IIID was founded in 1978 as an "outreach" instrument of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies (founded in 1963). In 1994 the JES/IIID became a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization. IIID translatesthe fundamental research published in the JES into concrete activities and partnerships.
The purpose of the GDI is to promote dialogue in the broadest sense among individuals and groups of different religions and cultures, focusing especially though not exclusively on the "opinion-shapers" of society, e.g., scholars, professionals, and institutional and business leaders.
Dedicated to linking democratic reform groups within the major established religions (and ideologies that function like religions) dedicated to harnessing the power of love and reason to develop a global ethic and overcome various social issues.
Ecumene.Org is a domain envisioned as a growing cyberhome with unique apartments (websites) to give individuals and organizations representing both diverse religious traditions and interreligious dialogue an opportunity to get to know one another and learn one another's faith language. Every tenant is expected to affirm commitment to loving kindness toward one another and non-human sentient creatures; respect for the personhood of all human beings; awareness of global interdependence; appreciation both of rationality and mystical insight; acceptance of diversity and pluralism; prudent sympathy for the values of secular life; and willingness to dialogue with others.
Beginnings of a site for the newly formed World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality was inaugurated at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy in Boston on August 10, l998.
A non-political, non-profit organization. It was formed in 1993 in Beaverton, OR, USA to promote harmony and peace among South Asians of all ethnic, religious, regional and national origin, regardless of where they live.
MADIA, or in English SIDA (Society for Inter-Religious Dialogue), was born out of a hope that the many different religious traditions -- including Muslims, Catholics, Buddhists, Confucians, and Brahma Kumaris -- in Indonesia can come to live in harmony.
The Interfaith Alliance describes itself as "the faith-based voice countering the radical right and promoting the positive role of religion."
NAIN is an association of organizations which provides information, meetings, and services related to world religions, spiritual exploration, and interfaith issues.
Provides information on an ongoing effort to bring together different religious traditions from around the world looking to shape a better world, based in historical and current gatherings.
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