RELATED PROJECT
Latin America
As part of its global mapping of faith-inspired organizations in development work sponsored by the Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs, the Berkley Center has held consultations and developed publications and web resources focused on Latin America. In January 2009 the Berkley...
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RELATED PROJECT
Practitioners and Faith-Inspired Development
"What is the role of faith in your work?" This series of more than 200 interviews, made possible through the support of the Henry R. Luce Foundation, asks this fundamental question of leaders in the development field. The assembled in-depth conversations with activists and policy specialists...
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AT THE CENTER
ALL INTERVIEWEES
> Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed> Mohammed Abu-Nimer
> Agnes Abuom
> Swami Agnivesh
> Diane Aker
> Milton Amayun
> Wisdom Shelter Ameku
> Husnul Amin
> Hady Amr
> Joan Anderson
> Agnes Appiah
> R. Scott Appleby
> Luis Arancibia
> Mona Atia
> Moulana Abul Kalam Azad
> Oscar Azmitia
> Roksana Bahramitash
> Douglas Balfour
> Kingsley Bangwell
> Fayyaz Baqir
> Marguerite Barankitse
> Douglas Bassett
> David Beckmann
> Noureddine Benmalek
> Ela Bhatt
> Alejandro Bilbao
> Andrea Blanch
> Welmoet Boender
> Maha Sangharajah Thipati Bour Kry
> Virginia M. Bouvier
> Phil Bowden
> Barrett Brenton
> Patrice Brodeur
> Nhek Buntha
> Gideon Byamugisha
> Omer Caha
> George Carey
> Stephen Carr
> Keshab Chaulagain
> Tariq Cheema
> Sarah Chhin
> Agatha Chikelue
> Joan Chittister
> Amadou Boubacar Cissé
> Jose Luis Clemente
> Denise Coghlan
> Mvume Dandala
> Agneta Dau Valler
> Sylvia Dávila
> Etienne De Jonghe
> Patricia DeBoer
> Robin Denney
> Marie Dennis
> Visaka Dharmadasa
> Frank Dimmock
> Jacques Dinan
> Phramaha Boonchuay Doojai
> Deborah Dortzbach
> Joyce Dubensky
> Haidy Ear-Dupuy
> Aicha Ech-Channa
> Hany El-Banna
> Scilla Elworthy
> Ashley Evans
> Father Enrique Figaredo
> Emily Fintel
> Mari Fitzduff
> Kpakilé Félémou
> Rajmohan Gandhi
> Thomas Getman
> Ulrike Gilbert-Nandra
> Mario Giro
> Marc Gopin
> Peter Grant
> Audu Grema
> Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda
> Olcott Gunasekera
> Peter Gyallay-Pap
> Francis Halder
> Michiel Hardon
> Muhammed Haron
> Susan Hayward
> Heng Cheng
> Qamar-ul Huda
> Samia Huq
> Adam Hutchinson
> Dekha Ibrahim
> Saad Eddin Ibrahim
> Barbara Ibrahim
> Gabriel Byong Young Je
> Ari Johnson
> Thomas Laird Jones
> Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana
> Musimbi Kanyoro
> Kim Hourn Kao
> Azza Karam
> Ted Karpf
> Ashima Kaul
> Suhrob Khaitov
> Rob Kilpatrick
> Tatiana Kotova
> Kathleen Kuehnast
> Carol Lancaster
> Nigussu Legesse
> Jørn Lemvik
> Pakorn Lertsatienchai
> Emma Leslie
> John Lewis
> Bernhard Liese
> Maryann Cusimano Love
> Gerlinda Lucas
> Lyn Lusi
> Richard Marsh
> Valeria Martano
> Maguid A. Maruhom
> Rabia Mathai
> Theodore McCarrick
> Patrick McDonald
> Marilyn McMorrow
> Dena Merriam
> Ruth Messinger
> Heng Monychenda
> Abdul Mukti
> Andrew Natsios
> Zilda Arns Neumann
> William O'Keefe
> Thoraya Ahmed Obaid
> Olusegun Obasanjo
> Filiz Odabas-Geldiay
> Jacqueline Moturi Ogega
> Ted Olbrich
> Dele Olowu
> Manal Omar
> Robert Paarlberg
> John Padwick
> Prom Pauv
> Dominique Peccoud
> Ana Victoria Peláez Ponce
> Marie Juul Petersen
> Kathryn Poethig
> James Pond
> Cedric Prakash
> Alvaro Ramazzini
> Mamphela Ramphele
> Amina Rasul-Bernardo
> William Recant
> Patrick Reese
> Gene Reeves
> Albeiro Rodas
> Elana Rozenman
> Sam Ruteikara
> Mohamed Sahnoun
> Trihadi Saptoadi
> Muhammad Amjad Saqib
> Shanti Sattler
> Theary Seng
> Bedreldin Shutta
> Wihane Sibounheuang
> Juan Silva
> Emmy Simmons
> Baba Iqbal Singh
> Sulak Sivaraksa
> David Smock
> Farina So
> Jeffrey Solomon
> Cornelio Sommaruga
> Hoeurn Somnieng
> Loun Sovath
> Gunnar Stalsett
> David Steinberg
> Helen Sworn
> Afeefa Syeed
> Elías Szczytnicki
> Homa Sabet Tavangar
> Lim Teck Ghee
> Schuyler Thorup
> Karen Torjesen
> Wendy Tyndale
> Farida Vahedi
> Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez
> Corina Villacorta
> Robert Vitillo
> Kim Vuth
> Mark Webster
> Stephen Weir
> Fadlullah Wilmot
> Carolyn Woo
> James Wuye
> C.M. Yogi
> Yos Hut Khemacaro
> Hasan Ali Yurtsever
> Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf
> Batir Zalimov
> Paul Zintl
> Gerrie ter Haar
> Lisette van der Wel
Elías Szczytnicki
Elías Szczytnicki serves as secretary of the Interfaith Committee of Peru, a national interreligious council that includes representatives of the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religious communities established in Peru, for interreligious understanding, dialogue, and cooperation. Since 2004, he has been the director of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Office and general secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Council of Religious Leaders of the World Conference of Religions for Peace. In addition, Mr. Szczytnicki was a member of the Human Relations Committee of the Jewish Association of Peru and a lecturer in Judaism at the Center of Oriental Studies of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Mr. Szczytnicki holds a bachelor's degree in Latin American history from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He is also a Nahum Goldmann Fellow.
INTERVIEWS
A Discussion with Elías Szczytnicki, Director, Latin American and Caribbean Religions for Peace Regional Office, Peru
January 26, 2009
Click here for the Spanish translation.
Background: This discussion between Katherine Marshall, Brady Walkinshaw, and Elías Szczytnicki took place as part of preparatory work for a January 30th-31st, 2009 consultation in Antigua, Guatemala on the role played by faith-based organizations in...
A Discussion with Elías Szczytnicki, Director, Latin American and Caribbean Religions for Peace Regional Office, Peru (Spanish)
January 26, 2009
Click here for the English translation.
Background: This discussion between Katherine Marshall, Brady Walkinshaw, and Elías Szczytnicki took place as part of preparatory work for a January 30th-31st, 2009 consultation in Antigua, Guatemala on the role played by faith-based organizations in...