Meeting Rivers: Global Peace Forum for Inter Faith and Secular Initiatives
The objective of this programme is to harness the pluralistic energies that religions offer (along with those of 'inclusive' secularism) to meet the social and ecological challenges of today. The purpose of this programme is to invite religious leaders, including women and youth, to a platform which reflects and acts on the contribution of religions to transform the pressing social and environmental problems of our present day societies. Meeting Rivers tries to reach the above objectives through its work with religious leaders and practitioners who share the same concerns. International conferences, conflict-resolution programmes and publications that promote religious renewal along the lines of personal growth, social intervention and environmental action are some of the activities.
Meeting Rivers Series:
Meeting Rivers Series 1
January 2008: About Meeting Rivers
Meeting Rivers Series 2
February 2008: The Equality of Religions. By Siddhartha
Meeting Rivers Series 3
March 2008: Secularisation and the loss of the feeling self. By Trent Schroyer
Meeting Rivers Series 4
April 2008: Alliance for Life-Religion and the Protection of Nature. By John Clammer
Meeting Rivers Series 5
April 2008: Alliance for Life-Religion and the Protection of Nature. By John Clammer
Meeting Rivers Series 6
June 2008: Silence. By John Zerzan
Meeting Rivers Series 7
July 2008: Art, Meditation and the "Other". By Jyoti Sahi
Meeting Rivers Series 8
August 2008: A Culture of Competition or Compassion? On the Relevance of the Bhagavat Gita. By S. Painadath SJ
Meeting Rivers Series 9
September 2008: A Fresh Look at the Roots of Christian Faith. By K.C. Abraham
Meeting Rivers Series 10
October 2008: Maitriya (Friendliness) in Buddhism: Pulsating with Mother-Love. By Nalin Swaris
Meeting Rivers Series 11
November 2008: Ethics, Religions and Climate Change. By Siddhartha
Meeting Rivers Series 12
December 2008: The Urgency of Inter-religious Dialogue. By Hans Ucko
Meeting Rivers Series 13
January 2009: Engaged Islam. By Asghar Ali Engineer
Meeting Rivers Series 14
March 2009: Shiva - A Theological Reflection. By Anantanand Rambachan
Meeting Rivers Series 15
April 2009: What Happened to Jesus? By Walter Wink
Meeting Rivers Series 16
June 2009: Shinto and Ecology. By John Clammer
Meeting Rivers Series 17
August 2009: Re-visioning in the Tumultuous Era of Climate Change. By Siddhartha
Meeting Rivers Series 18
October 2009: Dharma and Governance. By Makarand Paranjape
Meeting Rivers Series 19
November 2009: The Earth and the Bible. By K.C. Abraham
Meeting Rivers Series 20
February 2010: Towards a New Utopia. By Francois Houtart
Meeting Rivers Series 21
April 2010: Law and Truth. By Ignatius Jesudasan
Meeting Rivers Series 22
June 2010: The Dalai Lama on Religion. By Leonardo Boff
Meeting Rivers Series 23
August 2010: A Fatwa that Stirred Muslims. By Asghar Ali Engineer
Meeting Rivers Series 24
Septemeber 2010: The Cure for the Ostrich Syndrom. By Siddhartha
Meeting Rivers Series 25
October 2010: Working for Peace: the Buddhist Way. By Jill Jameson
Meeting Rivers Series 26
December 2010: The Social Dimension of Yoga. By Raghu Ananthanarayanan
Meeting Rivers Series 27
January 2011: Christmas without Mary. By Siddhartha
Meeting Rivers Series 28
March 2011: Towards Harmony between Communities. By C.T.Kurian
Meeting Rivers Series 29
April 2011: Happiness. By John Zerzan
Meeting Rivers Series 30
May 2011: The Buddha and the Flavour of Freedom. By Nalin Swaris
Meeting Rivers Series 31
July 2011: Discerning Climate Change as Climate Injustice and Colonization of the Commons: A Christian Response. By George Zachariah
Meeting Rivers Series 32
August 2011: Hope in the era of Climate Change. By Siddhartha
Meeting Rivers Series 33
October 2011: Gandhian Values for Sustainable Futures. By Jeevan Kumar
Meeting Rivers Series 34
December 2011: A Christmas Message. By Benjamin P N
Meeting Rivers Series 35
March 2012: Pluralism and Islam. By Asghar Ali Engineer
Meeting Rivers Series 36
July 2012: Pluralism and Universalism within Hinduism. By David Frawley
Meeting Rivers Series 37
November 2012: Earth-People. By Conference of Religious India
Meeting Rivers Series 38
December 2012: The Poetics of Possibility and Critical Spirituality. By Marcus Bussey
Meeting Rivers Series 39
February 2013: An Ashram without a Guru. By Siddhartha
Meeting Rivers Series 40
April 2013: Hinduism and Climate Change. By Makarand Paranjape
Meeting Rivers Series 41
May 2013: Asghar Ali Engineer - A Man for Our Times. By Siddhartha
Meeting Rivers Series 42
June 2013: Spiritual, Social and Ecological Liberation: An Indian Christian Perspective. By Sebastian Painadath SJ
