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Hate in Manchester, TN — Where Do We Go From Here

By admin On 13 June, 2013 · Add Comment
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By: Aaron Stauffer, Associate Director Islamophobia in middle Tennessee is becoming a real problem. In the past several years, two mosques have been firebombed: one had swastikas drawn on its walls, with “White Power” written on the sides. In 2008 an independent short film about Islamophobia in Shelbyville, TN: Welcome to Shelbyville told the story [...]
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Religions for Peace USA Immigration Reform Webinar on May 24th, 2013

By admin On 29 May, 2013 · Add Comment
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Religions for Peace USA Immigration Reform Webinar on May 24th The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed the sprawling 900 page immigration reform bill, with its bipartisan vote, it becomes all the more important to know what immigration reform can mean for our communities across the nation. Because of the great impact immigration reform has on our [...]
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Raising Up Interfaith Leaders

By admin On 18 April, 2013 · Add Comment
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Aaron Stauffer Associate Director of Religions for Peace USA Raising Up Interfaith Leaders The interfaith and ecumenical movements need to raise up young people who understand how to delve into differences of faith and belief while also focusing on grassroots justice work. Too often, interfaith dialogue is approached through a single avenue between commonalities or differences. [...]
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Why The ‘Interfaith Movement’ Must Rebrand

By admin On 11 March, 2013 · Add Comment
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Rev. Bud Heckman Executive Director of Religions for Peace USA We’ve Got A Brand Problem If I ask you what the human rights, civil rights or environmental movements are about, you likely can give a semi-   coherent description that sounds something like what your neighbor might say if we asked her as well. The interfaith relations [...]
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The Third International Interfaith Retreat, Celebrating UN World Interfaith Harmony Week

By admin On 25 February, 2013 · Add Comment
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Representing Religions for Peace USA, Rev. Bud Heckman recently attended the third International Interfaith Retreat, Celebrating United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week. The Retreat took place at the  Won Dharma Retreat Center, New York.     Celebrating UN World Interfaith Harmony Week Strengthening Partnership Between the United Nations and World Religions at the   Won Dharma Retreat Center [...]
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What Happens When Governments Foster Interfaith Action?

By admin On 30 November, 2012 · Add Comment
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 Rev. Donald Heckman The Potential Impact of the New Saudi-Sponsored Interfaith Center in Vienna The question is no longer, “Should governments foster interreligious action?” but instead, “How should they do it?” And  then, “What happens when they do?” Governments have been helping to advance interreligious dialogue for many years, particularly since 9/11. They have an [...]
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The Open Spiral: The Ongoing Moral Commitments of Faith Leaders

By admin On 24 May, 2012 · Add Comment
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“The Open Spiral: The Ongoing Moral Commitments of Faith Leaders” with Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton, General Secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches in G8: The Camp David Summit, May 2012.  See p. 220-221 http://www.who.int/pmnch/media/news/2012/20120518_G8_newsdesk_frenk.pdf
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What they are not talking about at Camp David’s G8 meeting

By admin On 17 May, 2012 · Add Comment
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(World leaders pose for a group photo at the G8 summit in Deauville May 27, 2011. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer) By Aaron Stauffer and Rev Bud Heckman, May 17, 2012 Vladimir Putin is sitting out this year’s G8.  Why is it easy to skip all of a sudden?  Is the sizzle gone from these meetings?  The US [...]
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Are We There Yet? The Progress of the Interfaith Movement

By admin On 1 October, 2011 · Add Comment
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Are We There Yet? The $100,000 Question in the Interfaith Movement.  by Bud Heckman How do we know when we havearrived in the interfaith movement?  When religious pluralism is normative?  When religious differences don’t cause conflict or even concern? Things have been changing rapidly in the expanding field of interfaith relations. Therefore, it may be [...]
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The UN and Religious Bodies in Common Search for Peace

By admin On 1 January, 2011 · Add Comment
“The UN and Religious Bodies in Common Search for Peace” Bud Heckman and Stein Villumstad New Routes. Peaceful co-existence: a faith issue, January, 2011. Volume 16. Uppsala, Sweden. http://www.life-peace.org/resources/publications/new-routes/2011.
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