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A World of Many Faiths

FFF and Interfaith Relations

The collective character of the process of integration and renewal extends beyond traditional religious boundaries.

The initial focus of FFF will primarily concern re-framing Christian beliefs and practice since the results of critical scholarship perhaps impact most acutely on that faith tradition at present. As resources develop and its membership expands to include significant numbers of people from other religions and spiritual traditions, the Foundation anticipates that the focus on re-visioning Christianity will become just one among several lines of activity.

FFF welcomes the contributions that people from different traditions can offer one another in re-shaping their own personal and collective religious practice. Those who come from one of the Christian traditions gain important insights as they hear how others perceive and experience Christianity. Authentic information on other faith communities and forms of religious practice can also open up new possibilities for the renewal of one's own tradition.

The cooperation circles that comprise the grassroots membership of FFF are encouraged to include people from a diverse range of religious practice, and especially to welcome participation by people of other faiths.

The end result will be a diverse and creative network that pursues the integration of religious practice with traditional knowledge and new information emerging from religion scholarship as well as from other areas of research.

This page is a preliminary collection of materials relating to religious and spiritual traditions other than Christianity.

Suggestions for other events to include here are welcome, as are reports and comments after these events.

General Interfaith Resources

"Anyone with two good ears ...": Finding Sayings of Jesus in Surprising Places. [PDF version] Gregory C. Jenks. Review article of Tarif Khalid, The Muslim Jesus. Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001; Martin Palmer (in association with Eva Wong), The Jesus Sutras. Rediscovering the Lost Scrolls of Taoist Christianity. New York: Ballantine Wellspring, 2001; and Ray Riegert & Thomas Moore (eds), The Lost Sutras of Jesus: Unlocking the Ancient Wisdom of the Xian Monks. Ulysses Press: Berkeley, CA, 2003 for the Winter 2003 issue of SONGLINES, The Magazine of the Brookfield centre for Spirituality, Brisbane.

Council for a Parliament of World Religions Home page of the Council for a Parliament of World Religions.

International Interfaith Centre Web site of the International Interfaith Centre, inaugurated during the 1993 Year of Interreligious Understanding and Cooperation as a joint project by the two oldest international interfaith organizations, the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) and the World Congress of Faiths.

North American Interfaith Network A non-profit association with a membership of approximately 60 faith and interfaith organizations and agencies in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance An important link for resources on a wide range of religion controversies and crisies.

Overview of World Religions Resources for teachers and students provided as part of the PHILTAR (Philosophy, Theology and Religion) project of the Department of Religion at Ethics, St Michael's College (UK).

United Religions Initiative Home page this global network of local interfaith communities.

Vatican Declaration: Dominus Iesus Full text of the declaration "Dominus Iesus on the unicity and salvific universality of the Jesus Christ and the Church" by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 6 August 2000.

Virtual Religion Index A valuable web ste maintained at Rutgers University.

What About the Neighbours? An Agenda for Affection in a World of Many Faiths.

PDF format | eBook
Gregory C. Jenks
The second of two addresses to the Anglican Diocese of Perth Summer School (January 2002). The first address, "Enrolling at the School of Honesty: Historical Jesus Studies and the Future of Christianity." is also available on this site.

World Council of Churches Direct link to Interreligious Relations page on the WCC web site. Includes links to resources as well as organizations.

Buddhism

Academic Info: Buddhism Gateway to a collection of materials.

BuddhaNet Buddhist Information Network site.

Buddhism Depot Part of the eDepot network. features a short introduction to Buddhism, selections from the Pali Canon, an annotated bibliograpy, and a discussion forum.

Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library This site keeps track of leading information facilities in the fields of Buddhism and Buddhist studies.

Dalai Lama Official web page for the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government-in-Exile.

DharmaNet An online clearinghouse for Buddhist study and practice resources.

Journal of Buddhist Ethics Home page for the journal, plus links to Pali canon and other resources.

Yahoo: Buddhism Current online expressions of Buddhism.

Zen Stories to tell your Neighbors [From John Suler's own introduction to this site:] A collection of stories from the Orient, mostly Zen and Taoist tales. ... Without a doubt, these stories capture all sorts of truths about life and death. But they are also witty, entertaining, humorous, and at times puzzling, even mind-bending.