Meeting Rivers Series 43
September 2013: Hinduism in the Public Square. By Anantanand Rambachan
Meeting Rivers Series 44
January 2014: Secular Earth Spirituality - the Evolutionary Ground of Our Being. By Siddhartha
Meeting Rivers Series 45
April 2014: Vivekananda and 'the Preferential Option for the Poor'. By Anantanand Rambachan
Meeting Rivers Series 46
July 2014: Jainism and Ecology. By Christopher Key Chapple
Meeting Rivers Series 47
October 2014: Diwali: Hearing Earth's Cry. By Anantanand Rambachan
Meeting Rivers Series 48
November 2014: The Basis of Indigenous Spirituality. By Yangkahao Vashum
Meeting Rivers Series 49
August 2015: Pope Francis on the Ecological Crisis. By Chandan Gowda
Meeting Rivers Series 50
November 2015: Diwali: The Threshold Light in the Midst of Darkness. By Anantanand Rambachan
Meeting Rivers Series 51
December 2015: Beyond Used Futures: Challenging the 'No Limits' Mentality. By Marcus Bussey
Meeting Rivers Series 52
March 2016: Womens's Rights within Patriarchal Societies. By Shalini Mulackal
Meeting Rivers Series 53
May 2016: [Book Review] GLOBAL SHIFT IN THE WORLD MIND - From Global Breakdown to Global Breakthrough
Meeting Rivers Series 54
August 2016: It takes a village: Where religious harmony defies years of Kashmir strife. By Aadil Mir
Meeting Rivers Series 55
September 2016: [Book Review] The Two Gandhis—Non-Violent Soldiers: The Frontier Gandhi Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi
Meeting Rivers Series 56
24/02/2017 : [Book Review] Name of the Book: Environmental Spirituality, Author: S. Ignacimuthu, Reviewed by: Roshan Shah
Meeting Rivers Series 57
3/03/2017: From: Yoginder Sikand, Catholic Commitment to Interfaith Dialogue By Yoginder S. Sikand
Meeting Rivers Series 58
3/03/2017: From: Yoginder Sikand, Catholic Commitment to Interfaith Dialogue By Yoginder S. Sikand
Meeting Rivers Series 59
27/03/2017: [Book Review] Name of the Book: Walking With Nanak, Author: Haroon Khalid Reviewed by: Roshan Shah
Meeting Rivers Series 60
17/05/2017: Maulana Wahiduddin Khan on water conservation, written from an Islamic perspective
Meeting Rivers Series 61
30/05/2017: The Interfaith Guru, By: Yoginder S. Sikand
Meeting Rivers Series 62
5/06/201: Some Thoughts on Interfaith Dialogue By: Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Meeting Rivers Series 63
12/06/2017: Some Thoughts on Islam and Interfaith Dialogue Q & A with Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Meeting Rivers Series 64
27/06/2017: Religious leaders launch interfaith rainforest initiative By: BENJAMIN GLATT
Meeting Rivers Series 65
14/07/2017: RELIGIONS FOR PEACE
Meeting Rivers Series 66
23/7/ 2018: The Multiverse Story and Our Common Humanity
Meeting Rivers Series 67
22/10/ 2018: The Only Person We Can Change By Roshan Shah
Meeting Rivers Series 68
21/12/2018
Meeting Rivers Series 69
13/4/2019: Goddess Sita, Pachamama and Mother Earth - celebrating World Earth Day on 22nd April By Siddhartha
Meeting Rivers Series 70
22/05/2019: Towards a post-materialist science By: Debora Nunes
Meeting Rivers Series 71
15/10/2019: Can there be peace without, if there is no peace within?
Meeting Rivers Series 72
19/03/2020: Lockdown
Meeting Rivers Series 73
31/03/2020: The Individual and the Person* -from aggressive competition to mutually helpful cooperation
Meeting Rivers Series 74
15/04/2020: Is There Really a Self? Siddhartha*
Meeting Rivers Series 75
17/08/2020: Rituals of preservationm, Hinduism and Ecology: The Intersection of Earth, Sky and Water Reviewed by APARNA VAIDIK
Meeting Rivers Series 76
22/10/ 2020: THE OPENING CHAPTER OF QUR’AN - ITS ECOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION
Meeting Rivers Series 77
12/11/2020: A Hindu Declaration on Climate Change
Meeting Rivers Series 78
16/02/2021: Nonviolence (Ahimsa) conversation with Siddhartha, Interview conducted by Rajni Bakshi Meeting Rivers Series 79
4/03/2021: Cooperating with the Universe
Meeting Rivers Series 80
7/9/ 2021: Listening, Mindfulness and Non-violent Communication and Action
Meeting Rivers Series 81
29/9/ 2021: Inter-religious Harmony – a Christian perspective
Meeting Rivers Series 82
22/11/ 2021: Bhakti as social protest By Siddhartha
Meeting Rivers Series 83
7/12/ 2021: Social Justice/Eco-Justice: Thinking and Acting from Nature (Part 1) John Clammer
Meeting Rivers Series 84
8/12/2021: Social Justice/Eco-Justice: Thinking and Acting from Nature (Part II) John Clammer
Meeting Rivers Series 85
9/12/2021: Social Justice/Eco-Justice: Thinking and Acting from Nature (Part III) John Clammer
Meeting Rivers Series 86
13/12/ 2021: A WESTERN SOTO ZEN BUDDHIST STATEMENT ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS, - Rev. Hozan Kushiki Alan Senauke