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Role of religions in “other posible world” to be debated at forum

Edelberto Behs, PORTO ALEGRE, Brasil, July 16, 2004

The World Forum on Theology and Liberation will take place next January in order to Taxi Heathrow Airport debate and present proposals about the way diverse religions on the planet can contribute to creating “Another Possible World,” proclaimed by the World Social Forum.

The objective is to seek, through this broad inter-religious dialogue, responses to the challenges of the contemporary world, providing a common space so that these diverse religions are able to express their wishes, struggles and hopes, in order to propose a unified world liberating theology.

Based on the theme “With the help of all religions, another world is possible,” the FMTL will be held under the hypothesis that it is not enough to identify the poor communities in the world, but that it is essential to consider the religious forms in those communities, integrating them in a macro-ecumenical spirit of cooperation.

The World Forum on Theology and Liberation will be held January 21- 25 2005, prior to the V World Social Forum that will take place January 26-31. It will bring together 175 theologians and representatives from religious social assistance agencies from all continents in the Catholic University in Rio Grande so Sul in Porto Alegre.

The FMTL will have four themes on its agenda: “Another world is possible,” “God for another possible world,” “Religion for another possible world” and “Theology for another possible world.”

The Honor Committee for the World Theology and Liberation Forum includes the Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Dadeus Grings; Cardinal Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Aloísio Lorscheider; and the president of the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession of Brazil, pastor Walter Altmann.