2017 10 05 Religious Peacebuilding including the Nazareth Manifesto

Human Rights

& Religious

Peace-building

Religious Peacebuilding

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Religious PeacebuildingBuddhism Caring & Sharing

•Meditation

(& Service)

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Religious Peacebuilding1. I agree completely with

(the real & complete) Adam Smith that benevolence and self-interest go together.

2. Biblical

a) Jewish Bible: Old Testament

b) New Testament: Jesus himself

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Religious PeacebuildingLeviticus 19:33-34 Caring & Sharing

• New International Version

• 33 “‘When a foreigner resides

among you in your land, do not

mistreat them. 34 The foreigner

residing among you must be

treated as your native-born. Love

them as yourself, for you were

foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord

your God.”

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Religious PeacebuildingLeviticus 19:9-10 Caring & Sharing

• New International Version

• 9 “‘When you reap the harvest of

your land, do not reap to the very

edges of your field or gather the

gleanings of your harvest. 10 Do

not go over your vineyard a

second time or pick up the

grapes that have fallen. Leave

them for the poor and the

foreigner. I am the Lord your

God.”10/5/2017 Dr. Rey Ty 6

Religious PeacebuildingDeuteronomy 10:18-19 Caring & Sharing

• New International Version

• 9 “‘God Loves the Foreigner

Residing Among You

• He defends the cause of the

fatherless and the widow, and

loves the foreigner residing

among you, giving them food

and clothing. And you are to love

those who are foreigners, for you

yourselves were foreigners in

Egypt.”10/5/2017 Dr. Rey Ty 7

Religious PeacebuildingExodus 23:9 Caring & Sharing

• New International Version

• 9 “Do not oppress a

foreigner; you

yourselves know how it

feels to be foreigners,

because you were

foreigners in Egypt.”

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Religious PeacebuildingExodus 3:7-10 NIV Caring & Sharing

• 7 The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the

misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard

them crying out because of their slave

drivers, and I am concerned about their

suffering. 8 So I have come down to rescue

them from the hand of the Egyptians and to

bring them up out of that land into a good

and spacious land, a land flowing with milk

and honey... 9 And now the cry of the

Israelites has reached me, and I have seen

the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh

to bring my people the Israelites out of

Egypt.”

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See also Acts 7: 34

Religious PeacebuildingCaring & Sharing Proverbs 31: 8-9

• Speak out for those

who cannot speak, for

the rights of all the

destitute. Speak out,

judge righteously,

defend the rights of

the poor and needy.

Religious PeacebuildingMatthew 14:13-21 NIV Caring & Sharing

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

• 13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat

privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed

him on foot from the towns. 14 When Jesus landed and saw a large

crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

• 15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said,

“This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the

crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves

some food.”

• 16 Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them

something to eat.”

• 17 “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they

answered.

• 18 “Bring them here to me,” he said. 19 And he directed the people

to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish

and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves.

Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to

the people. 20 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples

picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 21 The number of those who ate was about five thousand men,

besides women and children.

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See also Luke 9: 16; Mark 6:41; John 6: 1-14

Religious PeacebuildingMatthew 25:35-36 Caring & Sharing

• 35 For I was hungry and you

gave me something to eat, I

was thirsty and you gave me

something to drink, I was a

stranger and you invited me

in, 36 I needed clothes and

you clothed me, I was sick

and you looked after me, I

was in prison and you came

to visit me.’10/5/2017 Dr. Rey Ty 12

Religious PeacebuildingLuke 4:16-20 NIV Caring & Sharing

• 16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought

up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the

synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to

him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is

written:

• 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,

because he has anointed me

to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners

and recovery of sight for the blind,

to set the oppressed free,19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”[a]

• 20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the

attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the

synagogue were fastened on him.

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The Nazareth Manifesto

Jesus’ Mission Statement

Religious PeacebuildingIsaiah 58:6 NIV Caring & Sharing

6 “Is not this the kind of

fasting I have chosen:

to loose the chains of

injustice

and untie the cords of

the yoke,

to set the oppressed free

and break every yoke?10/5/2017 Dr. Rey Ty 14

Inspiration of Jesus’

Nazareth Manifesto

Religious PeacebuildingIsaiah 61:1-2 NIV Caring & Sharing

The Year of the LORD’s Favor

• 61 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on

me,

because the LORD has anointed me

to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to bind up the

brokenhearted,

to proclaim freedom for the captives

and release from darkness for the

prisoners,[a]

2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor

and the day of vengeance of our God,

to comfort all who mourn,

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Inspiration of Jesus’

Nazareth Manifesto

Religious PeacebuildingMatthew 19:21 NIV Caring & Sharing

• Jesus answered (the rich

young man), "If you want

to be perfect, go, sell

your possessions and

give to the poor, and you

will have treasure in

heaven. Then come,

follow me."10/5/2017 Dr. Rey Ty 16

Religious PeacebuildingJohn 13:34-35 NIV Caring & Sharing

• 34 “A new command I

give you: Love one

another. As I have loved

you, so you must love

one another. 35 By this

everyone will know that

you are my disciples, if

you love one another.”10/5/2017 Dr. Rey Ty 17

Religious PeacebuildingActs 2: 43-47 NIV Caring & Sharing

• 43 Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe;

and many wonders and signs were taking

place through the apostles. 44 And all those

who had believed were together and had all

things in common; 45 and they began

selling their property and possessions and

were sharing them with all, as anyone might

have need. 46 Day by day continuing with

one mind in the temple, and breaking bread

from house to house, they were taking their

meals together with gladness and sincerity

of heart, 47 praising God and having favor

with all the people. And the Lord was adding

to their number day by day those who were

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Religious PeacebuildingGalatians 3:28 NIV Caring & Sharing

• 28 There is neither Jew

nor Gentile, neither

slave nor free, nor is

there male and

female, for you are all

one in Christ Jesus.

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Religious PeacebuildingColossians 3:11 NIV Caring & Sharing

• 11 Here there is no

Gentile or Jew,

circumcised or

uncircumcised,

barbarian, Scythian,

slave or free…, but

Christ is all, and is in

all.10/5/2017 Dr. Rey Ty 20

Religious PeacebuildingIslam Caring & Sharing

1.Shahadah Faith

Declaration

2.Salat Prayer

3.Zakat Alms

4.Sawn Fast

5.Hajj Pilgrimage10/5/2017 Dr. Rey Ty 21

Religious PeacebuildingSikhism Caring & Sharing

•Meditation

& Service

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