[GJM] WNRF Bulletin

[robert searle]

Dear All,

       Since it is Easter I thought I might as well
send this out...

R.Searle...


--- "Dr. Gordon Arthur" <gordon at ecumenist.org> wrote:

> Some recent highlights from WNRF.org
> 
> Muslim Futures: Turkey Strives for 21st Century Form
> of Islam
> Feb 27, 2008
> Turkey is engaged in a bold and profound attempt to
> rewrite the basis for 
> Islamic sharia law while also officially
> reinterpreting the Qur'an for the 
> modern age. The UK Guardian newspapers reports on
> how the modernising and 
> mildly Islamic government of the Turkish prime
> minister seeks to establish 
> a 21st century form of Islam, fusing Muslim beliefs
> and tradition with 
> European and western philosophical methods and
> principles.
> 
> Muslim Futures: New Book examines Islam and the
> Secular State
> Feb. 21, 2007
> A new book by Emory Law Professor Abdullahi Ahmed
> An-Na`im opposes the idea 
> of an Islamic state and calls for constitutionalism,
> human rights, and 
> secularism as necessary principles from an Islamic
> point of view, and not 
> as western concepts.
> 
> Jewish Futures: Synagogue 3000 elects new Chair
> Feb 19, 2008
> Rabbi Aaron Spiegel, noted expert on Congregational
> studies and a director 
> at the Indianapolis Center for Congregations, takes
> the helm of Synagogue 
> 3000, an organization that empower synagogues to
> become compelling moral 
> and spiritual centers - sacred communities - for the
> twenty-first century.
> 
> Articles: Why Religion Shapes the World's Future
> Jan 21, 2008
> 'What does religion have to do with the future of
> the world?' Can we live 
> together despite our deepest differences? Can we
> mitigate the clash between 
> secularism and fundamentalism which is feeding the
> war on terrorism. Author 
> Howard Pepper offers ways to transcend religious
> truisms and actively seek 
> out common ground.
> 
> Jewish Futures: Study Highlights Emerging Jewish
> Communities
> Dec 3, 2007
> Over the past few years, an important new phenomenon
> in Jewish life has 
> manifested: the creation of dozens of independent
> minyanim, spiritual 
> communities, alternative worship services, and
> emergent congregations. 
> These new organizations add diverse opportunities
> for worship, learning, 
> social justice work, community-building and
> spiritual expression. A new 
> study by Synagogue 3000 and Mechon Hadar highlights
> this research.
> 
> Muslim Futures: Muslims Issue Call to Dialogue with
> Christians
> Oct 14, 2007
> Muslim leaders have issued an open letter inviting
> Christians to work 
> toward peace based on core teachings of their
> respective faiths: the unity 
> of God, love of God, and the love of neighbor.
> Coordinated by the Royal Aal 
> al-Bayt Institute of Islamic Thought in Jordan, the
> letter includes a large 
> number of Grand Muftis, Fiqh Council members, and
> others responsible for 
> Islamic law and its interpretation.
> 
> Transmodern Futures: The Future of Spirituality on
> YouTube
> Sep 13, 2007
> Ken Wilber offers a short lecture on the difference
> between religion and 
> spirituality in a age of terrorism. Fr. Thomas
> Keating, a Cistercian monk 
> from St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado,
> recorded in April of 
> 2006. While Keating keeps a vow of silence (in this
> segment!), Wilber 
> explains some of the basic concept of 'Integral
> spirituality.'
> 
> For further details and more stories, please go to
> http://www.wnrf.org/
> 
> Gordon
> 
>
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> heterodoxy is
> gordon at ecumenist.org | another man's doxy. (Bishop
> Warburton)
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