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In order to promote the mission, goals and objectives of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, as well as the implementation of the "Concept for the Development of the Congress for 2023-2033", the Center is working on developing an electronic library aimed at accumulating religious materials of the participants of the Congress and its institutions.

We invite you to participate in this important project. The electronic library will become an important source of information for studying faith and the foundations of religion, interreligious and intercultural dialogue. The collected materials will be useful for students and expert-scientific communities.

We invite you to familiarize yourself with the procedure and requirements for the materials of the electronic library:

Religious texts	Scriptures: Ø  Torah (Judaism) Ø  Bible (Christianity) Ø  Koran (Islam) Ø  Bhagavad Gita (Hinduism) Ø  Tripitaka (Buddhism) Ø  Granth Sahib (Sikhism) Ø  Avesta (Zoroastrianism) Ø  Tao Te Ching (Taoism)
	Texts of prayers and hymns: Ø  Prayers from various religious traditions Ø  Hymns and psalms Ø  Mantras and sutras
	Religious treatises and commentaries: Ø  Interpretations of sacred scriptures Ø  Theological works Ø  Spiritual teachings
	Fatwas, encyclicals, papal bulls and other official documents: ·         Religious decrees and regulations
History	Scientific, historical texts devoted to religious topics: ü  Scientific articles and books ü  Research
Thematic books	Literary texts devoted to religious themes
Periodicals	Magazines, newspapers, articles devoted to religious topics
Religious studies	All books related to science Religious studies
Religious art	All books dedicated to religious art

 

Languages:

Materials should be provided with annotations in English/Russian/Kazakh.

 

Formats:

Text files (PDF) + cover photo

Audio and video recordings

 

Selection criteria:

• Materials should correspond to the subject of the electronic library: religion, interreligious dialogue, intercultural cooperation;

• Materials should be reliable and objective;

• Materials should be of high scientific and literary quality;

• Authors of materials retain copyright to their materials.

 

We kindly ask you to send materials in PDF format to the e-mail address: iciid.ast@gmail.com .