Links to religious/spiritual web sites

Interfaith coordinating groups, wall calendars,
lists of holy days and interfaith books, and more.

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National & international coordinating groups:

• North America: The North American Interfaith Network (NAIN) is a non-profit association of over 60 interfaith organizations in Canada and the United States. See: http://www.nain.org/
  
  
• United Kingdom: The Inter Faith Network for the United Kingdom "works to build good relations between the communities of all the major faiths in Britain: Baha'i; Buddhist; Christian; Hindu; Jain; Jewish; Muslim; Sikh; and Zoroastrian." They link national and local inter faith initiatives throughout the UK. See: http://www.interfaith.org.uk/
  
  
• United Kingdom: The Interfaith Alliance UK is a "family of diverse, progressive faith communities [promoting]... social justice, tolerance and respect for differences in Britain's multi-faith and multi-cultural society." See: http://www.interfaithalliance.org.uk/
  
  
• Worldwide:
  • Parliament of the World's Religions promotes dialogue among religions. See: http://www.parliamentofreligions.org/  They plan a gathering of representatives from the world's religions in Brussels, Belgium in 2014. See: http://www.parliamentofreligions.org/
    
    
  • The World Council of Churches' interreligious relations and dialogue team "promotes contact between Christians and neighbours of other faiths primarily through multi-lateral and bi-lateral dialogue with partners of other faiths that is aimed at building trust, meeting common challenges and addressing conflictive and divisive issues." See: http://www.oikoumene.org/
  • They also publish:
    • A semi-annual journal "Current Dialogue" at: http://www.oikoumene.org/
      
      
    • Other resources, including e-news, videos, audio recordings, prayer cycle, week of prayer, etc. See: http://www.oikoumene.org/

Related lists and essays on this web site:

• List of individual interfaith groups with names starting "A" to "I"
  
  
• List of groups with names starting "J" to "W"
  
  
• Interfaith relationships and marriages

Sources of multifaith products:

• Wall calendars:
  • Multifaith printed wall calendar at: http://multifaithcalendar.org/
    
    
  • Multifaith Action at: http://multifaithaction.jimdo.com/
    
    
  • Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC (AMSSA) at: http://www.amssa.org/ Their calendar is described as "part art book, part spiritual reference and part calendar."
    
    
• An interfaith game:
  • "Webelieve," the game, was developed in co-operation with Rev. Duane Moret of Long Beach, CA as a way for folks to come together to learn about one another's beliefs, hopes and dreams. See: http://mysite.verizon.net/
    
    
• Other products:
  • Wedding Invitation Cards provides Indian scroll wedding invitations and other wedding cards with Hindu, Sikh, Muslim and Christian themes. See: http://www.theweddinginvitationcards.com/
    

Free lists of holy days and seasonal days of celebrations for many faiths:

• British Broadcasting Corporation at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/
  
  
• Interfaith calendar at: http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/
  
  
• Multifaith calendar in electronic format at: http://multifaithcalendar.org/
  
  
• NCCJ of the Piedmont Triad at: http://www.nccjtriad.org/ Look for "Interfaith Calendar."
  
  
• Religion & Ethics Newsweekly at: http://www.pbs.org/ This list has a one-paragraph description of each day.

Some interfaith books:

•  Richard Landau, "What the World Needs to Know about Interfaith Dialogue."  The author has extensive experience organizing, chairing and participating "...in interfaith dialogue groups throughout North America." He has produced a dozen faith-related TV series. He wrote this book to help those running inter-faith groups to "overcome basic differences to ensure the longevity and productivity" of the group. This is an e-book that can be downloaded for @29.95 at: http://www.how-to-succeed-at-interfaith-dialogue.com/
  
  
• Rev. Reenie Panzini, "The Brightest Twon: an interfaith holiday story." Reverend (Irene) Reenie Panzini is an Interfaith Minister. She celebrates all religions and sees the beauty and connection in all faiths. Her book talks about a teacher -- Miss Carrie -- and her young students learning about the similarities that exist among their beliefs and holiday traditions. Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store

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