The Summit of World Religious Leaders is an annual meeting of religious leaders. Although there are other Interfaith World Summits where religious leaders from a diverse array of faith traditions attend, these particular meetings are unique in that they deliver collaborative statements to the G8 political leaders about the mutual responsibility faith groups and political leaders share for improving the living conditions of the most vulnerable people and species in the world. These Summits have now met for one complete round of G8 meetings. The first meeting to deliver a statement to the G8 was held in the United Kingdom and was ecumenical. It became interfaith the following year when Russia hosted the event. The statements can be viewed at the G8 Research Group website.

Round One of Meetings

* 2006 –

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

"World Summit of Religious Leaders"
* 2007 –

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

"Just Participation: A Call From Cologne"
* 2008 –

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

"A Proposal From People of Religion to Leaders of the Group of Eight""Call From Sapporo--World Religious Leaders Summit for Peace"
* 2009 –

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

"IV Summit of Religious Leaders on the Occasion of the G8"
* 2010 –

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

"A Time for Inspired Leadership"
* 2011 –

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

"Bordeaux Religious Leaders Summit"
* 2012 –

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"2012 Religious Leaders Statement for the G8 and G20"

Round Two of Meetings and Initiatives

* 2013 --

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"Global Religious Leaders Call on G8 to 'Strike at Causes of Poverty.'"
This meeting was technologically mediated rather than face-to-face.

Scholarly work

Peer-reviewed articles studying the significance of these meetings include: * 2011 �
"Religious Soft Power as Accountability Mechanism for Power in World Politics: The InterFaith Leaders' Summit(s)."
This case study of the InterFaith Leaders' Summit(s) from 2005 to 2010 considers how interfaith leaders exercise public reputational and peer accountability among their constituents in relation to the G8/G20 leaders. The theoretical validity of the dialogue process is not contingent on political leader responsiveness but is ascertained using a complex theoretical standard for assessing the legitimacy of global governance institutions against which observations are then gauged. The InterFaith Dialogue is a specific illustration of a FAM that shows increasing compliance with the complex standard between 2005 and 2010. The Dialogue Mechanism FAM is a form of religious soft power that combines soft institution with soft technique. The next stage in the research is to identify specific characteristics of the FAM ideal type. * 2012 �
"Faith-Based Accountability Mechanism Typology: The 2011 Interfaith Summit as Soft Power in Global Governance."
The conditions associated with the stability of democratic global governance have been a leading concern of political sociology. Globalization, a situation of "governance without government", has accountability gaps that International Nongovernmental Organizations—religious and secular—bridge with activism. They strengthen democratic norms by exercising soft power as accountability mechanisms in international relations. Religious and secular accountability mechanisms differ in structure and function. This article presents a Faith-Based Accountability Mechanism typology that outlines a set of attributes for an exercise of religious soft power that might strengthen the democratic process in global governance. A coalition service model that preserves the public trust in appropriate contexts is developed in contrast to monopolistic religious surveillance models. The typology is illustrated with case study data from the 2011 Interfaith Summit in Bordeaux, France. * G8 Publications �
The Munk School of Global Affairs
included the civil society involvement of

faith-based organizations A faith-based organization is an organization whose values are based on faith and/or beliefs, which has a mission based on social values of the particular faith, and which most often draws its activists (leaders, staff, volunteers) from a particula ...

, including the collaborative statements of religious leaders to the G8, in thei
''Civil Society Report on Camp David.''
* 2013 �
"Reflexive Governance Dynamics Operative Within Round One of World Religious Leaders' Dialogue With the G8 (2005-2013)."
This case study of the World Religious Leaders' Summits illustrates reflexive governance dynamics operative within the religious summitry process from 2005 to 2013. Past research explored reflexivity within the cultural capital produced by religious leaders and delivered to G8 political leaders. Data are drawn from qualitative interviews, questionnaires, and summit presentations to further explore how reflexivity variously opens up and closes down throughout the 9-year cycle. Rather than choosing between keeping up action capacity or opening problem handling for further contextualization, reflexive governance is best understood as that which both interplays and combines variously. A coevolutionary approach to the reflexive governance of religious summitry is discussed in light of the changing dynamics associated with the upcoming transition from Millennium Development Goals to the proposed

Sustainable Development Goals The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked objectives designed to serve as a "shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future".United Nations (2017) R ...

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The World Council of Religious LeadersWorld Summit of Religious Leaders condemns religiously sanctioned abuses
6 Jul 2006
Statement of the Cologne Religious Leaders Summit
7 June 2007

3 July 2008
A Proposal From People of Religion to Leaders of the Group of Eight
1 June 2008
World religious leaders hold their own G8 summit
18 June 2009

23 June 2010

May, 2011
Joint Religious Leadership Coordination for the G8 and G20 Summits
17 May 2012
Global Religious Leaders Call on G8 to 'Strike at Causes of Poverty.'
4 April 2013 International conferences Religious events

Round One of Meetings

Round Two of Meetings and Initiatives

Scholarly work

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