About Us
The World Congress of Faiths is open to all who share its aims and interests regardless of their faith.
Our aim is to promote and share the personal values and public value of spiritual life.
You can become a member and join one of the oldest interfaith bodies in the world, with a very rich history.
We offer the freedom and opportunities to meet, explore, challenge and understand different faith traditions through events from small events to large conferences, visits, talks, partnership working, on-line conversation and publications,
including our unique international journal, Interreligious Insight.
You are warmly invited to join us for a celebratory day conference marking the 90th anniversary of the founding of the World Congress of Faiths by Sir Francis Younghusband in 1936.
This special gathering will take place on Wednesday 15th July 2026, from 10am - 6pm, at the Brahma Kumaris Global Retreat Centre in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire.
The day will bring together friends, members, supporters and all those interested in interfaith understanding to honour 90 years of dialogue, friendship and shared spiritual enquiry.
The programme will include archive audio recordings, lunch, a short multi-faith service, a specially commissioned film, group reminiscences, and a presentation on spiritual experience across traditions, accompanied by a photographic exhibition.
Attendance is free, and transport can be arranged from Oxford railway station.
All are welcome to join us for this important anniversary celebration.
Watch the
Lent Lecture at
Reading Minster
Dr Marianne Rankin, author of An Introduction to Religious and Spiritual Experience, explores what profound spiritual and near-death experiences can teach us across different faith traditions.
Drawing on decades of research and personal encounters across cultures – including many years in the Far East – Dr Rankin reflects on powerful spiritual experiences and what they reveal about faith, humanity, and our shared search for meaning.
You will also enjoy a sneak preview of Dr Rankin’s latest work, recently featured in Insight magazine, offering an early look at her newest reflections and research.
Just Published
Breaking Binaries: A progressive rabbi engages with contemporary issues by Elli Tikvah Sarah (March 2026).
402 pp. Paperback. £15
Breaking Binaries invites readers to go beyond the limitations of the oppositions and impositions that characterise binary modes of thought and practice.
Examining Jewish texts, rites, and relationships, the book introduces nuance and complexity to the consideration of contemporary issues, such as gender, Jewish status beyond the Jew/non-Jew binary, Israel-Palestine, and the challenge of interfaith engagement.
It concludes with a call for human beings to become earthlings for the sake of the planet.
