A vision to create “one of the most significant interfaith centres in the world” in the City of London was unveiled on Wednesday night at the launch of a £20-million fund-raising appeal.
The planned centre, Coexist House, is the idea of Dr David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge; and is supported by the Inner Temple, the Corporation of the City of London, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Coexist Foundation.
“Coexist House is designed as much for a secular audience as a religious audience and will not promote any one particular faith,” the trustees say in a summary of their feasibility study. “It is a civic endeavour which would improve the way people understand religions and beliefs in all their variety. Nevertheless, it will offer a spiritual space, hospitable to all, in the heart of London.”
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(Church Times) Multifaith hub for the City of London
A vision to create “one of the most significant interfaith centres in the world” in the City of London was unveiled on Wednesday night at the launch of a £20-million fund-raising appeal.
The planned centre, Coexist House, is the idea of Dr David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge; and is supported by the Inner Temple, the Corporation of the City of London, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Coexist Foundation.
“Coexist House is designed as much for a secular audience as a religious audience and will not promote any one particular faith,” the trustees say in a summary of their feasibility study. “It is a civic endeavour which would improve the way people understand religions and beliefs in all their variety. Nevertheless, it will offer a spiritual space, hospitable to all, in the heart of London.”
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