Outer Streams was there when the United Religions Initiative (URI) was founded. Almost 10 years ago an extrordinary group of religious representitives from around the world converged; committed to promoting enduring, daily interfaith cooperation and to ending religiously motivated violence.
United Religions Initiative
Today the URI includes thousands of members in over 65 countries representing more that 100 religions, spiritual expressions, and indigenous traditions. We were lucky enough to sit down with a few of the amazing people to talk about their philosophies and their support for the URI.
Sulak Sivaraksa, one of Asia's foremost Buddhist social thinkers and activists, and Reverend Marcus Braybrooke, an Episcopalian clergyman, author, activist from Oxford, England, discuss differences between Western and Eastern consciousness, the controversy of prayer in school, the influences various religions have on each other, and the concept of God as a metaphor.
Rev. Marcus Braybrooke
Sulak Sivaraksa, one of Asia's foremost Buddhist social thinkers and activists, and Reverend Marcus Braybrooke, an Episcopalian clergyman, author, activist from Oxford, England, discuss differences between Western and Eastern consciousness, the controversy of prayer in school, the influences various religions have on each other, and the concept of God as a metaphor.
Sulak Sivaraska
Bishop William E. Swing continues his explanation of the significance of the United Religious Initiative Charter. Bishop Swing has pursued this charter since 1993, and hopes it will promote "peace among religions for the sake of the entire order of life." He is the Episcopal Bishop for the State of California and author of the book "The Coming United Religions."
