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Previous Sites of the Week

John & Christian Origins

A series of lectures by Dr John Ashton at St Mary's University College, Twickenham.

Christian Retreat

A Christian Retreat welcoming Christians of all denominations and people of good will.

Faces of Jesus

Interesting page from the re:jesus website with a variety of images of Jesus

Wonder, Love and Praise - opening our hearts to wisdom

Great blog with quotations and extracts of inter-faith wisdom

St. Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation

.Destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1993, the ancient London City church of St. Ethelburga's was rebuilt as a Centre for Reconciliation and Peace. The Centre offers courses, training, meetings advice and expertise to build understanding between faiths and cultures.

The Handwritten Bible

project to create and post on line a copy of the Bible hand written by hundereds of people around the country in celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible translation.

Test of Faith

Resources from the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion

Being Jesus

Website of actor James Burke-Dunsmore who has made a career out of portraying Jesus in theatre and passion play performances

Pure Unbounded Love Thou Art

Blogspot of Ray Gaston, a very remarkable Christian interfaith, peace and justice activisit. Ray's book on experiencing Christian - Muslim relationships "A Heart Broken Open" is important and highly recomended reading for anyone involved in interfaith relationships.

Wintershall Passion Play

Each summer on the Wintershall Estate in Surrey the Life of Christ is presented in a major open air play, drawing audiences of thousands. On Good Friday 22nd April the "Passion" or Easter section of the play will be performed in Trafalgar Square. This is a free public event with big screens and high quality sound to enable everyone to see and hear the action clearly.

Visual Theology

Visual Theology is a sort of spiritual imaging blogspot by church leader David Perry. His often striking images form the basis of wide ranging reflections in the Christian tradition. It's imaginative, well produced and has the wonderful knack of presenting profound ideas in easily accessible way. There are even generous copyright permissions to make use of the images.

Christmas Unwrapped

Read the Christmas story for yourself - a 3-minute presentation tells the Christmas story using words from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

BBC Quizzes

Test your knowledge on world religions in these on line quizzes.

Muslim Council of Britain

MCB is one of the main organisations representing the Muslim community in the UK. Good website for information, news and views from the British Muslim community.

Around the World in 80 Faiths

Group on the flickr photo sharing site based on the BBC Series Around the World in 80 Faiths . Great photos of all kinds of religious scenes from around the world

The Inter-Faith Marriage Network

Organisation supporting and advising those involved in inter-faith relationships

Shap

The "Shap Working Party on Education in Religions" produces a number of resources including probably the best multi-fatih calender available.

Flash Mob Freeze

Great video of "happening" at New York Central Station. No profound message in this - it's just so much more cool than the usual flash mob outbreak of dance. Maybe it should make us think about what it means to pause in the middle of a busy life - but just enjoy.

France and the Veil

Interesting article in the Guardian on French government moves to ban the wearing of the full veil by Muslim women in public places

Science of the Shroud

Said to have been the cloth which wrapped the body of Jesus, the Turin Shroud is on display for the first time in 10 years. Find out why there are still sceintific puzzles around the shroud despite having been radio carbon dated as medieval in origin.

Religious Literacy Leadership

Developing project aimed at improving religious literacy amongst unviesity managers and the Higher Educaton Sector

Chicks in Pointy Hats

Blog spot supporting the full acceptance of women Bishops in the Anglican community and celebrating women bishops. Makes its "point" without getting "too hot under the collar"!

Love Life, Live Lent

"Love Life Live Lent" is an initiative by the Church to encourage more people to take seriously the Christian season of Lent as a time to transform our lives and our world.

Kingston Street Pastors

Youtube video showing the work of Kingston Street Pastors over Christmas. The Street Pastors are a group of trained church volunteers who provide care and support late at night on the streets of Kingston working with clubbers, street dwellers and night time workers. A great exampleof local, practical faith in action.

