Interfaith Education
Our recent programs demonstrate our long-standing model of interfaith education and engagement.
FORUM2021- Sacred Food, Blessed Earth
Sacred Food ~ Blessed Earth explored the ancient, respectful, and regenerative ways of farming practices and our spiritual relationship to food by focusing on the Earth as an interconnected web of life.
A moral and spiritual voice is essential in the transition away from the industrialized, fossil fuel and chemical-intensive, global agriculture system which is degrading our Earth, contributing to the climate crisis and to the extinction of species, as well as creating severe health issues for all living beings.
The replay is available HERE.
FORUM2020- Science, Spirituality, the Climate Emergency and Our Future
FORUM2020 held Oct 16, 2020, & the Global Interfaith Prayer Service for the Earth held Oct 17, 2020, were proudly held on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Temple of Understanding. World religious and spiritual visionaries, Indigenous leaders, scientists, and youth environmental activists came together to address the urgency of the climate crisis with strategies for inspired collective action.
Watch the replay HERE.
Listen to the speaker interviews HERE.
Updates:
TOU Events at the Parliament of the World’s Religions Conference
Check out the Temple of Understanding’s events at the 2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions!
Cultural Understanding and the Abrahamic Traditions
The multi-part videotaped series Children of Abraham: A Cultural Mosaic explores the influence and impact of the Abrahamic Traditions on all aspects of modern Western culture to create greater awareness and acceptance across all ethnicities and traditions.
Ibrahim Abdil-Mu’id Ramey’s Interview in the Daily Trust
Nigeria: Adamawa Religious Leaders Parley On Peace, 24 June 2010 Yola — As part of efforts to ensure peaceful co-existence among Christians and Muslims, the Nigerian Inter Religious Council (NIREC) Adamawa State chapter yesterday started a meeting to discuss and …
Faith and Values Organizations Form Coalition to Advance UN Decade for Inter-religious Cooperation for Peace
Forty-five religious, interfaith, and value-based organizations from five continents agreed to form a coalition to advance a “United Nations Decade for Inter-religious and Intercultural Dialogue, Understanding, and Cooperation for Peace.”