The Launch of the Faith Leaders in Sheffield Charter for Education

Over recent months the Faith Leaders’ Group in Sheffield has agreed a charter of principles to guide the way children from different religions learn about and encounter other faiths. This is a significant step forward in our goal of building community cohesion, with each faith leader committing to ensuring children from their religion learn, with tolerance and respect, about the beliefs and practices of our neighbours.

We intend to launch this charter at the Interfaith Event hosted by the Islamic Society of Britain at St Andrew’s Psalter Lane Church (31 Psalter Ln, Sheffield S11 8YL), on Tuesday, 20th November 2018 at 6.00pm.

Following the launch, you would be welcome to stay for the full evening of discussion and sharing together.

For catering purposes please could you let us know if you are planning to join us for the launch by emailing Abdool Gooljar at aq.gooljar@isb-sheff.org.uk, or phoning 07930 313 773

We look forward to sharing in this launch and the work that will follow.

Interfaith Evening
Families of Faith
Tuesday 20 November 2018
St Andrews, 31 Psalter Lane Sheffield S11 8YL 6-8pm
To mark the Interfaith week, The Islamic Society of Britain will be holding a special evening, where people of different faiths come together to discuss the questions which may still be left unanswered.
Please confirm your attendance for catering purposes
aq.gooljar@isb-sheff.org.uk
07930 313 773
The Islamic Society of Britain interfaith forum would like to invite
__YOU__
to our annual interfaith event, which will provide an opportunity for members of different faiths to further understand one another’s faith.
The topic of discussion on the evening will be:
FAITH WITHIN THE FAMILY
See flyer via this link
ISB 20-11-18 (1)

Durga Pooja Invitation 2018

Durga is the patron goddess of Bengal (the state of West Bengal in India plus East Bengal which is now Bangladesh) and the festival to honour Her is the most important one for Bengali Hindus.
There are events at 11:00 every day from Sunday 14th to Friday 19th October, ending with a light meal. See the second page of the invitation on the link above for details.

Sorry for the last-minute posting- we hope you are free THIS TUESDAY evening as we may not have let you know about an event that is being run by the Nether Edge Quakers tomorrow evening as part of Quaker Week…

A few Quakers will share their spiritual journeys, we’ll experience Quaker worship and there will be time for sharing, questions plus hot drinks and biscuits.

Shirley House Interfaith Centre 7.30pm Tuesday 2 October. All are welcome.

Suki Singh, Sikhism representative for interfaith relations in South Yorkshire, will talk about the beliefs and practices of this monotheistic religion founded in the Punjab in the fifteenth century.  Sikhs form the fifth most numerous faith group in Sheffield, and built a beautiful Gurdwara in Warren Street, S4, which opened in 2011.
 
Refreshments provided opened
Open to all faiths and everybody
  
at Shirley House, 31 Psalter Lane, Sheffield S11 8YL
on Monday 8th October 2018
at 7.30 pm

Contact office@standrewspsalterlane.org.uk or 0114 267 8289 for further details

We (Dept Philospohy, University of Sheffield) are pleased to announce a new season of talks in our ‘God and the Good: Thinking Religion and Ethics’ series, in partnership with Sheffield Cathedral.

All talks: 7.30pm-9pm
Sheffield Cathedral, Church Street, S1 1HA

This series of interdisciplinary talks, is intended for a general audience. The series will consider the relation between religious thinking and traditions on the one hand, and ethics on the other. While most ethical traditions have a religious background, the increasing secularization of modern society has put this connection in question. These talks will consider how far ethical issues can be illuminated by coming at them through a religious context, and vice versa, as well as the history of the interconnection. All are welcome, and there is no need to register attendance.

Diatribe, dialogue and difference: reflections on Christian-Muslim relations
2nd October 2018 – Mona Siddiqui

Throughout history, the encounter between Christianity and Islam has been largely polemical driven by theological, political and sociological differences. The lecture will explore how doctrinal differences on a range of issues such as the nature of God, law and salvation led to serious intellectual engagement between Christian and Muslim scholars but also a gradual cultural and civilizational distance. Many of the historical tropes are being revived today in our Euro-Atlantic politics leading to new shifts and rifts in this most complex relationship.

Religion, atheism and the varieties of the good life
19th February 2019 – John Gray

It is commonly claimed that atheists can be as moral as practitioners of traditional religions, and no doubt this can be so. However, John Gray suggests that atheists have promoting a wide variety of conceptions of the good life. Examining the history of atheism over the past several centuries, he will argue that it has not been a single intellectual movement but a diversity of contending sects adhering to divergent and often conflicting values and advancing very different ways of life. The question is therefore not whether atheists can be moral, but: Which morality should atheists follow?

Seeking the Welfare of the City: What Can the Church Contribute to the Common Good?
26th June 2019 – Bishop Pete Wilcox

This talk will explore how, in pursuit of the common good, the church has something to offer in policy-making as well as in project-delivery, in what might be called a prophetic role and not merely a pastoral one.

More information, including information about the speakers is available on our website.

We hope to see you there!

Dr Minna Shkul
University Teacher and Senate Fellow.
Department of Philosophy. The University of Sheffield. 45 Victoria Street. Sheffield. S3 7QB