Frank Kaufmann

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Frank Kaufmann is a leading Unificationist scholar in the field of comparative religion and a notable world peace activist. He is executive director of the IRFWP, editor in chief of the scholarly journal Dialogue and Alliance, and editor in chief of the New World Encyclopedia.

Contents 1 History and activity 2 Collaboration with religious leaders 3 Instruction areas and public life 3.1 University and graduate school teaching areas 3.2 Public life 4 Quotes 5 External links and references

[edit] History and activity

• Frank Kaufmann has worked in the area of religion and conflict resolution for 29 years in over 65 countries, at times in physical danger and life threatening circumstances.

Peace missions to areas of active conflict include

• Israel and Palestine
• Croatian Refugee Camps
• Eritrea-Ethiopia border
• Hindu-Muslim conflict in India and Pakistan
• The southern Philippines
• The Gulf War
• Others.

[edit] Collaboration with religious leaders

Work with major, world religious figures includes:

• Grand Muftis of Syria, Yemen, Israel and Gaza
• Chief Rabbis in Israel
• Major leaders of the Russian, Greek and Syrian Orthodox churches
• Major leaders including Shankaracharyas of Hinduism (in all states and traditions)
• Major Buddhist leaders (including Tibet, Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Japan, and Korea)
• In the US, widely across the spectrum of the Christian traditions on Christian ecumenism and Protestant-Catholic relations in North and Latin America.

[edit] Instruction areas and public life

[edit] University and graduate school teaching areas

• World Religions
• Church History
• Systematic Theology
• Religion and Conflict Resolution

[edit] Public life

• Director Inter Religious Fedeation for World Peace

Advisor, consultant, board member:

• Religion-Crisis Task Force
• International Coalition for Religious Freedom.

[edit] Quotes

• To the best of my knowledge, no religion with a living founder has deliberately shut itself down. [1]

[edit] External links and references

• ISBN 0820416134 The Foundations of Modern Church History
• ISBN 0913757810 Religion and Peace in the Middle East
• ISBN 1557787573 Christianity in the Americas
• ISBN 155778776X Religion and the Future of Southern Africa

• The New World Encyclopedia
• The Inter Religious Federation for World Peace
• Dialogue and Alliance
• Mere Light, Dr. Kaufmann's published commentary
• Frank Kaufmann, Portal to writings and activities