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Article: When stepping backward becomes a step forward.(NCRonline.org: a sampling of some of the regular features on NCR Web site)(World Council of Religious Leaders )(Excerpt)
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- January 9, 2004
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From Where I Stand by Joan Chittister Excerpt from Dec. 18
The group assembled in Jerusalem for a meeting of the World Council of Religious Leaders had about it the iconic air of sages and prophets. There were three swamis, two Buddhist monks, one rabbi, one Protestant minister and three nuns--a Buddhist, a Hindu and a Catholic. Muslim imams, denied passage to the meeting, were conspicuous for their absence. It is possible that having been prevented from joining the group they gained, in the end, an even more powerful presence.
Absent or present, the council members represented over 5,000 years of holy books and spiritual texts and ascetic practices and ...