Interfaith Programs
UPF organizes programs that help build understanding, respect and cooperation among people of different faiths.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF-Canada, Central District
Toronto, Canada - Devotional music and interfaith prayers at UPF-Canada's annual Interreligious and Multicultural Family Festival set the atmosphere for reflections about the need to treat people from different religions and cultures with respect and compassion.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Franco Famularo, Secretary General, UPF - Canada
Montreal, Canada - UPF-Montreal's monthly interfaith forum on Dec. 10, 2009, at the Imani Family and Full Gospel Church, addressed the topic of "Engagement: The Next Interfaith Responsibility."
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF - International
Melbourne, Australia - UPF presentations were delivered at the the Parliament of the World’s Religions, the largest interfaith gathering to be held during 2009. The international interfaith assembly brings together over 8,000 people from around the world.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF-Germany
Nuremberg, Germany - A recent UPF conference on the topic of ‘Basic Values for a Peaceful Society’ invited 38 participants from Germany’s Christian, Buddhist, Islamic, and Unificationist communities to reflect on the underlying principles of peace appropriate to a multicultural and democratic society such as Germany.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Dr. Robert Kittel, Director of Peace Education, UPF-Asia
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines - The Mindanao Peace Symposium was the first time that Pentecostal pastors dealt directly with Muslim leaders on issues of peace, cooperation, and mutual understanding. A coalition of eight sponsors, including government, NGOs, and religious organizations, brought together participants under the banner of “Peace Development through Inter-Religious Cooperation in Mindanao."
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: David Eaton
A recording of the Peace Cantata, Halelu—Songs of David, written by Israeli vocalist David D'Or and American conductor David Eaton, is available for purchase. The collaboration grew out of a 2004 Middle East Peace Initiative concert in Jerusalem the featured music from various cultures and religions.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Dr. Robert Kittel, Director of Peace Education, UPF-Asia
Dhaka, Bangladesh - “The present world is torn by interreligious and intercultural conflicts,” noted the President of Bangladesh, M. Zillur Rahman, as he inaugurated the first International Conference on Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue at the University of Dhaka.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF - International
New York, USA - Religious leaders from around the world convened at the Church Center of the UN on Sept. 21, 2009 to discuss “the call of our religions [that] we must all learn to live together within the shared limits of our planet.”
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Qamrul A. Khanson, UPF-Canada
Toronto, Canada - The ongoing civil strife in Sri Lanka has spilled over into the Sri Lankan community in Canada. In the Toronto area, UPF is reaching out to the Sinhalese and Tamil Sri Lankans of various faiths to narrow the communications gap and help establish common understandings among them, in the hopes that this can have a positive influence on developments in their home country.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Fritz Piepenburg and Claus Dubisz, UPF-Germany
Frankfurt, Germany - Creationists and evolutionists worldwide are engaged in heated debates concerning the correct understanding of human development. Did God create humans? Or are we a product of random mutation and selection, not sure what leaps of development we will we taking next?
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Eric Olson, Youth Federation for World Peace
Mindanao, Philippines - The thirty-year-old conflict in Mindanao province in the Philippines has never commanded the world’s attention, despite the massive scale of violence and loss of life. Since 1969, when the fighting between Muslim separatists and the armed forces began under the Marcos regime, the Mindanao conflict has left 160,000 dead and displaced some two million people.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: UPF International
Excerpts of statements made by religious leaders and scholars in support of a proposed interreligious council at the United Nations.