World Interfaith Harmony Week – a United Nations Observance – takes place in the first week of February, each year. The University of Melbourne Chaplaincy and Religions for Peace Victoria invite you to a free lecture: Human Existence, Religions and the Digital World at Melbourne University on Tuesday 2nd February 2016
On October 20, 2010, World Interfaith Harmony Week was unanimously adopted by the United Nations as the first week of February, set aside each year for interreligious observances, the study of sacred texts, prayer breakfasts, interfaith celebrations of poetry, music and art, meditation groups, and afternoons of community service. Australia has celebrated World Interfaith Harmony week since 2011.
The University of Melbourne Chaplaincy and Religions for Peace Victoria invite you to a free lecture: Human Existence, Religions and the Digital World by Professor Peter Horsfield, Professor of Communication, RMIT University.
Peter Horsfield’s research over several decades has focused on the interaction of media and religion. Among other involvements, he was a member of the International Study Commission on Media Religion and Culture.
His early study Religious Television: The American Experience was influential in changing perceptions of the extent and influence of the televangelists.
His recent book From Jesus to the Internet examines Christianity as a mediated phenomenon. The first systematic survey of the interaction of media and religion in a religious tradition, it shows how Christianity’s historical development was shaped by the opportunities and contests of the various media forms used in its practice. His insights into some of Christianity’s currently hotly debated issues provide a much-needed historical basis for multi-disciplinary study.
Event Details
- Event:: World Interfaith Harmony Week Lecture
- Program: Lecture, Human Existence, Religions and the Digital World by Prof. Peter Horsfield
- Date: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
- Time: 5.30-7.30pm
- Location: Gryphon Gallery, Mezzanine Level, Building 1888, near the Cr of Swanston and Grattan St Melbourne (http://maps.unimelb.edu.au/parkville/building/198)
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The Spirit of Things
Prof. Peter Horsfield was recently interviewed on ABC Radio “The Spirit of Things” by Rachael Kohn. The program was called The Medium is the Message. You can visit The Spirit of Things program website and download the podcast here.
World Interfaith Harmony Week ~ Love of the Good, Love of the Neighbour
World Interfaith Harmony Week In Australia:
World Interfaith Harmony Week has been celebrated in Australia since its inception. The first celebration took place at Government House in Melbourne on 5 February 2010, when the Governor of Victoria gave an address to the assembled religious leaders. Since then, the Interfaith Centre of Melbourne has conducted a celebration each year at Government House. In 2012, the event organisers invited over 100 religious, spiritual and community leaders to a morning reception in Queen’s Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate the second World Interfaith Harmony Week. We celebrate by gathering together, strengthening our ties, sharing news of our interfaith activities and our future plans, through meeting new friends and creating new partnerships. The Faith Communities Council of Victoria, the Islamic Council of Victoria, the Interfaith Centre of Melbourne, Religions for Peace Australia and the Australian Multicultural Foundation are partners in this special event.
World Interfaith Harmony Week Website
In 2015, World Interfaith Harmony Week will be observed for the first time in Parliament House, Canberra, in a joint collaboration between Religions for Peace Australia and the Canberra Interfaith Forum.
World Interfaith Harmony Week ~ Love of the Good, Love of the Neighbour
