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Just prior to the G8/G20 Summits in Canada, another significant event took place, the World Religions Summit 2010 which was held in Winnipeg June 20-23. Religious leaders from over seventy countries convened to craft and agree upon a statement to the political leaders at the G8/G20 Summits. To find out more about that Summit, and the final statement from the Summit which was delivered to the political leaders, visit: www.faithchallengeG8.com
Article Details
Article Added On: July 02, 2004 - over 6 years ago
Title: God in the Marketplace 4
Author: Douglas Todd
Publication: Vancouver Sun
Publication Date: January 01, 2003 - over 7 years ago
Themes:
Religion and society
Abstract: It was the early '70s. It was a youth hostel. There was me, another guy and two attractive young women in a large shower room. Nobody flirted. Nobody got excited. But the shower experience set my image of the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Netherlands forever: liberal, egalitarian, tolerant, matter-of-fact.
Description: The fourth in a series by Douglas Todd, first published in the Vancouver Sun
AMSTERDAM - The first and only time I showered naked with a female stranger was in this city of social experiments.
It was the early '70s. It was a youth hostel. There was me, another guy and two attractive young women in a large shower room. Nobody flirted. Nobody got excited. But the shower experience set my image of the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Netherlands forever: liberal, egalitarian, tolerant, matter-of-fact.
I haven't heard whether co-ed showering still goes on in Dutch hostels, but as almost everyone knows the Netherlands has evolved into a country with remarkably open-minded approaches to sex, drugs, prostitution and euthanasia. Less well-known is its novel approach to religion.
The Netherlands' 16 million people -- who pack themselves behind an elaborate network of dikes in a country the size of Vancouver Island -- tend to find innovative solutions to problems. They've brought this knack to the tensions caused by religion.
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