" The
vision and values of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation are desperately
needed today.... In any effort to help people learn to live
and work together, we must engage
the vast networks, resources, wisdom, and influence of the faith
communities. My friends, Tony
Blair is uniquely prepared with the gifts of temperament, knowledge,
experience, leadership, and global respect essential for a task
this great. I honestly don’t know of anyone better suited for this
challenge. It’s why I agreed to
serve on the Advisory Board.
The Tony Blair Faith Foundation’s potential for doing good is staggering."
--
Rick Warren,
Saddleback Church,
Purpose
Driven Network,
P.E.A.C.E. Coalition
" I
welcome with joy and hope the dedication of the Rt. Hon. Tony Blair
to initiate a Faith Foundation for the purpose of promoting cooperation
among the world’s religions for human wellbeing, mutual understanding
and trust.... All of our religious traditions, in addition to their
unique teachings about human destiny and fulfillment, include a
vision of an ideal world community
characterized by justice, peace, prosperity and freedom from violence,
fear and exploitation. This vision, however, will not be realized
without our willingness to reach
across the historical boundaries of our faiths and extend
our hands in friendship and fellowship in the search for common
values and solutions. Our hopes for just and peaceful communities
will only be realized together or not at all. ... Our collaboration
in this effort is not an option. It is an imperative of our common
existence and interrelated lives."
-- Anantanand Rambachan, Professor and Chair
Religion Department, St. Olaf College
(Lutheran),
Minnesota, USA.
" I
pledge my support for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation because
I share the vision of fostering respectful
relations between the historic faith traditions of the world. It
is of vital importance for the peace of the nations that the faith
traditions learn how to live with their deepest differences. As
a committed Christian I profess my sole allegiance to Jesus Christ,
but I also know I am called to honour
and respect those of other faith traditions....."
-- David Coffey,
President Baptist World Alliance
"I warmly welcome this
and every initiative which encourages the important contribution
that people of faith can and do make to the
common good around the world
and helps to progress mutual understanding
between the faiths. I trust and pray that the work of the
Foundation, and of all those individuals and organisations with
which it will collaborate in the coming years will bear lasting
fruit, and inspire even greater engagement across the borders of
religious difference and diversity."
--
Dr Rowan Williams,
Archbishop of Canterbury
"The Interfaith Youth
Core and I are proud to partner with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation
and diverse people of good faith all over the world to apply this
principle in a campaign to end deaths from malaria....."
--
Dr. Eboo Patel Founder
and Executive Director, Interfaith
Youth Core
" ...An
Interfaith Foundation led by one of the most notable statesmen of
our times, has the potential to connect these worlds as never before;
and it is my honour to congratulate Tony Blair on the establishment
of this Foundation and to express the prayer
that the One Source and
Guide of our world will bless
this endeavour, that it in turn may
be a blessing to society as a whole."
-- Rabbi David Rosen,
International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish
Committee
Chairman, International Jewish Committee
for Interreligious Consultations
" The
Tony Blair Faith Foundation's vision of
inter-religious dialogue
and understanding at a time when our world is so imperilled is of
profound importance. I believe that most religions in their very
foundation share precious common values of regard for all of life.
At this time, it is an imperative that we work together to
heal the divisiveness
in today's world...."
--
Roshi Joan Halifax, Abbot, Upaya
Zen Center
" I
am delighted that the Faith Foundation is seeking a greater
co-operation between faiths
in an effort to combat malaria and pursue the
Millennium Development
goals...."
--
Reverend Nicky Gumbel
[Alpha Course]
Chaplain and Pioneer, Holy Trinity Brompton
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