During a video made shortly before his death in 1993, Bede Griffiths spread out his hand. The religions of the world are like the separate fingers, he said, and are quite distinct from each other. But if you trace them to their source, the palm of the hand, you see that they all come together …
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The mystical path is the very ground of our being, but one cannot traverse it when they are spiritually asleep and/or hypnotized by the social/technological world. A true mystical experience not only unshackles the mind from religious conditioning and dogmas but also enlightens the mystic beyond any secular view of the world and opens the …
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Sacred Texts: Where Judaism, Christianity and Islam Meet Learn about themes common to sacred texts in all three traditions: creation, eschatology, ethics, and the power of God. Instructor Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan-Kaplan

A Multi-Religious & Multi-Disciplinary Academic Conference Keynote Speakers: Rabbi Ted Falcon & Imam Jamal Rahman Co-authors of Getting to the Heart of Interfaith and Religion Gone Astray Registration opens March 15, 2020 Call for Papers Submissions open till February 15th, 2020 Conference Theme 75% of Canadians identify as religious or spiritual. What role do religion …
View course details “Religious, Spiritual, Secular: Living in a Pluralistic Culture”

For young women, ages 18-30. In the nexus of all our identities, being a person of faith within a post-modern, technological, pluralist society can be a challenge.  We want to use our skills, passion and wisdom – and collaborate with other communities – to create a just society.  Who and what am I called to …
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A Pilgrimage into Just Interfaith Living People of all religious traditions, including Christians, find their way alongside one another in our one world-home. But what happens when we engage with one another, and walk together into our deepest questions and most pressing challenges? What can we learn from one another, and do together? In this …
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With deadline 20 January 2020, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey invites papers for an international conference on ’Teaching Ecumenism in the Context of World Christianity’.   The conference, held from 10-13 June 2020, will focus on what it means to teach ecumenism and World Christianity in the twenty-first century, …
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With David Giuliano, Renee Thomas-Hill and Amira Ayad Come join us for a time of learning and renewal at Five Oaks this fall. This 2.5 day program is led by three speakers from different cultures and faith traditions. It is a time of shared learning, being deeply rooted in one’s own faith or spiritual tradition, …
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Places We Never Expected to Go: Being with Vicissitudes $775 (scholarships available) (intensive) Begins: 6 p.m. Monday, July 22, 2019 Ends: 1 p.m. Saturday, July 27, 2019 In this year’s Wisdom School, we will draw upon wisdom teachings from Judeo-Christian and Buddhist traditions and explore practices for “being-with” rather than bypassing the vicissitudes in our …
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EMBRACING THE DIVINE WITHIN – AN INTRODUCTORY YOGA IMMERSION Offered by Preeta Banerjee, Ph D Friday, September 20 – Sunday, September 22 (intermediate) $325 (Scholarships available)   Yoga, meaning to yoke with the Divine, is vastly richer than the asana practice it is most often associated with. For those who have a desire to discover …
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