"World Religions, Universal Peace, Global Ethic" Exhibit

I know from experience all the dark sides of religion - the Christian Religions and others. Even today religions have often had a disastrous effect on many conflicts all over the world. But I also know the bright side of the religion: as doctrines and ways of salvation and liberation they can make sense; they can promote peace and reconciliation; and today they can still give men and women ethical standards and personal guidelines.

People of all religions know to far too little about one another; above all they know far too little about what all the religious and ethical traditions have in common. This exhibit tries to contribute towards changing that.

It does not just set out to provide information about religions in an objective and detached way. Nor, however does it engage in mission on behalf of one another, or even a new world religion. Rather, it aims to provide orientation and to challenge you to think again about the importance of the great religions for human kind.

So let me invite you to the exhibition, led on by my mission of hope:

No peace among nations without peace among religions.

No peace among religions without dialogue between religions.

No dialogue between religions without global ethical standards.

No survival of our globe without a global ethic.

This exhibition has been conceived and realized by the team of the Global Ethic Foundation in Tubingen.
I am grateful to all those who have contributed to the creation of the exhibition.

Hans Kung.