Interfaith Websites | Dialogue & Open Space

Interfaith Websites:

SF Bay Area | Northern California | National and International | Religious News

San Francisco Bay Area

• California Institute for Integral Studies
  San Francisco
  CIIS offers a number of opportunities for interfaith learning and experience through their Public Programs.

• The Chaplaincy Institute, Interfaith Seminary

  Berkeley, CA

  The Chaplaincy Institute (ChI - pronouced "Chee") is an interfaith seminary specializing in practical and applied theology. It prepares students for skillful and compassionate service in our spiritually and culturally diverse world.

• Garrison-Martineau Project
  Hayward
  Offering dialogues between believers and non-believers.
• Institute for Interfaith
  Spiritual Exchange and Education (ISEE)
  South Bay
  Classes in world religion and visits to faith centers. We strive to bring people of all faiths-conservative and liberal, Eastern and Western--into greater awareness of common practices, truths and core values that bring peace with freedom to this world.
• Islamic Networks Group
  San Jose and National
  ING provides trained and certified Muslim speakers for all types of educational and commercial settings.
• Marin Interfaith Council
  Marin County
  A respectful collaborative — celebrating faith traditions, advocating justice, and building community.
• Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice
  Palo Alto
  People from 36 diverse faith communities and traditions saying NO to war and YES to peace and justice.
• Northern California Interfaith Council (NCIC)
  Oakland
  An association of local and regional groups and individuals of diverse religious traditions and backgrounds who share a common vision of community based on peace, justice and the care of creation.
• Peninsula Clergy Network
  San Mateo
  Interactive network of clergy leaders in San Mateo and Northern Santa Clara Counties building knowledge, understanding and working relationships. PCN promotes increased interaction between religious and civic leaders and the communities they jointly serve.
• Presidio Interfaith Center
  San Francisco
  Providing hospitality at the interfaith Chapel at the Presidio, developing local and global connections, and creating interfaith learning environments and resources.
• Season of NonViolence
  Observances in San Jose.
• Silicon Valley Conference
  for Community and Justice (SVCCJ)
  San Jose
  SVCCJ promotes understanding and respect among all races, religions and cultures through advocacy, conflict resolution and education.
• Southbay Interfaith
  Santa Clara County
  Information and pictures from interfaith gatherings in 2005 and 2006, and other interfaith opportunities in the South Bay Area.
• United Religions Initiative
  San Francisco
  Promoting enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, ending religiously motivated v12/15/07e, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings.

Northern California

• Sacramento Interfaith Events Calendar
  Sacramento
  A calendar of Sacramento-area world spiritual and cultural events.

National and International

• America's Table:
  An Interfaith Thanksgiving Reader
  Developed by the American Jewish Committee in cooperation with a number of interfaith and diversity organizations.
• BeliefNet: Interfaith Dialogue Resources
  Resources for creating or joining an interfaith dialogue group, as well as readings to improve your dialogue. See also the BeliefNet Online Interfaith Dialogue Groups.
• Comparative Religion
  The UK's largest interfaith site presenting the key books and writings of human spiritual and religious thought.
• CoNexus Multifaith Media
  Resource for interfaith calendars and books
• Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions
• CrossCurrents
  CrossCurrents is a global network for people of faith and intelligence who are committed to connecting the wisdom of the heart and the life of the mind.
• First Amendment Center
  News and research on First Amendment issues, including religion in the public arena.
• The Golden Rule
  An interactive introduction to thirteen religious traditions and their formulations of "The Golden Rule." Sponsored by Scarboro Missions, a Canadian Catholic group.
• The Faith Club
  Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner— Muslim, Christian, and Jewish women— share their experiences in the book The Faith Club. Their website offers resources and suggestions for starting your own dialogue group.
• Faith Communities Today
  Hartford Seminary's Cooperative Congregational Studies Partnership offers links to congregational studies, a newsletter and other resources
• The Institute of Interfaith Dialogue
  Helping bring together communities to promote compassion, cooperation, partnership and community service through interfaith dialog and conversation.
• Interfaith Calendar
  Primary Sacred Times for World Religions
• Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington
  Brings together eleven historic faith communities to promote dialogue, understanding and a sense of community among persons of diverse faiths and to work cooperatively for social and economic justice in metropolitan Washington.
• InterfaithNews.net
  Positive spiritual, religious, and interfaith news.
• International Satsang Association
  An international organization; local chapters in San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento Area and Southern California.
• Interreligious Insight
  A Journal of Dialogue and Engagement
• Multifaith Calendar
  Sacred Days for several religions, sponsored by Religions for Peace-USA, the Interfaith Center at the Presidio and others.
• NCC Interfaith Relations
  A blog with reflections on current issues by the Associate General Secretary for Interfaith Relations of the National Council of Churches.
• North American Interfaith Network (NAIN)
  An association of interfaith organizations and agencies in Canada, Mexico and the United States
• NCCJ (National Conference for Community and Justice)
  A human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry, and racism in America.
• One Voice
  Uniting the vast majority of Israelis and Palestinians who seek a common ground for peace instead of violence. One Voice creates a meeting space for dialogue and organizing for a shared future.
• Presbyterian Church USA: Interfaith Relations
  News and resources on intefaith relations from the Presbyterian (USA) national offices.
• The Pluralism Project
  Helping Americans engage with the realities of religious diversity through research, outreach, and the active dissemination of resources.
• Religions for Peace-USA
  Fostering religious communities working together to build a society of peace and justice.
• Religious Tolerance.org
  Promoting religious tolerance and freedom, describing religious faiths in all their diversity, and describing controversial topics from all points of view.
• Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion: Interreligious Dialogue
  E-texts, e-journals, websites, syllabi and bibliographies.
• World Council of Churches-Interreligious Relations
  Projects, documents, and resources for interreligious dialogue, including the bi-annual journal Current Dialogue with articles on interreligious dialogue, news about interreligious events and related World Council of Churches consultation reports.
• Worldwide Faith News.

Dialogue & Open Space

• Conversation Café
  At Conversation Cafés, we will learn together how to create a culture of conversation—which is a culture of intelligence, peace, and political awareness.
• National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation
  NCDD's mission is to bring together and support people, organizations, and resources in ways that expand the power of conversation to benefit society.
• Open Space
  Open Space Technology is a simple way to run productive meetings, for five to 2000+ people, and a powerful way to lead any kind of organization, in everyday practice and ongoing change
• Public Conversations Project
  Helping people with fundamental disagreements over divisive issues develop the mutual understanding and trust essential for strong communities and positive action.

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