Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Awareness Foundation Conference: Christians in the New Middle East: Fears and Hopes

The Awareness Foundation held an international conference on Christians in the New Middle East at St George's Cathedral and Southwark Cathedral in London. Religious leaders and scholars from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and the UK participated. The Revd Nadim Nasser also delivered a public lecture at Southwark Cathedral during the conference.

The Awareness Foundation is an educational, ecumenical and international charity, founded in 2003 in response to the disturbing increase in religious conflict and violence around the world. Our Patron is the Archbishop of Canterbury.

We work to help Christians make sense of their faith and culture in the 21st century, and to increase their awareness of their neighbours’ faiths and cultures, so that they can live in a diverse society without fear and without compromising their beliefs. We believe that greater understanding among religions and among peoples will ultimately defeat extremism, and help nurture an environment where people can live together in peace.

You can learn more about the Awareness Foundation by clicking here. Click here to meet their staff.

For more photos of the conference and speakers see here