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    Fifth Meeting of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders

    'Friendship Across Religions'



    1. Photo Video

    Fifth Meeting of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders, Oxford (UK), March 2012
    Interreligious Friendship in Action:

     

     

    2. Participants

    (List of participants in the 5th Meeting of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders)

     

     

    3. Scholars’ Papers

    Scholars' Papers from the 5th Meeting of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders:

     

    - Summary of Essays

    (Summary of Essays on Interreligious Friendship, by Stephen Butler Murray)

    - Project Overview and Synthesis

    (Friendship Across Religions Project Overview and Synthesis, by Alon Goshen-Gottstein)

      

     

    4. Scholars' Statement

    (Scholars’ Statement on Interreligious Friendship)

     

     

    5. Participants' Reflections

    On the final day of the meeting, participants were asked to reflect on what had been accomplished. They were asked to consider three questions: 


    1. What does Interreligious Friendship mean to you?

    2. How do you practise Interreligious Friendship?

    3. What messages and practices of Interreligious Friendship can you take back from this meeting to your community? 


    Some chose to respond independently to each question while others integrated their answers. Here is the full set of responses.
    You can also click on a name on the following list to see each individual response: Swami Amarananda - Bishop Gali Bali - Rabbi David Bigman - Rabbi Yuval Cherlow - Imam Plemon El-Amin - Alessandra Gerolin - Shrivatsa Goswami - Bishop Frank Griswold - Rev Dr Katharine Henderson - Imam Ilyasi - Imam Muzaffar Iqbal - Bishop Lennart Koskinen - Ven Dr Bhikkuni Kusum - Metropolitan Nikitas Lulias - Archbishop Boutros Mouallem - Alison Murdoch - Dr Adamou Njoya - The Very Reverend June Osborne - Rabbi David Rosen - Gilla Rosen - Imam Sajid - Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh - Sukhbir Singh - Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp - Sri Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji -  Dr Suheyl Umar

      

    6. Perspectives on Friendship Across Religions

    (Powerpoint prepared by Awet Andemicael, including excerpts from interviews with Elijah Board Members.)

     

    7. Guidelines

    (Guidelines for Interreligious Friendship)

     

    8. Resources

    (Educational Resources on Interreligious Friendship)

      

    9. Action

    (Guidelines for Action - Interreligious Friendship in the Community)