Christianity

see also the FFF sections Bible, Early Church, and Historical Jesus

Studies of Christianity from other religious perspectives:

Dabru Emet Eight (8) brief statements by an interdenominational group of Jewish scholars about how Jews and Christians may relate to one another.

Fundamentalism, Christianity and Religion 2001 Sir Robert Madgwick Lecture at The University of New England (Australia) by Professor Philip C. Almond, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, The University of Queensland. 25 October 2001.

Guidelines for Christian Clergy & Teachers
Prepared by the Council of Christians and Jews (Victoria, Australia) for Christian Clergy and Teachers in their use of the New Testament with reference to the New Testament's presentation of Jews and Judaism.

See also the subsequent report, Re-Reading Paul.

Institute for Jewish and Christian Studies A non-profit organization which concentrates its educational expertise on the dual tasks of disarming religious hatred and establishing models of interfaith understanding.

Jewish Christian Relations Web site of the International Council of Christians and Jews.

Hinduism

Academic Info: Hinduism Gateway to materials on Hinduism.

Hindu Scriptures HinduNet website with links to the text of the Ramayana and Mahabharata, as well as links to other sites on the web.

The Hindu Universe Hindu Resource Center

Introduction to Hinduism An introduction to Hinduism, with links to related sites and a comphrensive book list.

Spirituality, Yoga, Hinduism A site offering Vedanta, poems, quotations and Sanskrit references.

Religious Studies Web Guide: Hinduism Part of the Religious Studies Web Guide site.

Yahoo: Hinduism Yahoo's index to online Hindu activity.

Islam

About Islam and Muslims The UNN Islamic Society (UK) provides searchable information on Islamic beliefs, practices, history & civilization for non-Muslims.

Academic Info: Islamic Studies Gateway to materials on Islamic studies

Islamic Gateway Art, history & science, Muhammad, Qur'an, tradition & inter-faith relations.

Islamic Texts and Resources Metapage Islamic texts and links to other information.

IslamiCity.com Online Islamic cultural and commercial site.

Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society (ISIS) The ISIS site features articles by leading scholars, including Ibn Warraq (who uses a pseudonym for security reasons), the author of controversial studies of Islam including The Quest for the Historical Muhammad and Why I am Not a Muslim .

The Muslim World Cultural and historical information.

OWR: Islam Essays on the history and schools of Islam from the Overview of World Religions site.

Raheel Raza Raheel Raza is a Pakistani now living and working in canada as a media consultant, public speaker, and journalist.

ReligiousTolerance.org: Islam Direct access to the Islamic collection on the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance site.

SBL Islam Resources Pages Bibligraphy of online resources and print materials gathered for the Society of Biblical Literature by John Reeves.

The Qur'an: Teachings & Practice (Transcript)

Audio
The Qur'an Teachings and Practice
[Spirit of Things , 23 September 2001, Australian Broadcasting Corporation]
Islam is sometimes called the 'third Abrahamic tradition' for its reliance on the patriarchal figure of Abraham, the same patriarch revered in Judaism and Christianity. The Qur'an is the Holy Book of Islam, revealed by the prophet Muhammad. But what does it actually say about issues affecting the world now - issues such as war, violence, peace and living with other faiths? How does it treat Biblical figures like Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mary? And how do Muslims put into daily practice the teachings of the Qur'an?

Understanding Islam Features explanations of Islam drawing on the Qur'an and the Sunnah.

Virtual Religion Index: Islamic Studies A comprehensive listing maintained by Rutgers Univerrsity.

Yahoo: Islam Gateway to a variety of Islamic sites.

Judaism

Academic Info: Jewish Studies Gateway to materials on a range of topics.

Jewish Christian Relations Web site of the International Council of Christians and Jews.

Judaism and Jewish Resources Information on a variety of topics concerning Judaism, Jewish life and the State of Israel.

MavenSearch: Jewish Web Directory Founded in 1994, MavenSearch is the leading directory and search engine for Jewish content related websites.

The Rape of Midian: The Saga of Zipporah and Moses A short novel by Thomas B. Hargrave that explores the hints of an interfaith love story that lie within Israel's ancient story of origins.

Yahoo: Judaism Diverse resources on Jewish culture, history and religion.

New Religious Movements

Academic Info: NRMs Gateway for material on a variety of new religious movements and alternative spiritualities.

Center for Studies on New Religions An international network of associations of scholars working in the field of new religious movements. Its director is the Italian scholar Massimo Introvigne.

