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Faith in One City

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The Merseyside Council of Faiths

The Council was launched in May 2001 in Liverpool Town Hall. Its basis is the fact that world religions hold in common simple but profound values such as compassion, justice and mercy, and common purposes such as the search for peace and the pursuit of truth and wisdom.

It is affiliated to the Inter Faith Network for the UK and comprises three or four representatives of the seven major world faiths found in Merseyside: Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh.

The aims of the Council are to encourage mutual friendship and education, to help build good community relations and to facilitate consultation with statutory bodies.

To find out more, go to www.merseysidecounciloffaiths.org.uk.

Merseyside's Faiths: A Handbook of Traditions and Practices

A highly valuable and concise handbook written by Rev Dr SC Ledbetter and is available for downloading by clicking here.

Faith Online

An Online Exhibition on Faith which looks at how faith is expressed can be accessed by visiting www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/exhibitions/faith/.

Liverpool Community Spirit

Liverpool Community Spirit has published an invaluable guide to Liverpool's diverse faith communities titled Faiths in Our City. It provides clear and simple guidance on beliefs, practices, traditions, customs and etiquette and was compiled with the help of members from each faith community, the Liverpool Faith Network and the Merseyside Council of Faiths.

Faith communities included: Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian (and its many denominations), Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Rastafarian and Sikh. Copies are available at only £6.00 (+p and p) direct from Liverpool Community Spirit (0151 709 3171) or email: iain.kinnear@community-spirit.org.uk.

For the Sefton Faith Network, visit http://www.networksefton.net/faith_nw/faith_home.html.