Noted Broadaster Rachael Kohn gave an address to a recent Religions for Peace Meeting at Parliament House, Sydney.
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The Growing Banyan Tree
The Growing Banyan Tree
Prof. Des Cahill, Chair, Religions for Peace Australia, delivered a keynote address, The Growing Banyan Tree at the recent AGM of the Buddhist Society of Victoria. Professor Cahill presented a series of key challenges to the Buddhist Sangha in Australia and how it may play a vital role in the development of Australian Asians.
Conversation, Community, Connectedness
The Multifaith Association of South Australia will conduct the Third Annual Interfaith Symposium on the topic of Conversation, Community, Connectedness.
Seminar on Light Eternal
The Council of Christians and Jews of Western Australia will conduct a Seminar on Light Eternal – a study DVD to promote understanding of Jews and Judaism: A Statement by the Uniting Church in Australia”.
Mornington Community Multifaith Service
The Order of Australia Association in conjunction with Mornington Peninsula Shire will conduct a mulitfaith service called Celebration of Community.
Engaging the Inter-religious Possibilities of the Twenty-first Century
Professor Francis X. Clooney will deliver a public lecture on ‘Engaging the Inter-religious Possibilities of the Twenty-first Century’ at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus, on Wednesday, 25 July 2012.
A Taste of Faith
The Cardinia Interfaith Network Proudly Present: A Taste of Faith at Pakenham Hall, Victoria.
Emile Durkheim Symposium Adelaide
Flinders University School of Social and Policy Studies is pleased to host a two day symposium celebrating Emile Durkheim’s The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. First published 100 years ago, this book pioneered the sociological and anthropological study of the “sacred”.
New South Wales to continue Ethics and Special Religious Education Classes
The NSW Ethics Education Inquiry report lists a complete review of Special Religious Education and Ethics Education. Among its recommendations is that SRE and Ethics education will continue to be taught in NSW schools and the review will be conducted in 2014-2015.
June 2012
3 June 2012
Dear RfP Members,
This 2011-2012 annual report of the Religions for Peace Australia has been prepared by the chairperson, Professor Des Cahill, in his eleventh report for the Annual General Meeting held on June 3rd, 2012 at the headquarters of the Australian Intercultural Society and for the Annual Executive Meeting of Religions for Peace Asia to be held in Seoul on 11th – 14th June, 2012.
The Symbols of Religions
The Multifaith Association of South Australia conducted a meeting recently on the symbols of the different religions.
