7th International Interreligious Abraham
Conference
Walking Together: Our Faiths & Reconciliation
On Sunday, 19th of October, the 7th International
Inter-religious Abraham Conference was held at the University
of Sydney, Webster Theatre.
There was an audience of over 210 people
who attended this annual conference, which has become the
Premier annual interfaith event on the Sydney calendar.
In building on the work and discourse of previous years,
the theme of this year's conference 'Walking Together: Our
Faiths & Reconciliation" aims at focusing on the important
role of relationship-building between people who belong
to a diversity of faiths and cultures, especially against
the backdrop of the significant local event of reconciliation
with the Prime Minister's apology at the opening of Parliament
this year.
This conference is spearheaded by an organising
committee, comprising representatives from all partners
involved. The partners involved were: " Affinity Intercultural
Foundation " Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations
" NSW Jewish Board of Deputies " Sydney Catholic Archdiocese
" Uniting Church Synod of NSW/ACT The 2008 conference was
also supported and partly sponsored by the following organisations:
" Community Relations Commission of NSW " PaCT (Public and
Contextual Theology) Charles Sturt University
