Comment from UTT:
Note that the Blair Faith Foundation is moving towards the idea that to be a good "global citizen" one needs to embrace the idea of a global religion.
February 6 - Tony Blair Faith Foundation first Annual Report
Article: One World Religion
The constant is that we were and are setting out to answer some big questions about how people of different religions can live together, and how faith itself can contribute to human flourishing in the modern world - and to find practical ways of doing it.
Firstly, we decided to involve many thousands of people across the world in working with us, in their own communities and across boundaries of geography and theology. And to include those who had faith, but had never engaged in interfaith before. So we'd create a lay movement, to support the experts already engaged.
We decided to educate, organise, and make connections:
Our Faiths Act campaign now involves volunteers in 27 countries acting together across faith divides to help eliminate deaths from malaria. Find out why and how HERE. We are investing in the young leaders of tomorrow through our Faiths Act Fellowship, a 10 month training programme for 30 outstanding young people of different faiths to combat global poverty together.
Our Face to Faith schools programme links children aged 10-16 of different religions in 5 countries to learn with and about each other, understand the reason behind different perspectives, and to counter intolerance and extremism. This year many more will join them, linking up children across the world as truly global citizens. The programme will use state of the art video-conferencing technology, expert facilitation, an online platform and curriculum materials developed by an international board of teachers and religious leaders.
Our Faith and Globalisation course developed in collaboration with Yale University allows us to tackle these questions of the role of faith in the 21st Century seriously from a multi-disciplinary and multi-faith perspective. This year more of the world's leading thinkers and academic institutions will join our network and create a truly global debate about the relevance of faith in today's world.
Firstly, we decided to involve many thousands of people across the world in working with us, in their own communities and across boundaries of geography and theology. And to include those who had faith, but had never engaged in interfaith before. So we'd create a lay movement, to support the experts already engaged.
We decided to educate, organise, and make connections:
Our Faiths Act campaign now involves volunteers in 27 countries acting together across faith divides to help eliminate deaths from malaria. Find out why and how HERE. We are investing in the young leaders of tomorrow through our Faiths Act Fellowship, a 10 month training programme for 30 outstanding young people of different faiths to combat global poverty together.
Our Face to Faith schools programme links children aged 10-16 of different religions in 5 countries to learn with and about each other, understand the reason behind different perspectives, and to counter intolerance and extremism. This year many more will join them, linking up children across the world as truly global citizens. The programme will use state of the art video-conferencing technology, expert facilitation, an online platform and curriculum materials developed by an international board of teachers and religious leaders.
Our Faith and Globalisation course developed in collaboration with Yale University allows us to tackle these questions of the role of faith in the 21st Century seriously from a multi-disciplinary and multi-faith perspective. This year more of the world's leading thinkers and academic institutions will join our network and create a truly global debate about the relevance of faith in today's world.