Cults and Religion Sources for the study of cults, sects, new and historic religions, churches and denominations.

Gnostic Archive Home page for the Gnostic Society and the Ecclesia Gnostica

Jesus Christ, The Bearer of the Water of Life: A Christian reflection on the “New Age.” Provisional report by the Pontifical Council for Culture, and the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue. (February 2003)

Religions, Faith Groups and Ethical Systems A collection of essays on various contemporary religious groups, from the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.

Religious Group Profiles A gateway to profiles of more than 200 religious movements, mostly created by students in Sociology 257 at the University of Virginia.

Yahoo: New Age
Yahoo: Wicca Just two of the Yahoo categories for New Religious Movements.

"Anyone with two good ears ...": Finding Sayings of Jesus in Surprising Places. [PDF version]	Gregory C. Jenks. Review article of Tarif Khalid, The Muslim Jesus. Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001; Martin Palmer (in association with Eva Wong), The Jesus Sutras. Rediscovering the Lost Scrolls of Taoist Christianity. New York: Ballantine Wellspring, 2001; and Ray Riegert & Thomas Moore (eds), The Lost Sutras of Jesus: Unlocking the Ancient Wisdom of the Xian Monks. Ulysses Press: Berkeley, CA, 2003 for the Winter 2003 issue of SONGLINES, The Magazine of the Brookfield centre for Spirituality, Brisbane.
Council for a Parliament of World Religions	Home page of the Council for a Parliament of World Religions.
International Interfaith Centre	Web site of the International Interfaith Centre, inaugurated during the 1993 Year of Interreligious Understanding and Cooperation as a joint project by the two oldest international interfaith organizations, the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) and the World Congress of Faiths.
North American Interfaith Network	A non-profit association with a membership of approximately 60 faith and interfaith organizations and agencies in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance	An important link for resources on a wide range of religion controversies and crisies.
Overview of World Religions	Resources for teachers and students provided as part of the PHILTAR (Philosophy, Theology and Religion) project of the Department of Religion at Ethics, St Michael's College (UK).
United Religions Initiative	Home page this global network of local interfaith communities.
Vatican Declaration: Dominus Iesus	Full text of the declaration "Dominus Iesus on the unicity and salvific universality of the Jesus Christ and the Church" by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 6 August 2000.
Virtual Religion Index	A valuable web ste maintained at Rutgers University.
What About the Neighbours? An Agenda for Affection in a World of Many Faiths. PDF format \| eBook	Gregory C. Jenks The second of two addresses to the Anglican Diocese of Perth Summer School (January 2002). The first address, "Enrolling at the School of Honesty: Historical Jesus Studies and the Future of Christianity." is also available on this site.
World Council of Churches	Direct link to Interreligious Relations page on the WCC web site. Includes links to resources as well as organizations.

Academic Info: Buddhism	Gateway to a collection of materials.
BuddhaNet	Buddhist Information Network site.
Buddhism Depot	Part of the eDepot network. features a short introduction to Buddhism, selections from the Pali Canon, an annotated bibliograpy, and a discussion forum.
Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library	This site keeps track of leading information facilities in the fields of Buddhism and Buddhist studies.
Dalai Lama	Official web page for the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government-in-Exile.
DharmaNet	An online clearinghouse for Buddhist study and practice resources.
Journal of Buddhist Ethics	Home page for the journal, plus links to Pali canon and other resources.
Yahoo: Buddhism	Current online expressions of Buddhism.
Zen Stories to tell your Neighbors	[From John Suler's own introduction to this site:] A collection of stories from the Orient, mostly Zen and Taoist tales. ... Without a doubt, these stories capture all sorts of truths about life and death. But they are also witty, entertaining, humorous, and at times puzzling, even mind-bending.

Dabru Emet	Eight (8) brief statements by an interdenominational group of Jewish scholars about how Jews and Christians may relate to one another.
Fundamentalism, Christianity and Religion	2001 Sir Robert Madgwick Lecture at The University of New England (Australia) by Professor Philip C. Almond, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, The University of Queensland. 25 October 2001.
Guidelines for Christian Clergy & Teachers	Prepared by the Council of Christians and Jews (Victoria, Australia) for Christian Clergy and Teachers in their use of the New Testament with reference to the New Testament's presentation of Jews and Judaism. See also the subsequent report, Re-Reading Paul.
Institute for Jewish and Christian Studies	A non-profit organization which concentrates its educational expertise on the dual tasks of disarming religious hatred and establishing models of interfaith understanding.
Jewish Christian Relations	Web site of the International Council of Christians and Jews.

