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SPEECH: LAW, JUSTICE AND JUSTIFICATION

It is a great honour for me to address such an important and interesting conference at my old Alma Mater.  The theme of the conference is as daunting as it is interesting – dealing as it does with ‘Reformation theology and its impact on world societies after 500 years’.   I must point out at the outset that I am a lawyer and not a theologian – so offer the following comments with some trepidation.

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SPEECH: HOW WILL DIFFERENT CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND LANGUAGE GROUPS COEXIST IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD?

It is a great pleasure for me to be able to address you today on a topic that is so relevant to so many of the developments that are shaping the world in the 21st century. 

People who imagine that ethnicity and religion are artificial hang-overs from a regrettable and unlamented past are deluding themselves.

They are still central to the lives of billions of people throughout the world.

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SPEECH: PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE

President Walesa, Ms Tibaijuka, Minister Mohammed Al Mutawa, Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen.

I welcome this opportunity to share my views on the importance of peaceful coexistence and religious tolerance with this distinguished audience.  I would also like to commend the Oslo Centre and the Foundation for Dialogue and Peace for the role that they have played in organising this event.

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