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The links below will gather through the course and relate of course to
the topics at hand. There are additional specific links on the 24 pages
for the voices given special focus. Please share with us sites you find
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The Search Engine on Biography.com is an excellent general resource to further check out the lives of the
people we encounter in this study. |
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The Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions. "The mission of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions
is to cultivate harmony between the world's religious and spiritual communities
and foster their engagement with the world and its other guiding institutions
in order to achieve a peaceful, just, and sustainable world." (This
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" We are a multi-faith e-community designed to help you meet your
own religious and spiritual needs -- in an interesting, captivating and
engaging way. We are independent. We are not affiliated with a particular
religion or spiritual movement. We are not out to convert you to a particular
approach, but rather to help you find your own. Fundamental to our mission
is a deep respect for a wide variety of faiths and traditions. " This is a large and excellent site. A few of the "75"
have columns here. An excellent introduction to other faiths is to subscribe
for a while to their daily devotional newsletters.
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"Our new expanded website is dedicated to practices for human being.
What are those? Look at the list at in the drop-down list above — 37 essential
practices common in the world's religious and spiritual traditions. Choose any practice, and you'll go to its homepage with ideas on how you
can incorporate it into your daily life."
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SCIENTOLOGY AND CONTEMPORARY DEFINITIONS OF RELIGION IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Alejandro Frigerio, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, Catholic University
of Argentina , Buenos Aires, Argentina
A thorough look at the Relgious/Spiritual continum from an interesting
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A new e-Journal. Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality. A considerable number of scholarly papers on the themes of modern spirituality.
An interesting background to the themes of the 75. |
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8 October 2002 - The World Council of Churches (WCC) will be hosting an international consultation on "Christians and Muslims in dialogue and beyond". The three-day consultation will take place from 16-18 October 2002. |
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Web Theology Site. One of the Web's more tolerant discussion sites, The current debate raging
is Interfaith Dialogue. Visit and browse or join in discussion. |
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The Charismatic Orthodox Church. An effort by an Orthodox community of note. "Our goal
is to be a bridge among the different walks of Christian faith. ... The
COC is also in talks with some of the protestant and other evangelical
groups, working towards establishing ties to other parts of the body of
Christ. We are not protesting anything about the mainline Orthodox churchs.
We do not deride anyone in the body of Christ. Our goal is to be an encouragement
to others, not one that tears down." |
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