DIALOGUE between religions
Catholic Relief Services – Peacebuilding Through
Interreligious Dialogue
Catholic Relief Services actively supports
interreligious dialogue in a number of countries as a natural outgrowth of its
Catholic identity and involvement with local and national church bodies.
The Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Ingrid
H. Shafer, Ph.D is the webpage editor
for The Journal of Ecumenical Studies, described on the index page as an
academic journal that focuses on vitally important religious issues, offers a
venue for meaningful publication, and consistently maintains the caliber of
exemplary scholarship, intellectual inquisitiveness, and over-all excellence .
This site was
created in June 1997 by Ingrid Shafer and she writes: This
site is dedicated to efforts by people all over the globe to renew their religions
or ideologies in such a way that in the future they will be open to ongoing
transformation while remaining solidly rooted in what is essential in their
past. This is not a site to connect with new religious movements or syncretic
religions amalgamated from bits and pieces of the existing faiths of the world.
There are many such sites on the Web (and a few may be included if their
guiding vision is congruent with the goals of this site). Rather, Religions in
Renewal is a site to link members of groups within the major established
religions or ideologies who are seeking respectfully and gradually to reform
their traditions from within while remaining loyal to the spirit of their path.