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The Interfaith Institute
is a leadership development and support program for people of faith involved in social movements for justice and peace. It is the premier event in North America addressing Interfaith Justice, Peace, and Social Movements.
The institute brings together faith-based activists and leaders to build interfaith solidarity and mobilization, and to explore the interconnections between religion, spirituality, violence, conflict transformation, and just peace. Two guiding threads undergird the program: the role of women, children and youth in conflict and peacemaking; and Indigenous environmental logic and knowledge of place.
At a time when local conflicts have global significance, religion is often blamed for division and violence but seldom recognized and studied as a factor in peacemaking. Participants will gain skills and explore the ways that religion and spirituality impact contemporary movements for social justice and peace.
Peace and justice-making in Indigenous, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, and Sikh traditions are considered. Interfaith work and the exploration of common areas for action among communities of diverse religious, cultural, and ideological traditions are emphasized. |
