Rev. Can. Charles P. Gibbs

For 15 years, Charles has served as the United Religions Initiative‘s (URI’s) founding Executive Director. He has worked with religious, spiritual and other leaders in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. He has been a featured speaker internationally and has written extensively about interfaith cooperation. He co-authored with colleague Sally Mahé, Birth of a Global Community, a book on the birth of the United Religions Initiative. In addition, he has published many articles on interfaith work, contributed a chapter to Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding, published by the United States Institute of Peace, and co-authored, with colleague Barbara Hartford, a chapter in Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding. His essay, Opening the Dream: Beyond the Limits of Otherness, appears in the anthology, Deepening the American Dream.

As an Episcopal priest, Charles brings to his work a strong commitment to spiritual transformation and to work for peace, justice and healing, as well as an abiding belief in the sacredness of all life on this planet.

Featuring Charles Gibbs …

Posts and Updates of URI’s projects by Reverend Gibbs.

A radio conversation with Reverend Canon Charles Gibbs hosted by The Universal Flag. 

A conversation with Reverend Gibbs and Michael Krasny at The Interfaith Center at the Presidio.

An interview with Reverend Gibbs hosted by Mark Nepo of the Fetzer Institute.

Co-author of Birth of a Global Community (2003) – a book about the birth of URI.

Reverend Gibbs’ article “Opening the Dream: Beyond the Limits of Otherness” appears in the anthology, Deepening the American Dream.

Reverend Gibbs co-authored, with colleague Barbara Hartford, a chapter in Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding: A Resource for Innovators.

Reverend Gibbs contributed a chapter to the book Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding published by United States Institute of Peace.

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