Interfaith Peace Chapel

The Interfaith Peace Chapel, cornerstone of the Hope for Peace & Justice—Center for Peace initiative, will make a bold and visual statement to the world about the value of sacred space committed to peace and interfaith cooperation.

Designed by the Dean of American Architecture, Philip
Johnson, The Interfaith Peace Chapel will stand on the Cathedral of Hope campus in Dallas, Texas.

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A House of Peace for All People

“The most savage acts of all have often been committed in fights against savages in the name of a ‘one and only’ truth.”
- Vaclav Havel

The Interfaith Peace Chapel is a joint project of Hope for Peace& Justice and the Cathedral of Hope. It will house worshiping congregations of many faiths, welcome seekers of peace who claim no faith, and stand as a symbol of the common goal of us all. It is also designed for conferences, seminars, small interfaith services, weddings, holy unions, memorial services and other intimate chapel experiences.

• It will provide the city of Dallas with a world-class facility and a symbol that contradicts many of the presumptions about our city. It will challenge many attitudes that are the root of our conflicts.
• It will house a program to train peace practitioners for every house of worship. Each place of faith should have a trained conflict resolution mediator in place as a resource to the community. People shouldn’t need to turn to the courts to resolve their conflicts; their local church, synagogue, temple or mosque should have someone trained to help.
• Conferences, seminars and workshops will bring together people of all faiths to seek common ground and to share a common goal of teaching the world to live together in peace. These conferences will be held in this extraordinary facility designed so that all feel welcomed and included.

Regardless of what one believes about God, can any of us doubt that the world will be better when religion is a source of peace rather than conflict? As the old song says:

Let there be peace on earth...
and let it begin with me!

The warping walls of the Interfaith Peace Chapel do what walls are not supposed to do. Without right angles or parallel lines, the space will slightly disorient visitors and prepare them for the reorientation of their souls.

Regardless of faith, our goal is to disorient the hearts and minds of people away from conflict and division and reorient them toward cooperation and community. People of faith have been a part of many great movements for human progress. Churches, synagogues, temples and mosques have built schools, hospitals and orphanages. They have fed the poor and advocated for those at the margins of society. They led the Civil Rights Movement just a few decades ago and stand ready to lead a new movement toward human peace.

The tragedy of our age is that religion is the greatest threat to peace and, perhaps, to humankind’s survival. Hope for Peace & Justice believes there ought to be a better way and asks for your help in finding and modeling it.

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