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High Representative’s Remarks at the 2024 International Day of Human Fraternity
In honor of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Document on Human Fraternity, the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations highlights the core of the document's call for meaningful dialogues rather than monologues among people regardless of their diversity.
(United Nations Alliance of Civilizations)
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Beyond War and Toward Reconciliation: Multi-Religious Peace Roundtables
This event will convene diverse religious and faith leaders and actors, policymakers, and experts to discuss commitment to long-term processes of reconciliation, continuation of multi-religious dialogue, and recognition of the sanctity of human life.
Religions for Peace International; Religions for Peace Japan; United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
February 19-21, 2024 | Tokyo, Japan; Online
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A Conversation with Maha Elgenaidi
This conversation, part of Vanderbilt University's Dialogue Vanderbilt series, will feature Maha Elgenaidi, founder and executive director of the Islamic Networks Group. She will discuss her perspective on the Israel-Hamas conflict and the theological context and historical backdrop shaping it, along with her advice on effective communication practices around deeply personal and polarizing topics.
Vanderbilt University
February 19, 2024 | Nashville, TN; Online
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The International Day of Human Fraternity 2024
In commemoration of the 2024 International Day of Human Fraternity, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations organized a virtual event for member states, religious leaders, faith actors, and civil society representatives.
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations; Permanent Missions of the United Arab Emirates and Egypt to the United Nations
February 5, 2023 | Online
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Religion and Sustainable Development - Emerging Challenges and Opportunities Ahead of the 2024 G20 Summit in Brazil
This event covered various topics related to the lead up to the upcoming 2024 G20 Summit in Brazil, including world religions and global society as well as cooperation and sustainable development.
G20 Interfaith Forum; Tokai University Research Institute for Environment and Sustainability; Regent's Park College, Oxford University; International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University; International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation
January 20, 2024 | Tokyo, Japan
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Faith in Action: Religion and Spirituality in the Polycrisis
This insight report reflects on how global leaders are exploring partnerships with faith actors through eight faith-based partnership case studies—on the environment, health, resilience, and technology governance—and considers ways leaders can explore meaningful cooperation with faith actors at a time of deepening polarization and distrust in societies.
(World Economic Forum)
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Religious Peacebuilding Action Guides
This series of action guides on religion and conflict analysis, mediation, reconciliation, and gender-inclusive religious peacebuilding provide a practical overview of the religious peacebuilding field and the role religion plays in driving both conflict and peace. They provide examples of how religious actors and institutions have contributed to the prevention and resolution of conflict and offer considerations for how best to engage religious people, communities, and institutions in peacebuilding.
(United States Institute of Peace)
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From Icons to AI: Evolution of Imagery in Religious Communication
This paper aims to present the evolution of icons and understand whether Al-generated icons can be employed in religious communication. It explores the following topics: the use of symbols and icons across religions; the evolution of using images in various faiths; and the advent of Al-generated icons and the possibility of employing them as mediums of religious communication and education.
(Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication)
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Tolerance and Respect: Educational Paths in Indonesia
Indonesia prides itself on its commitment to rich cultural and religious diversity. Nowhere does this have greater relevance than in education, which lays the groundwork for basic appreciation of a society's core values and, in an increasingly interdependent if deeply polarized world, of the common ground on which to build sustainable mutual understanding. This January 29 event focused on the emerging lessons from a Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy Program that serves primary and secondary school teachers from across Indonesia.
This event was co-sponsored by Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the G20 Interfaith Forum Association (IF20).
Watch a recording of the panel.
Read coverage of the event.
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Berkley Center Annual Report 2022-2023
As the COVID-19 pandemic and its terrible human cost receded from memory, new crises—including the Russian war against Ukraine, civil wars in Africa and the Middle East, growing refugee flows, and frequent extreme weather events—heightened the visibility of global challenges involving religion, peace, and world affairs. Over the course of the 2022-2023 academic year, the Berkley Center's research, teaching, and outreach programs kept pace with international events, bringing faculty, students, and partners together around mounting challenges in a divided world.
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Dialogue as a Tool for Peace in Times of War
In this virtual conversation, Berkley Center Senior Research Fellow Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Marco Cassuto Morselli discussed how dialogue can be used as a tool for peace in times of war.
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