As a result, we articulate our emerging orientations with many voices that are harmonious in that we share a common sense of place and gratitude.
“We acknowledge as well a shared set of values and concerns pertaining to peace, justice, dignity, cultural and ecological diversity and planetary sustainability.
Although we may differ and hence debate as to how these concerns are here addressed, we are committed to participating in their resolution.” IRAS evolved from the ideas of two pioneer groups.
Members of both groups saw what some perceived as a battlefield of conflicting ideologies to be a place of opportunity for a constructive relationship to emerge.
[2] In 1954 the scientists accepted an invitation to present their views to the religious group at a seven-day conference on Religion in an Age of Science on Star Island.