Festival of Spirituality and Peace

If you’re visiting Edinburgh during festival season, and are exhausted by the constant barrage of zany street artists, avant-​garde theatre troupes and extroverted comedians, then the Festival of Peace and Spirituality may make a welcome change. Here, all events are gentle and contemplative, centring on talks and discussions by a variety of spiritual and religious leaders, on subjects that range from social and moral issues of general interest, to more specifically faith-​based events.
There is a healthy emphasis on dialogue here, and the overall atmosphere is conducive to constructive discussion. In today’s political climate, which so often seems to foster mistrust and suspicion between different religious groups, events like these seem vitally important in building bridges between different communities and promoting respect and understanding.