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According to the opinion of the evangelical theologian and mission scholar Christof Sauer, the new Apostolic Letter of Pope St. Francis with the title “There is no greater love (maiorem hac dilectionem) – on the offer of life” is to be welcomed, as far as it concerns the definition of a martyr.
The Associate Secretary General of World Evangelical Alliance, being among other things responsible for interreligious dialogue of this network of 600 million Protestants, calls upon top religious leaders worldwide to sign the UNHCHR’s “Beirut Declaration on ‘Faith for Rights’ (FAR)” and to help to fulfill UN’s Rabat Plan of Action.
Berger had been Professor of Sociology and Theology at Boston University since 1981, and from 1985 to 2010 he was Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs CURA (as it is now called). CURA is housed in a beautiful half-timbered house atypical of US universities.
In a lecture at the University of Freiburg, the President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights stated that “freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, and freedom of speech are not marginal.
The Deputy Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Thomas Schirrmacher, has drawn a positive conclusion regarding its international program of dialog with leading Muslim clerics around the world.
An international consultation of some thirty theologians and church leaders from a wide range of Christian traditions gathered in Accra, Ghana, to explore “perceptions of proselytism” in the exercise of the universal mandate to share the good news of Jesus Christ.