Academic Info: Hinduism	Gateway to materials on Hinduism.
Hindu Scriptures	HinduNet website with links to the text of the Ramayana and Mahabharata, as well as links to other sites on the web.
The Hindu Universe	Hindu Resource Center
Introduction to Hinduism	An introduction to Hinduism, with links to related sites and a comphrensive book list.
Spirituality, Yoga, Hinduism	A site offering Vedanta, poems, quotations and Sanskrit references.
Religious Studies Web Guide: Hinduism	Part of the Religious Studies Web Guide site.
Yahoo: Hinduism	Yahoo's index to online Hindu activity.

About Islam and Muslims	The UNN Islamic Society (UK) provides searchable information on Islamic beliefs, practices, history & civilization for non-Muslims.
Academic Info: Islamic Studies	Gateway to materials on Islamic studies
Islamic Gateway	Art, history & science, Muhammad, Qur'an, tradition & inter-faith relations.
Islamic Texts and Resources Metapage	Islamic texts and links to other information.
IslamiCity.com	Online Islamic cultural and commercial site.
Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society (ISIS)	The ISIS site features articles by leading scholars, including Ibn Warraq (who uses a pseudonym for security reasons), the author of controversial studies of Islam including The Quest for the Historical Muhammad and Why I am Not a Muslim .
The Muslim World	Cultural and historical information.
OWR: Islam	Essays on the history and schools of Islam from the Overview of World Religions site.
Raheel Raza	Raheel Raza is a Pakistani now living and working in canada as a media consultant, public speaker, and journalist.
ReligiousTolerance.org: Islam	Direct access to the Islamic collection on the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance site.
SBL Islam Resources Pages	Bibligraphy of online resources and print materials gathered for the Society of Biblical Literature by John Reeves.
The Qur'an: Teachings & Practice (Transcript) Audio	The Qur'an Teachings and Practice [Spirit of Things , 23 September 2001, Australian Broadcasting Corporation] Islam is sometimes called the 'third Abrahamic tradition' for its reliance on the patriarchal figure of Abraham, the same patriarch revered in Judaism and Christianity. The Qur'an is the Holy Book of Islam, revealed by the prophet Muhammad. But what does it actually say about issues affecting the world now - issues such as war, violence, peace and living with other faiths? How does it treat Biblical figures like Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mary? And how do Muslims put into daily practice the teachings of the Qur'an?
Understanding Islam	Features explanations of Islam drawing on the Qur'an and the Sunnah.
Virtual Religion Index: Islamic Studies	A comprehensive listing maintained by Rutgers Univerrsity.
Yahoo: Islam	Gateway to a variety of Islamic sites.

Academic Info: Jewish Studies	Gateway to materials on a range of topics.
Jewish Christian Relations	Web site of the International Council of Christians and Jews.
Judaism and Jewish Resources	Information on a variety of topics concerning Judaism, Jewish life and the State of Israel.
MavenSearch: Jewish Web Directory	Founded in 1994, MavenSearch is the leading directory and search engine for Jewish content related websites.
The Rape of Midian: The Saga of Zipporah and Moses	A short novel by Thomas B. Hargrave that explores the hints of an interfaith love story that lie within Israel's ancient story of origins.
Yahoo: Judaism	Diverse resources on Jewish culture, history and religion.

Academic Info: NRMs	Gateway for material on a variety of new religious movements and alternative spiritualities.
Center for Studies on New Religions	An international network of associations of scholars working in the field of new religious movements. Its director is the Italian scholar Massimo Introvigne.
Cults and Religion	Sources for the study of cults, sects, new and historic religions, churches and denominations.
Gnostic Archive	Home page for the Gnostic Society and the Ecclesia Gnostica
Jesus Christ, The Bearer of the Water of Life: A Christian reflection on the “New Age.”	Provisional report by the Pontifical Council for Culture, and the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue. (February 2003)
Religions, Faith Groups and Ethical Systems	A collection of essays on various contemporary religious groups, from the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.
Religious Group Profiles	A gateway to profiles of more than 200 religious movements, mostly created by students in Sociology 257 at the University of Virginia.
Yahoo: New Age Yahoo: Wicca	Just two of the Yahoo categories for New Religious Movements.