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Religions for Peace World Assembly Unites Religious Leaders (Popularity:  )
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The Eighth World Assembly of Religions for Peace -- which began with masterful swipes from a Japanese calligrapher's brush across the convocation's massive banner -- concluded today with 800 delegates from more than 100 countries and all major religious traditions endorsing the Kyoto Declaration on Confronting Violence and Advancing Shared Security. "At a time when religion is being highjacked by extremists, the religious leaders gathered in Kyoto demonstrate for all ...
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Sacramento Churches Join Together at Faith Fair to Support Area Foster Youth (Popularity: )
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Over 20 churches join with foster care advocates bringing critical resources to Sacramento area foster youth and families. Tomorrow, Casey Family Programs, Sacramento County Child Protective Services, Sacramento Valley Region Care Coalition and other foster care advocates present the Faith Fair. The program brings resources from local organizations and area churches together in one place to highlight services available to foster youth. Community leaders and youth will come together to ...
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Salt Lake City to Host Women of the ELCA Gathering and Convention, July 8-13 (Popularity: )
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The Seventh Triennial Gathering of Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will bring together about 1,900 women July 10-13 at the Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City. The event theme, "Come to the Waters," focuses on the celebration of Baptism through Bible study, speakers, community, service and worship. The gathering will include the following keynote speakers: -- Joan Chittister, O.S.B., co-chair, Global Peace Initiative of Women ...
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Science, Religion, and Truth through Self-Discovery (Popularity: )
In Mukesh Eswaran’s novel, The Sublime Homecoming, a grief-stricken American scientist resists the solace offered by spirituality because of doubts thrown up by Darwin’s theory of evolution. The novel chronicles his struggles to make sense of the tragic choices that life entails and traces his arduous odyssey to self-discovery. Do you think that evolution and spirituality are at odds? Is it your understanding that if you believe in God, you ...
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SGI President Calls for Humanization of Religion as a Basis for Peace (Popularity: )
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In his 2008 peace proposal, to be issued on January 26 to commemorate the anniversary of the founding of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist association in 1975, SGI President Daisaku Ikeda calls for the humanization of religion as one path toward peace. Commenting that the current trend towards fundamentalism is found not only in the religious sphere, but also in excessive attachment to national or ethnic identity and even ...
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Sikh Coalition Opposes New TSA Turban Profiling Policy (Popularity: )
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The Sikh Coalition, the nation's largest Sikh civil rights organization, strongly opposes new headwear screening procedures put in place by the Transportation Security Administration on August 4, 2007. TSA officials told the Sikh Coalition that the new Standard Operating Procedure includes a guidance recommending that America's 43,000 airport screeners pull aside turban-wearing travelers for secondary screening, based solely on their headwear. The turban is the only form of religious garb ...
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Solution to Global Financial Crisis is in Quran says Worldwide Islamic Leader (Popularity: )
- Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Leads Prayers Following Historic Reception in Houses of Parliament A worldwide Islamic leader yesterday addressed MPs and ministers in the House of Commons with a faith-inspired solution to the global credit crisis. Before leading prayers in the seat of Parliament, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, voiced his fears to 40 MPs, Ministers, Peers as well as ambassadors of ...
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Spiritual Leader Ricardo Cervantes Cervantes to Attend the Seeds of Compassion Gathering (Popularity: )
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Ricardo Cervantes Cervantes Tlahuizcalpantecutli, spiritual leader of the Toltec indigenous community of Teotihuacan, has been invited to join His Holiness The Dalai Lama and others as sole representative of Latin America's -- not just Mexico's -- indigenous communities to the Seeds of Compassion gathering, where he will join others to instill compassion in the children of the world. This invitation was possible through the intervention of Lama Tenzin Dhonden, the ...
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Statement From the American Islamic Congress Regarding the Assassination of Benazir Bhutto (Popularity: )
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The American Islamic Congress today condemned the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Executive Director Zainab Al-Suwaij issued the following statement: "Benazir Bhutto was one of the most prominent Muslim women in the world. Her murder is a wake-up call to Muslims and all people of conscience. "Ms. Bhutto was a model of independence and courage for Muslim women around the world. After she was nearly killed upon ...
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The Apogee Foundation Introduces Programs Fostering Collaboration Among the World's Great Spiritual Traditions (Popularity: )
http://apogeefoundation.org/media/2008/collaboration_spiritual_traditions.php
New York, London and Tokyo - The Apogee Foundation has announced that it is continuing the expansion of its international Synergy Programs with new Apogee Academy educational projects, Apogee Artists performance events, and Artists in Residence composition commissions fostering intercultural collaboration among musicians representing the world's great spiritual traditions.The Foundation's Synergy Programs are designed to provide gifted artists from diverse cultures opportunities for creative empowerment through the sharing of their ...
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