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Christianity & Judaism
Christian-Jewish relations and dialogue. Comparative studies of the Christian and Jewish faiths.
Changing the present and dreaming the future
Tariq Ramadan, professor of Islamic Studies and senior research fellow of St Antony's College at Oxford University, asks readers to consider transforming the present to bring about a future of constructive interfaith relations and a more secure world. Admitting that peace, and indeed conversation, can be very difficult and even frightening, he challenges each individual to consider the difference between emotion, which "put us in a position where we perceive "Ëœus' versus "Ëœthem' and where we have to defend our identity", and spirituality, which is about effort, in our attempts to make "peace" and "mutual trust" more than just words.
Interfaith Vigil to End Occupation Calls on U.S. to Impose Cease-Fire
 By Pat and Samir Twair
On July 16th, five days into Israel's blitz on Lebanon, the Interfaith Community United for Justice and Peace convened a meeting of Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Islamic Center of Southern California. Speakers were Rev. Dr. George Regas, Rabbi Leonard Beerman and Dr. Maher Hathout. "We must speak out against violence," Rev. Regas, retired rector of All Saints Episcopal Church of Pasadena, told the audience of 250 concerned citizens. While denouncing the capture of Israeli soldiers by Hamas and Hezbollah, the cleric called on Israel to cease its greatly overproportional actions in Lebanon and Gaza. |
Talk Is Cheap: 'Dialogue' vs. Divestment In the Struggle for Justice in Palestine
 THE GENERAL Assembly (GA) of the Presbyterian Church (USA) is the governing body of a Protestant denomination of 2.4 million members, 11,100 congregations and 14,000 ordained and active ministers. At its last meeting in the summer of 2004, already on record opposing the occupation policies of the Israeli government and prodded by a proposal from a local Presbyterian group in Florida, the Presbyterians voted to begin a process to withdraw their investment funds from U.S. corporations that support Israel's occupation.by James M. Wall |