Get in the Picture

All over the country churches are inviting people to have their photo taken in a Christmas nativity scene. You can see the pictures on this site with more information about the Christmas story

Faith in England

Podcast from the BBC giving a round up of the week's religious news

The Brick Testament

Bible stories from the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures told and illustrated with lego figures! It's fun and it's certainly very different

Inform

"Most people have an opinion about religious movements - Inform has the facts" An independent charity based at LSE, Inform provides carefully researched unbiased views about new religious movements. If you need to know more about an unfamiliar religious group Inform can help.

The Forgiveness Project - Magdeline Makola

Truly amazing story of forgiveness from Magdeline Makola, the Scotich nurse who was kidnapped and left in the boot of a car for 10 days last Christmas

The Methodist Collection of Modern Christian Art

On line gallery of modern Christian Art colelcted by the Methodist Church. Gives copyright permission to dowload for personal use

Faith News - The Times

News, articles, views and blogs at the religion and faith section of The Times online

Voice of Hibakusha: Hiroshima Eyewitnesses

Transcriptions of eyewitnesses testimonies to the dropping of the Atomic boomb on Hiroshima 64 years ago this week.

Inter Faith Week

Website for the new national Inter Faith Week 15th - 21st November 2009

Scriptural Reasoning

"Scriptural Reasoning is the shared study by Jews, Christians, Muslims and others of their sacred texts". The site includes sample selections of texts on various themes. Scriptural Reasoning has proved particularly sucessful as a form of inter-fatih conversation in universities.

rejesus - holy week

Great collection of resources for Holy Week and Easter on the rejesus website - pictues, film clips, faqs, and don't miss "chocolate theology"!

The Olive Tree Project

Listen to the voices of Israeli and Palestinian students talking about the Olive Tree Project which enables them to study together for three years at an British University whilst taking part in reconciliation work (MP3 file). For a written story click here

World Prayers

Visually attractive website featuring prayers from several different traditions of faith

Diwali Recipies

A wonderful selection of traditional recipes to celebrate Diwali which begans on 28th October..

Signs and Blunders (Ship of Fools)

Great fun on the Ship of Fools Website - crazy signs seen outside churches. Not for those who can't see the funny side of faith!

Want A Church

"Want a Church" is a group of local churches working in partnership with the chaplaincy to help students find churches and Christian groups in Kingston

ALIF ALEPH

"Alif" and "Aleph" are the first letters of the Arabic and Hebrew alphabets. The organisation is: "A group of British Muslims and British Jews committed to develop positive contacts between our communities as a “good practice model” for all communities in the UK who find themselves divided, usually by conflicts from abroad spilling over to divide us in this country." Some good quality documents which can be downloaded from the site for anyone interested in dialogue in general or Jewish-Muslim relationships in particular.

FAITHBOOK on FACEBOOK

A place for facebook users to share learn and build inter faith relationship. You need to be a member of facebok to access this.

Holocaust Memorial Day

Light a candle for Holocaust Memorial Day

Muslim Youth Net

Guidance, community campaign, counselling, support services and events. Run by young muslims for young muslims this website offers on line community and support. The site is not afraid of controversy, but is open to a variety of Islamic views.

Free Rice

Fun charity website - play the vocabulary game and for every word you get right 20 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food Programme - it's amazing how adictive this game is and how quickly your total builds up to a day's worth of food. Each word you get right moves you up the degree of difficulty from 1 to 50, each word you get wrong moves you back down the scale. Go on - have a go!

Inter Faith Marriage Network

Resource for anyone who is in or considering an inter faith relationship

National Hindu Students Forum

A Hindu Society has recently been formed at Kingston University - this web site has information and links for Hindu students nationally

The Forgiveness Project

Wonderful site full of the personal stories of people who have struggled to forgive.

Christian Motorcyclists' Association

"As Christians we know there is little as exciting as riding a motorcycle, as bikers we have discovered that there is nothing as fulfilling as being a Christian"

The title and the strap line just about sum it up. If you happen to be a Christian who likes motorbikes this is a fun site. If both Christianity and motorbikes have passed you by them maybe this site isn't for you.

Greenbelt Festival

Christian music/arts festival at Cheltenham over the August Bank Holiday Weekend: music, visual and performing arts, comedy, teaching, worship - you name it, they've got it. Go to a music festival with a difference this summer!