The URI Resource Library is a collection of downloadable materials and links to a variety of resources that support interfaith peacebuilding work.
Featured Resources
Appreciative Inquiry and URI
Appreciative Inquiry is a philosophy for positive change that was developed by Professor David Cooperrider and associates at Case University in Cleveland, Ohio. This document provides a brief summary of the Appreciative Interview process.
URI for Kids
A beautifully designed curriculum for children (and learners of all ages) that introduces URI's Preamble, Purpose and Principles, and provides excellent information and activities about different world religions and spiritual traditions.
Interfaith Peacebuilding Guide
The URI Interfaith Peacebuilding Guide is a resource for interfaith groups — those “everyday gandhis” who are making a difference one meeting at a time in their local communities.
Foremost religious leaders from diverse faith communities respond to the most controversial question of our time: Can we save the earth? The answer could hinge on the phenomenon of the fast-growing interfaith religious environmental movement.
On October 11th, 2006, a diverse group of 20 students and staff from 11 different traditions met in the Surry College Oak Suite for the inaugural interfaith meeting on campus. Read about the methodology they used to create an ambitious, varied interfaith program on their campus.
Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet tells the story of a seventh century prophet who changed world history in 23 years, and continues to shape the lives of more than 1.2 billion people.
The essay "Opening the Dream: Beyond the Limits of Otherness" by URI founding Executive Director Charles Gibbs is in the anthology Deepening the American Dream.
This document describes various activities that have enlivened URI as a community, and draws from the experiences at URI global summits and regional assemblies.
In September of 2005, 140 Jews, Muslims, and Christians of all ages from North America and the Middle East lived together in a resident camp in California-Oseh Shalom~Sanea al-Salam Palestinian-Jewish Family Peacemakers Camp. With community and staff support, they exchanged stories and values and confronted difficult issues.
With Prayers for Healing, writer Maggie Oman invites readers into the healing space she has created within the pages of this daybook to reap its benefits in times of stress, illness, depression, or spiritual longing.