THE INTERRELIGOUS COORDINATING
COUNCIL IN ISRAEL
Links to InterFaith
Resources
- American Interfaith
Institute - works among religious scholars and educators
to build bridges of communication between Christians and Jews.
- Association of Interfaith
Ministers - non profit association of interfaith clergy providing
support services for its members and information on interfaith
for the public.
- The Centre for Jewish-Christian
Relations - The Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations is
an independent institution supported by Anglia Polytechnic University,
the Cambridge Theological Federation, the Council of Christians
and Jews, and many nationally and internationally recognised
figures in the field of Jewish-Christian Relations, including
several members of the Cambridge University Faculty of Divinity.
- Computer-Assisted
Theology- Internet Resources for the Study and Teaching of
Theology. An excellent annotated index of Internet resources
on various religions.
- Council for a Parliament of the World's
Religions - Promote understanding and cooperation among religious
and spiritual communities and institutions around the world.
- Hinduism
- guide to various aspects of Indian religious thought and inter-religious
understanding.
- The Institute for
Christian-Jewish Studies - The ICJS is a non-profit
organization which concentrates its educational expertise on
the dual tasks of disarming religious hatred and establishing
models of interfaith understanding. Founded in 1987 by an interfaith
coalition of laity and clergy, the ICJS offers a variety of educational
programs which highlight the distinctiveness of the Jewish and
Christian traditions and confront the dangerous misunderstandings
that have evolved in our two communities. The website contains
articles from their seminars and journals, a moderated discussion
group as well as current additions to their website.
- Institute for Ecumenical and
Cultural Research- The Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural
Research seeks to discern the meaning of Christian identity
and unity in a religiously and culturally diverse nation and
world, and to communicate that meaning for the mission of the
church and the renewal of human community. The Institute is committed
to research, study, prayer, reflection and dialogue, in a place
shaped by the Benedictine tradition of worship and work.
- Inter Religious Federation for World
Peace - dedicated to the pursuit of world peace through inter-religious
dialogue and harmony.
- Interfaith Center
of New York - The Interfaith Center of New York seeks to
integrate the sacred into our daily lives and to apply the wisdom
and resources of the world's religious traditions to issues of
conflict in local communities and among nations.
- Interfaith Council of Greater
New York - Mission Statement: The members of The Interfaith
Council of Greater New York are dedicated to the promotion of
understanding and peace among the different faith traditions
in the greater New York community. Our vehicle for
this is to support, encourage and create forums and programs
for interfaith dialogue in the New York community.
- Interfaith Fellowship
- spiritual community of worship, celebration and healing. Draws
from a broad range of faiths and spiritual paths.
- Interfaith Ministries for Greater
Houston - aims to enable persons and congregations to provide
services/advocate for those in need and coordinate activities
that promote shared religious values.
- Interfaith Voices for Peace
and Justice - communications network and database for North American faith-based
groups working for the betterment of society.
- Interfaith Voices
for Peace and Justice - is a communications network and database
for North American faith-based groups working for the betterment
of society. The system provides a variety of ways that
representatives from these groups can interact with one another
in the search for a common peace and justice agenda.
- interfaith.org - cooperative
association of not-for-profit religious and spiritual organizations
combining resources for the WWW.
- InterfaithFamily.com
- contains a biweekly webzine published by Jewish Family &
Life! for interfaith families featuring articles, chats, discussions,
and resources.
- International Association
for Religious Freedom - non-governmental organization (NGO)
with general consultative status at the UN
that supports religious freedom through interfaith cooperation
and local community service and development strategies.
- International Committee for
the Peace Council - international and interfaith group of
religious leaders working together in practical ways for peace.
- International Council of Christians
and Jews - Serving as the umbrella organisation of 29 national
Jewish-Christian dialogue organisations world-wide
- International
Interfaith Center- The IIC, a UK based organization, aims
to support the work of organizations and individuals to further
peaceful relations, respect and understanding between people
with different faith beliefs. They promote research into ways
of developing inter-religious understanding, cooperation and
respect for religious freedom., facilitate cooperation between
people and groups actively engaged in inter-religious work ,
provide a support center to strengthen personal contact between
those engaged in interfaith work and the study of religions and
offers advice to those who consult it. A Spiritual Centre to
provide opportunities for learning about prayer, worship and
meditation in the world's religions. Lectures, newsletters, and
dates of sponsored activities are available on their website.
