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This article is based on the annual Alister Hardy Memorial Lecture which Marianne gave in 2022, later reproduced in the peer reviewed Journal for the Study of Religious Experience, entitled Is Altruism a Principal Fruit of Spiritual Experience? An Exploration of the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre Archive.1 This was in turn based on her PhD, which considered the fruits of religious and spiritual experiences (RSEs) and altruism.

by Alan Race This edition of Interreligious Insight contains many significant reflections involving inter- religious interest and thereby illustrates the breadth of interreligious concerns that now crowds the fields of interreligious dialogue, theology and practice. In effect, it demonstrates the close relatedness of seemingly different endeavours. Let me offer a word about each. We lead with the insightful account of the conflict in the Middle East – set out with wisdom, pas

His Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria, Alexander Scott, recently invited Cumbrian faith leaders to a special Service of Choral Evensong to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the County of Cumbria at Carlisle Cathedral, on Friday 4 October 2024. The leader of BGKT Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada), John Gerrard, represented Buddhism and was accompanied by WCF member Jacquetta Gomes (Bodhicarini Upasika Jayasili). Jacquetta was one of the Founders of the Group in 1991. She also