A group of local faith organizations are holding a series of events this spring looking at how justice has developed in a wide range of faith practices.
"Some might say if you鈥檙e looking for justice you need to be looking in all the right places," says a release from the Comox United Church, the Comox Valley Multi-faith Group, and the Comox Valley Unitarian Fellowship, the organizers of the events. "And one of those places is one or more of the world鈥檚 faith communities."
The four sessions will track the development of the idea of justice in a wide range of faith practices. These include Indigenous Spirituality, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikh, Islam, Christianity, and Baha'i, among others.
"We have invited Vancouver Island Interfaith Educator, Harold Rosen to give these presentations which will involve pre-reading, Rosen鈥檚 presentations, participant鈥檚 questions and general discussion," a release from the organizers says. "The sessions will have a tea/coffee and cookies break midway through."
Rosen is a community interfaith educator, active in the Baha'i community. Since 2000, he has been designing and teaching community courses on subjects like world religions, civilization, culture, comparative philosophy, evolution, science and spirituality, lifespan development and aging, women mystics, prophecies, and the afterlife."
Rosen has three master's degrees: one in education, one in religion and one in philosophy. His most recent book is Founders of Faith: The Parallel Lives of God's Messengers (2010) on the teachings of Moses, Zoroaster, Krishna, Buddha, Christ, Muhammad and Baha鈥檜鈥檒lah. He is now writing a sequel to this book, addressing world history and the role of religion in the rise, fall, and renewal of civilizations.
Rosen has worked and travelled in Israel, Greece, England, India, China, Japan, Korea and Turkey.
The workshop runs on four Friday afternoons, from 1 - 3:30 p.m., on March 21, 28, April 4, and 11.
Please register with Bruce Curtis by email at bwcurtis@shaw.ca.
