from that (...)

The responsibility of religions with regard to humanity
:: Catherine de Bretagne :: December 1999 ::

Report of the interreligious Conference at the Cenacle. September 4, - 8 1999 (Geneva) On the initiative of the Foundation Charles Léopold Mayer for the Progress of Humankind (FPH), in co-operation with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the World Council of the Religions for Peace (WCRP), an interreligious consultation took place in Geneva from the 4 to September 8, 1999, in the Center of the Cenacle. The goal of this consultation was to allow about thirty people of various religious and philosophical traditions (moslems, catholics, protestants, orthodox, hindouists, jews, (...)

Possible domains of concentration for inter-religious forum :: December 1999 ::

This is an internal work document of the inter-religious network that focuses on its way of function and on formulating its objectives, parting from the inter-religious Geneva conference of the Cénacle . The text examines three points : first, the questions formulated after the conference by certain participants, second, some resolutions of the conference are here presented in order to consider other stages of discussion. Finally, at the end of the document the author focuses on some letters of participants that permit to recapitulate the ideas on charter writing processes and their (...)

The religions in the construction of the Peace
:: Claire Launay :: May 1999 ::

This text is dedicated to the responsibility of the religions and believers to the consideration of the construction of the peace. The present file gathers reports of cases and courts texts of perspectives. It is dedicated to the responsibility of the religions and believers to the consideration of the construction of the peace and is centered on the preparation and the holding of an international seminar gathering the 9 to May 15, 1999, about thirty committed people, to diverse titles and in link with their religious convictions, in the construction of the peace. (lightly-edited (...)

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