Quaker Universalist Fellowship offers a wealth of free material at its website. This is a partial listing of more recent offerings. For a full list please go to universalistfriends.org. 2009 … King, Sallie B. A Quaker’s Response to Christian Fundamentalism … Many Friends…
Over 400 members of the interfaith community of Los Angeles, along with dignitaries from Afghanistan and elsewhere, gathered at the Museum of Tolerance to view the movie “Black Tulip” by Afghan film-maker Sonia Nassery Cole. This film is the official submission from…
The “State of Formation” is an exciting new program initiated by the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, Hebrew College, Andover Newton Theological School, and the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions to nurture the next…
In September 2010, I was asked to give a talk at the Unity Church in Pomona as part of a series of events to promote peace and interfaith understanding. (see http://www.unityofpomona.org/ ) Here are some excerpts from that talk, plus a link in case you want to read it in its…
Anthony Manousos has called our attention to the many ties between Quakers and Jews. No less striking is a three-way linkage among Jews, Quakers, and Buddhists. The essential universalism of the Quaker tradition has led many Friends to explore Buddhism as both a meditative…
The interfaith community celebrates the Martin Luther King holiday in a virtually infinite variety of ways here in Los Angeles, and throughout the United States. On Saturday, January 15, I took part in a Martin Luther King conference called “Building the Beloved…
The Christian and Interfaith Relations Committee (CIRC) is the official FGC [Quaker] liaison with the World and National…
The Parliament of the World’s Religions is an organization with which Quakers have been involved since its inception at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. (Full disclosure: I serve as a Quaker representative to the PWR.) Printed below is…
We of the Quaker Universalist Fellowship want to extend our condolences to and express our solidarity with members of the Coptic Church in Egypt, and with all religious minorities in the Middle East and elsewhere who suffer from persecution and terrorist violence. The most…
When Rhoda Gilman, co-editor of this blog, met Ram Dass at the Lama Foundation, she told him she was looking for some spiritual direction. He asked her about her religious background. When she said “Quaker,” his response was:
