AEN Journal launch:
Faith and Ethnic Communities
The fourth issue of AEN Journal which focuses on faith and interfaith issues will be available after its launch at the NZ Diversity Forum Interfaith event on 26 August at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Parnell, at 7.30pm. This hour long event organised by the Auckland Interfaith Council will feature performance and sacred scripture from the world's major religions on the Diversity Forum's theme of 'Diversity, Community and Prosperity, read by a diverse body of youth from different faith traditions. This will be a light and uplifting programme, with an opportunity for socialising over refreshments from 8.30 to 9.30pm.
The online journal is part of Wairua Consulting’s contribution to the NZ Diversity Action Programme. This issue brings together a range of writers to provide debate and critical comment on the role of faith in developing civil society. Edited by Ruth DeSouza, contributors include Joris de Bres, Larry Stillman, Mark Henrickson, Abigael Vogt, Bashy Quraishy, Ruqayya Sulaiman-Hill, Todd Nachowitz, Lance D. Laird, Andrew Butcher, Heather Kavan, Fuad Khan Baloch, Verpal Singh, Ken Perrott and John Raeburn. Please contact Ruth De Souza for details [log in to unmask] .This event is open to all.
Faith and Ethnic
Communities
Volume 2, Issue 2–August 2007
Edited by Ruth DeSouza
The
fourth issue of AEN Journal focuses on faith and interfaith issues. It brings
together a range of writers to provide debate and critical comment on the role
of faith in developing civil society.
Editorial: Faith
in a pluralist society
Ruth DeSouza
Statement on
Religious Diversity
Human Rights and
Religious Diversity
Joris de Bres
Faith-wrestling
Larry Stillman
A Queer kind of
faith: Religion and spirituality in Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual New Zealanders
Mark Henrickson
Abigael Vogt
Immigration,
integration and Islam
Bashy Quraishy
Kiwis on the
straight path: Muslim conversion in NZ
Ruqayya Sulaiman-Hill
Todd Nachowitz
Dancing with
Others
Lance D. Laird
Not a west side
story: the Christian faith and migrant communities in
Andrew Butcher
The Korean
exorcist meets the
Heather Kavan
God's Men: The Red
Mosque/Golden
Fuad Khan Baloch
The Concept of
Faith: From the Perspective of a Practicing Sikh
Verpal Singh
Atheism and
religious diversity
Ken Perrott
'The 21st century
spirituality revolution: Are there implications for
migrants?
John Raeburn