Events

2009

Diversity Month: Edexcel, working with businesses, has organised a Diversity month this October and Marcus Braybrooke, one of IIC’s Patrons will be speaking about religion in the workplace in Oxford on 15th October. For more information, contact tola.adesina at edexcel.com

IssueLab.org, a free online archive and disseminator of nonprofit research, seeks to provide a central archive for the important and often overlooked work of nonprofits, and also to disseminate it to new audiences through interfacing with social networks, blogosphere, tRSS feeds and eNewsletters, etc. They currently have a special interfaith collection at http://interfaith.issuelab.org/research . IIC has contributed three of its Annual Autumn Lectures to this issue and they can be read at this link.

‘Low Carbon Oxford, ’ 7pm on Tuesday 10th November, at The University Church, St Mary the Virgin, Oxford. The event is organised by One Earth, Many Faiths & the International Interfaith Centre and includes a Forum bringing together faith-based organizations with businesses, academics and environmental NGOs across Oxford to discuss “Low carbon and sustainable livelihood.” An open discussion will be held following the guest speakers and at 5pm there will be a screening of “The End of the Line” in the Old Library. A buffet supper will be available in the Vaults & Garden café. Contact IIC trustee, Rev Charlotte Bannister-Parker, for more details if needed on tel +44 (0)1865 557947 or email: Charlotte at the6bps.co.uk. All welcome.

The Inter Faith Network of the ULK has produced a booklet booklet featuring national and regional members that includes information about the IIC. Contact us if you would like a copy: iic at interfaith-centre.org . Limited availability.

A Charter for Compassion is being developed by Karen Armstrong, global tolerance, and The Charter for Compassion, and IIC has been asked to be a partner in the Initiative. The Charter will launch in November and we will add the website at that time so you can look at it.

Parliament of the World’s Religions, 3-9 December, Melbourne, Australia: Charanjit Ajit Singh, IIC Chair of Trustees, and rev Dr Marcus Braybrooke, IIC Patron, will be attending the Parliament. Dr Paul Trafford will also participate as an IIC representative. IIC will share a stand with the World Congress of Faiths and the Melbourne Brahma Kumaris. Do come along and say hello, buy some of our books etc. Find out more about the Parliament at www.parliamentofreligions.org

Directory of Oxford faith Communities: The IIC is working on an update of the Directory and will be publishing a printed version in the New Year. If you are interested in attending the Launch of the new Directory or receiving a printed copy, contact the IIC at iic at interfaith-centre.org and we will notify you when details are available. An online version is available on the IIC website. This is being updated as amendments are received.

Past Events

World Fellowship of Interreligious Councils (WFIRC) Meeting, 4-7 October 2008, Kochi, India. The annual meeting of the Network of International Interfaith Organisations (of which WFIRC is a member) ran concurrently with delegates participating in many of the WFIRC activities.

International Interfaith Conference, 2007
Jointly sponsored by the International Interfaith Centre, Oxford and Punjabi University, Patiala, India.
Dr Joy Barrow, our then Director, was much involved in a joint Interfaith Conference in co-operation with Punjabi University that took place in March this year.   Below is her report of this successful event: "I was invited to give the Keynote Lecture for the conference, and requested to do so from the Sikh perspective.   The title of my paper was: 'Faith or Interfaith, are they mutually exclusive: a reflection from the Sikh perspective'. Before I gave the paper I read a letter of greeting to the Vice Chancellor and conference participants from Charanjit.   There were a total of twenty-one papers presented with scholars from: USA, Canada, India, Bangladesh, Germany, Wales and England.   The presenters also came from a variety of different faiths, including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Jainism, Judaism and Sikhism.   The papers of the conference will be published in a book, jointly edited by Prof Dharam Singh and myself, which will be published by Punjabi University.   It was significant that the Vice Chancellor of Punjabi University was present for both the opening and closing sessions in their entirety, and attended the evening meal on each day of the conference, his wife accompanying him on the final evening.   Such was the success of the conference that the Vice Chancellor has announced that he will give financial support to the University organising an annual interfaith conference to be held in Patiala.   He invited me to be a member of a council of 'wise men' from different countries that he was establishing to organise subsequent conferences."