- International Interfaith
Centre - aims to support the work of organisations and individuals
to further peaceful relations, respect and understanding between
people with different faith beliefs.
- Jewish-Christian Relations
- This site is concerned with issues of on-going Christian-Jewish
dialogue. It is not about conversion or Christian-Jewish messianism.
The site contains articles, bibliographies and other resources,
pages of Christian-Jewish organizations, addresses of and links
to institutes and groups involved in the dialogue, statements
of churches, joint statements, as well as news, events and reports.
Many contributions are also available in German.
- Journal
of Ecumenical Studies - The Journal of Ecumenical
Studies, an academic journal that focuses on vitally important
religious issues, offers a venue for meaningful publication,
and consistently maintains the caliber of exemplary scholarship,
intellectual inquisitiveness, and over-all excellence that has
been the norm at JES since 1964. The website contains a listing
of recent issues and their table of contents.
- Millenium Summit
- On August 28 through August 31, 2000 in the first gathering
of its kind, the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and
Spiritual Leaders (opening at the United Nations)
will unite several hundred preeminent leaders from the world's
great religious and faith traditions to pledge a commitment for
the achievement of world peace.
- Monastic Interreligious
Dialog (MID) - established by the Benedictine
Confederation to assume a leadership role in the dialogue between
Christianity and the religions of the East. Also sponsers
intermonastic exchange with Tibetan monks and nuns exiled in
India.
- Northwest Assistance Ministries
- an interfaith coalition assisting families in need in Harris
County.
- Order of the Holy Spirit
- an interfaith religious order open to all.
- Pluralism Project
- an ongoing research project on religious pluralism in the United
States at Harvard University.
- Religious Youth Service (RYS)
- A worldwide interfaith service organization, volunteers come
from diverse spiritual traditions to work in harmony and provide
humanitarian service.
- SIDIC - Service International de
Documentation Judeo-Chretienne - The SIDIC Center (Service
International de Documentation Judeo-Christienne), one of the
fruits of the Second Vatican Council,
was created in November 1965 by several bishops and experts who
had labored for the declaration Nostra Aetate (par. 4) concerning
the Church's relations with the Jewish people.
- Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious
Understanding - The Tanenbaum Center's
mission is to foster interreligious understanding and to apply
it as a tool to resolve and prevent intergroup conflicts in the
workplace, in the classroom, and in the public arena.
- Thanks-Giving Square
- inter-religious and multi-cultural shrine and research center
devoted to the expression of gratitude.
- United Communities of Spirit
- A global interfaith network, linking people of diverse faiths
and beliefs who want to work with others to build a better world.
UCS is designed to support the emergence of a vital and powerful
global community of spiritual people, and provides a variety
of ways for our members to interact with one another, including
a comprehensive searchable directory. Our network includes email/web
conference facilities and an extensive database, that allow you
to express the fine details of your personal beliefs. Our database
organizes this information, seeking for the common factors and
universal truths that unite people of diverse cultures.
- United Communities
of Spirit - Multi-media interfaith network system with roots
in 1993 Parliament of World Religions, includes extensive listserv
network with Hypermail archives.
- United Religions Initiative
- designed to create the United Religions, a permanent public
forum for interfaith dialogue and collaboration.
- World Congress of
Faiths - World Congress of Faiths was established in
1936 when Sir Francis Younghusband, a person of vision and action,
convened the first World Congress of Faiths in London. The website
offers information about publications and membership and contact
information.
- World Council of Churches
- World Interfaith
Education Association - promoting Interfaith
education in schools, in faith communities and among the public.
- World Scripture - World
Scripture contains over 4000 scriptural passages from 268 sacred
texts and 55 oral traditions. It is organized in terms of 164
different themes common to all traditions. This text is the result
of a five-year project involving the collaboration of an international
team of 40 recognized scholars representing all the major religions
of the world.
- Note:
Cephas Ministry added bold lettering. Religion is linked to
Ecology to add more power to the project.
- (source:
http://www.icci.co.il/linkpageinterfaith.htm - ICCI
- PO Box 8771 - Jerusalem, 91086, Israel)
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