EXECUTIVE MEMBERS

Executive member : Rev. Dr Richard Boeke

Richard Boeke has served as both Chairman and Secretary of the WCF. He coined the word, FIDEOLOGY, the study of faith as trust, for three conferences based on the work of Wilfred Cantwell Smith. He has served as Secretary for the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU), and lectured on Michael Servetus for the ICUU. He was founding President of the U.S. Chapter of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF). For several years he was Vice President of a Shinto Shrine (Tsubaki America).

His articles have appeared in "Dharma World," "Faith and Freedom," "Sacred Journey" and many Unitarian Publications. Early in his ministry he was a U.S. Air Force Chaplain, and served churches in the United States before moving to England in 1995. In 2005 He received the Louis Cornish award for service to International Liberal Religion. Richard Boeke is the author of GOD IS NO-THING, available from Amazon. He was elected a Vice President of WCF in 2007. For 2009 he is organising the WCF London Series, AFFIRMING RELIGIOUS PLURALISM. It is hoped that the 18 June FIDEOLOGY programme will also be presented at the Parliament of the World’s Religions, Melbourne, Australia, 3-8 December 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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