Forthcoming launch of Emergence Magazine - a focus on Spiritual Ecology

Emergence Magazine Ecology, Culture, and Spirituality

Introducing Emergence Magazine   As we enter the new year, we are excited to announce that on Earth Day 2018, we will launch Emergence Magazine, a new publication focused on stories in the emerging field of Spiritual Ecology. In an era of immense environmental destruction, fueled by finite and faltering stories of progress and power, we seek to cultivate and nourish a space for stories to be shared, voices to be heard, and new ideas to be discovered. It has always been a radical act to share stories during dark times. Each issue will bring together diverse voices, storytellers, artists, filmmakers, poets, and activists from around the world who are exploring the timeless connections between ecology, culture, and spirituality. As we approach the April 22nd launch of our first issue, we look forward to taking you behind the scenes with our team and sharing sneak peeks of stories we’re working on with an inspiring roster of contributors. The image above is one example from artist Katie Holten who is creating original artwork exploring how the rings of a tree invite us into the mystery of time. If you don’t already, follow along and engage with the Spiritual Ecology community on our social media platforms. And if you feel inspired to spread the word within your own communities, please do! Help us make 2018 a year of listening more deeply to the voice of the Earth. Happy New Year, The Emergence Magazine Team

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The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne : Steve Cannane in conversation with Tony Ortega re Scientology

Scientology: Fair Game?

Sunday 25 October 2015, 3.00pm-4.00pm

at The Wheeler Centre

Book your tickets

Scientology’s founder, L. Ron Hubbard, once defined the religion as being in service of ‘a civilisation without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where man is free to rise to greater heights’.

Almost 60 years since its foundation, though, Scientology has become a uniquely contentious phenomenon – with many questioning its status as a religion, cult or business, and with a reputation for fiercely defensive, litigious and coercive reactions to criticism. One of the first to feel the Church’s wrath was Paulette Cooper – whose 1971 book, The Scandal of Scientology, saw her become the target of an elaborate plot which set out to destroy her credibility, frame her and land her with a 15 year prison sentence. Codenamed ‘Miss Lovely’ by Church operatives, Cooper is now the subject of investigative journalist Tony Ortega’s book, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely.

Ortega is a long-time chronicler of Scientology, and one of its leading scrutineers. Featured in Alex Gibney’s HBO documentary Going Clear, he’s the executive editor of TheLipTV and former editor-in-chief of The Village Voice. He visits Melbourne – where the world’s first inquiry into Scientology was held in1963, and Scientology was first banned in 1965 – for a chat with SteveCannane, who’s currently writing a book on Scientology’s history in Australia.

Current Dialogue - October 2013 - #55 : from the World Council of Churches (WCC)

October 2013

Current Dialogue #55

Dear Ballarat Interfaith Network,

The latest issue of Current Dialogue is now available! This edition of the World Council of Churches magazine on inter-religious dialogue covers the following topics:

• Challenges the Assembly Theme Poses for Interreligious Dialogue: Some Personal Reflections - S. Wesley Ariarajah
• Whose God of Life? Whose Justice and Peace? - Edmund Kee Fook Chia
• Orthodox Expectations from the 10th Assembly of the WCC: The Importance of Interfaith, Ecological and Economic Witness - Petros Vassiliadis
• Engaging Economic Injustice Today: Challenges for Interreligious Cooperation - Martin Lukito Sinaga
• Delivering Peace Out of the Broken Womb: A Postcolonial Interreligious Perspective - Jea Sophia Oh
• Life, Justice and Peace through Mission and Dialogue - Graham Kings
• Towards an Other-Shaped Paradigm of Interfaith Relations in Nepal - Esther Parajauli
• Answers to Justice-Related Suffering in Rabbinic Judaism - Viktória Kóczián
•  “Being found in human form…”: Monastic Practices of Humility in Archbishop Rowan Williams’ Dialogue with Buddhist Leaders - Katherine Wharton
•  “Minorities” and… - Clare Amos
• Hopes and Uncertainties: Sri Lanka’s Journey to Find Peace and Justice in the Midst of Religious Conflicts - A. W. Jebanesan
• Buddhist Resources for Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Cambodia - Vannath Chea
• Buddhist-Christian Cooperation for Moving Together towards Life, Justice and Peace - Vijaya Samarawickrama
• Report of the “Inter-Religious Interface” Between Buddhists and Christians in Bangkok - Peniel Jesudason Rufus Rajkumar
• Building an Interfaith Community of Young People at Bossey - Marina Ngursangzeli Behera

Please click here to download your copy (pdf, 1.2 MB)

Kind regards,
The WCC Inter-religious Dialogue and Cooperation team