People of Faith: Our Shared Mission
Throughout history, God has inspired the founding of various faith and wisdom traditions to elevate human consciousness and cultivate ethical civilizations. And yet, continually, we see division and even conflict between people of different faiths, although the vast...
Freedom of Religion: Foundation for America’s Civil Society
Freedom of religion is an absolute necessity in ensuring true liberty. The world’s religions have a vital role to play in bringing about this transformation of consciousness.- Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon, Global Peace Convention 2021 In our modern world, we have become...
Growth through Challenge: A Shared Principle Across all Faith Traditions
World Interfaith Harmony week, celebrated the first week of February, gives us an opportunity to explore the universal principles and spiritual values upheld by the world's great religious teachings. Among these is the truth that good things don't come easily. We live...
Interfaith Harmony Week 2019
World Interfaith Harmony Week is observed every year throughout the first week of February. Understanding and dialogue between members of all faith traditions is essential to create peace in increasingly diverse communities around the world. Together, we...
Building Peace in Dutsen-Wai: A Story of Interfaith
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love...
Spiritual Principles and Sustainable Peace
Religion. The word inspires a variety of reactions. For some, it invokes concern, maybe even anger over divisive doctrines that promote extremism and a narrow frame of mind. But to many, religion is not so much a concept but a life-sacred space. It is a space to...
Hajo: A Local Model of Interfaith in India
The following publication from Global Peace Foundation describes a model of interfaith peacebuilding in India through Hajo, a community of Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims who are making an effort to build inter-religious harmony for the sake of peace and shared...
Studying Social Transformation: Another look at The Battle of Jericho
A ragtag group of refugees from Egypt arrived at the gates at the edge of the Promised Land of Canaan. They marveled at the city before them, the colorful and bustling marketplace, soldiers patrolling the perimeter and what they could only imagine was truly a land of...
Faith Communities in Renewing the Social Fabric
Introduction A recent report for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Senate, The Social Capital Project, documents and details an unraveling of the American “social fabric.” This loss of “social capital” is, put simply, the loss of a basic trust among neighbors,...