our traditions teach...
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Love your neighbor as yourself.
- Leviticus 19:18 |
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This is the sum of duty: do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you.
- Mahabharata 5:1517 |
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Not one of you truly believes until you wish for others what you wish for yourself.
- The Prophet Muhammad, Hadith |
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The King will answer and say to them, “Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.”
- Matthew 25:40 |
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Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal.
- The Dalai Lama |
general resources
- List of official denominations with links to their websites (via Hartford Institute for Religion Research)
- Presbyterian Church, USA
- Unitarian Universalist Association
- United Church of Christ (UCC)
On Labor and economic justice
On hunger
- Mazon (Jewish anti-hunger organization)
- The Presbyterian Hunger Program (PC, USA)
- United Church of Christ Hunger and Food Security
on health care
on environment
on advocacy
- The Real Rules: Congregations and the IRS Guidelines On Advocacy, Lobbying, and Elections (Unitarian Universalist Association)
- Religious Action Center (Reform Judaism social justice/lobbying arm)
- United Church of Christ (UCC) Advocacy Resources
