by Unitwi5 | Jun 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Religion, UNESCO, UNITWIN
This post is provided by Alon Goshen-Gottstein, UNESCO Chair in Interfaith Studies and Director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute. Dear Friends, Shalom Some of you will surely have already received Elijah’s recent newsletter, with the announcement of the...
by Unitwi5 | May 7, 2020 | COVID-19, India, Professor Priyankar Upadhyaya, Religion, UNITWIN
A reflection provided by Professor Priyankar Upadhyaya, UNESCO Chair for Peace and Intercultural Understanding. The All-pervasive impact of COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of human life, causing unprecedented uncertainties and anxieties. This existential...
by Unitwi5 | Apr 30, 2020 | COVID-19, IATF Multi-Faith Advisory Council (MFAC), Religion, United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development (IATF)
The following joint statement is issued by the Principals of the rotating IATF co-Chairs (UNAOC and UNOSAPG) and Executive Secretariat (UNFPA) on behalf of the members of the IATF and endorsed by the co-Chairs of the IATF Multi-Faith Advisory Council (MFAC) on behalf...
by Unitwi5 | Dec 3, 2019 | Comparative study, Dr Dimitri Spivak, Professor Dimitri Spivak, Religion, Russia, UNESCO
At the end of the month of October, 2019, UNESCO Chair on Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue (St.Petersburg-Moscow, Russia) has started to publish basic results of its new project, consisting...
by Unitwi5 | Mar 1, 2019 | Book launch, Fethi Mansouri, Politics, Religion
Edited: Fethi Mansouri, Zuleyha Keskin (2019, Palgrave Macmillan) With the surge of hate crimes and hate speech and the normalisation of Islamophobia worldwide, the release of this new edited book by Professor Fethi Mansouri and Zuleyha Keskin, “Contesting the...
