The “Trustees Corner” is a blog with entries written by current trustees of the Parliament of the World’s Religions. It is a place to learn more about the insights and unique perspectives and experiences that this group of individuals bring to the Parliament of the World’s Religions.
When Women’s Dignity Is Under Attack: Keeping Faith with Our Global Ethic and Our Declaration for the Dignity and Human Rights of Women
by Phyllis W. Curott, J.D., H.Ps., Trustee, Parliament of the World’s Religions; Co-Chair, Women’s Task Force
I still remember the extraordinary enthusiasm when the 2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions ratified the Declaration for the Dignity and Human Rights of Women. The world’s religions spoke with one voice, affirming that “being treated justly and with respect should not depend on whether one is male or female.” We recognized that “we are all interconnected and interdependent and when half the human race suffers, we all suffer.” And we called upon the world’s religions to honor and uphold the dignity and human rights of women and girls.
Beauty as a Practice of Interreligious Leadership
by Rev. Dr. Michael Trice, Trustee & Secretary, Parliament of the World’s Religions
In a fractured world, the work of interreligious engagement is not only about dialogue, representation, or public witness. It is also about formation: the shaping of attention, habits, relationships, and institutional norms that teach people what to expect from one another and what to believe about human dignity.
One way I have come to understand this work is through the language of beauty, an area I am writing about professionally this year. By beauty, I do not mean ornament, sentiment, or aesthetic preference. I mean something closer to a moral and spiritual condition: those patterns of life in whose presence human beings become more alive, more recognizable to one another, and more capable of inhabiting a shared world.
