Panel / Seminar

The Art of Peaceful Coexistence: Gulen Movement as an Example

1- A comperativ look to Gulen Movement – by Dr.Jill Carrol fra Rice Unviversity, writer of the book "A Dialog of Civilizations"

Dr. Jill Carroll is a Houston-based scholar, writer and speaker who specializes in world religions, religion and world politics, religion in public life, and applied life philosophy.

Carroll’s intent in this book is to ‘place the ideas of Fethullh Gulen into the context of the larger humanities. Chapter titles are 1: Gulen and Kant on Inherent Human Value and Moral Dignity, 2: Gulen and Mill on Freedom, 3: Gulen, Confucius, and Plato on the Human Ideal, 4: Gulen, Confucius, and Plato on Education, 5: Gulen and Sartre on Responsibility. (Midwest Book Review. read more..)

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2- An Example of Grassroots Dialog in Norway: EVID-En Verden i Dialog- by Rev. Dag Aakre

"Jeg er opptatt av gode møter mellom mennesker på tvers av alt som skiller oss."

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One World in Dialogue is an idealistic organization, founded in Trondheim in 2004. EVID aims at increasing respect and understanding across religious borders and works towards establishing common meeting arenas for Christians, Jews and Muslims. As a part of this work, EVID has arranged joint celebrations on religious festive days as well as organizing international dialogue themed trips. Through its members, EVID has a wide international network in contact with religious and political leaders in a number of countries. The organization has no regular staff or employees, and bases its work entirely on volunteers.

Sted: Litteraturhuset,

Dato: 19 Mars 2010

Tid: 17:30