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  • 6 Aug 2012
    Forgiveness: optional or mandatory?

    Forgiveness is not proprietary to the church, it is ‘open source’ technology belonging to all humans.

  • 6 Aug 2012
    Anglican leader sets out challenge of collaboration for peace

    Cooperation for change means active collaboration for peace, Dr Stephen Cherry from Durham Cathedral says at the launch of the Festival of Spirituality and Peace.

  • 4 Aug 2012
    St John's murals put social change in the picture

    The St John's murals, now in their thirtieth year, are now a vital and unusual part of the heritage of St John's Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, the Festival of Spirituality and Peace's principal venue and partner.

  • 3 Aug 2012
    Festival invites people to reflect on 'sharable futures'

    The 2012 Festival of Spirituality and Peace in Edinburgh celebrates its twelfth year with 400 discussion and cultural events across 21 venues from 3 to 27 August.

  • 2 Aug 2012
    Solidarity with the 99% is aim of Edinburgh's Persian Tent Village

    A Persian Tent Village based in Edinburgh for Festival season has a message of "solidarity with the 99 per cent" who make up the vast bulk of humanity.

  • 13 Jul 2012
    Tents of hope and change in Edinburgh

    Yesterday I spent time with Yousef, Hamid, Richard and Brenda: the team at the Persian Rug Village in Edinburgh.

  • 22 Jun 2012
    Getting in the right spirit for Festival

    As people across Scotland’s capital and beyond gear up for the world famous Edinburgh ‘Festival season’ this summer, one of the major participating Festivals is launching another ambitious programme of conversations, events and activities.

  • 25 Aug 2011
    Not peace, but a (religious) sword?

    The seed of violence seems to be in everyone at some level or other. But what does ideology and religion bring to the human propensity towards violent conflict? In what ways does faith help assuage or provoke confrontation?

  • 22 Aug 2011
    Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, religion and conflict

    The visit to Britain of Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, from the Cordoba Initiative in New York, resonates not just with our reflections on the impending tenth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, but with the continuing quest for interreligious understanding in a conflictual world, says Professor Hugh Goddard.

  • 22 Aug 2011
    Lithuanians strike a chord in Edinburgh

    Two top performers coming to Edinburgh are convinced that music can play a significant role in awakening the human spirit and bringing a longing for harmony and peace in a troubled world, writes Mary Anson.