With its enticing title of “Men in dresses and conversations about peace” Katherine Marshall‘s op-ed on the importance of interreligious engagement draws its readers in from the start.  But this is a penetrating and rigorous look at dialogue that is, to quote Marshall, “right at the heart of today’s global agendas.”

To read the full op-ed, click here.

Australia’s newspaper The Age reports on Dr Sakena Yacoobi, one of tonight’s keynote speakers at the Opening Plenary of the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions. As the article reports, Dr Yacoobi has been a tireless advocate of women’s rights and education ever since she secretly entered Afghanistan in 1995 and founded 80 schools despite the rule of the Taliban. Her Afghan Learning Institute has reached 6.8 million women to date.

To read the whole article, click here.

To read a biography of Dr Yacoobi, click here.

To learn about tonight’s plenary, click here.

Our Major Speaker Dr. Joel Hunter has been featured in an article in Christianity Today titled The Art of Cyber Church.  The article discusses Dr. Hunter’s incorporation of 21st century technology in his church community and the relationship between religion and politics.  To read the full article, click here.