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Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue Resources

International Organizations

• World Council of Churches — A fellowship of over 330 churches in more than 120 countries from virtually all Christian traditions. Resources include:
  • WCC Library — Focuses on ecumenism, the Bible, systematic theology, ecclesiology, social ethics, mission, denominational history, non-Christian religions, the role of women in church and society, laity, and pacifism. The archives contain " practically every document ever issued by an ecumenical organization or movement during the 20th century." The collection holdings are searchable via a web-based online catalog, and staff is available for assistance.
  • Church and Ecumenical Organizations — Web page directory for member churches, world communions, and regional/national councils.
    
    

• World Evangelical Fellowship — establishes and helps "regional and national evangelical alliances empower and mobilize local churches and Christians organizations to disciple the nations for Christ."

• World Congress of Faiths —"WCF works to develop understanding, co-operation and respect between people of different faiths. "

• United Religions Initiative — A network of religious and interfaith leaders had to share in a process of prayer dialogue and creative thinking about United Religions. Initiated by Bishop William Swing in San Francisco for the 50th anniversary commemoration of the United Nations Charter.

• International Association for Religious Freedom — Committed to the fundamental right of religious freedom and to understanding and mutual respect among persons of different religious traditions.

• Council for the Parliament of the World's Religions — Fosters interreligious dialogue and cooperation in metropolitan Chicago and around the world.

• Conference of European Churches — "The Conference of European Churches (CEC) is a fellowship of 126 Orthodox, Protestant, and Old Catholic Churches along with 43 associated organisations from all countries on the European continent. CEC was founded in 1959 and has offices in Geneva, Brussels and Strasbourg."

North American Organizations

• National Council of Churches USA

• National Association of Evangelicals — A voluntary fellowship of evangelical denominations, churches, organizations, institutions, and individuals. Aims to demonstrate unity in the body of Christ by standing for biblical truth, speaking with a representative voice, and serving the evangelical community through united action, cooperative ministry, and strategic planning.

• North American Interfaith Network (NAINet) — Association with a membership of more than 60 interfaith organizations and agencies throughout Canada and the United States. NAIN affirms humanity's diverse and historic spiritual resources, bringing these to bear on contemporary global, national, regional and local issues, and it facilitates the networking possibilities of these organizations.

• The Interfaith Alliance — Promotes the positive role of religion as a healing and constructive force in public life.

Schools, Research Institutes and Scholarly Associations

• Bossey Ecumenical Institute — Graduate program in ecumenical studies, affiliated with the University of Geneva and the World Council of Churches.

• The Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research — Seeks to discern the meaning of Christian identity and unity in a religiously and culturally diverse nation and world. An independent organization which is located on the campus of Saint John's Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota.

• Institute for Ecumenical Research — At the University of Tübingen. This page is in German.

• Global Dialogue Institute — Associated with Temple University, Department of Religion. Publishes the Journal of Ecumenical Studies; tables of contents for issues of the journal may be found here.

• Centre for the History of Religions and Political Pluralism — At the University of Leicester.

• International Interfaith Centre — At Westminster College, Oxford.

Other Resources

• Jewish-Christian Relations Site — This site is concerned with issues in the on-going Christian-Jewish dialogue. Many links are provided.

• Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College. The Center maintains a Resouces Site, with an online document library and materials for religious education.

• Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies — A non-profit organization which concentrates its educational expertise on disarming religious hatred and establishing models of interfaith understanding.

• Worldwide Faith News — Searchable database and browsable archive of of news articles about or concerning. the activities of religious bodies. A cooperative effort designed in consultation with journalists, journalism school faculty, faith group news directors and participating faith groups.

• Monastic Interreligious Dialogue — "Established by the Benedictine Confederation in 1978 to assume a leadership role in the dialogue between Christianity and the great religions of the East, in cooperation with all others engaged in this dialogue."

• International Network of Engaged Buddhists — Promotes inter-Buddhist and interreligious understanding and cooperation.

• Bede Griffiths — British Benedictine monk working in India, and author of several books on Hindu-Christian relations. See the finding aid of the Bede Griffiths Collection for a guide to material which may be found in the GTU Archives.

Last updated September 1, 2005