Interreligious Relations

Conflicts (including violence) and attempts to reconcile and reach unity are common between religious people. Within different religions there are divisions, conflicts, and attempts to reconciliation. Religious people also collaborate to provide services, engage in advocacy, and formulate common ethical principles. Below are links to sites that promote, or demonstrate such attempts to reconciliation and unity.

Dominus Iesus: The new document from the Catholic Church's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith -- a step back from the ecumenical work since Vatican II? Read the document at the Vatican Site.; Commentary from Zenit.org, Ecumenical News International and other media sources.
Catholic - Lutheran Document on Justification: Includes study resources.
Center for World Thanksgiving
Churches Together in England: The officially recognised body set up to co-ordinate the work of its 23 Member Churches and Councils of Churches in England.
The Council for the Parliament of the World’s Religions (CPWR): "The mission of CPWR is to foster interreligious dialogue and cooperation in metropolitan Chicago and around the world."
The Genesis Project: Summary of creation myths.
Global Dialogue Institute: If the world is to maximize the incredibly creative power released by the cross-pollinating interaction of massive world-wide developments that are bringing about the "global village," and at the same time minimize the potentially destructive forces of these very developments, humankind must quickly and consciously turn its attention and energies to developing and promoting, on all levels, authentic dialogue. It is to that end that first the INSTITUTE FOR INTERRELIGIOUS, INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE (IIID) and subsequently the GLOBAL DIALOGUE INSTITUTE (GDI) were founded. 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 & business leaders. In this website you will find references to the ongoing projects supported by the GLOBAL DIALOGUE INSTITUTE in working toward these aims.
Interfaith Council of Greater New York
Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington The InterFaith Conference (IFC) brings together the Bahá’í, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, Latter-day Saints, Protestant, Roman Catholic and Sikh faith communities in the Washington region to: 1. Increase understanding, dialogue and a sense of community among peoples of diverse faiths from different races and cultures. 2. Address issues of social and economic justice in defense of human dignity.
International Association for Religious Freedom: "The International Association for Religious Freedom was organized in 1900 to resist intolerance. Its members today include Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Humanists, Jews, Shintoists, Sikhs, Unitarians, Universalists, and members of indigenous communities from more than thirty countries on four continents."
International Interfaith Centre: "As a result of the increasing amount and variety of interfaith activity around the world, it was perceived that a need could be met by an international, interfaith centre which was informed about all these different efforts and able to encourage continuing interfaith understanding and cooperation."
National Conferences for Community and Justice: Founded in 1927 as the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
National Council of Churches: The National Council of Churches is the primary national expression of the movement for Christian unity in the United States.
United Religions Initiative: United Religions Initiative is a growing global community dedicated to building cultures of peace and justice to serve a better future for the Earth Community.
World Congress of Faiths: W.C.F. is a pioneering fellowship dedicated to bringing people of different faiths together.