Parliament of Worlds Religion 1993 Chicago IL

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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Thursday, September 2. Seminars & Lectures
2:00 PM–3:30 PM Montrose Wing #3 "Bringing Spirit into the Media" Michael Toms; Justine Toms For more than two decades Justine and Michael Toms have used broadcast and print media to inspire, empower and enlighten thousands through the presence of life enhancing and spiritually rooted ideas. Their National Public Radio series "New Dimensions" has recieved wide acclaim and has become a model for how to use mass media sensitively and engagingly. Here they speak about the roots of their work and how the working process itself nurtures and transformes their lives. This is a mini-workshop on how to use the media to change the world, beginning with ourselves. Michael Toms-Co-founder, New Dimensions Radio, host and execu
tive producer of the "New Dimensions" National Public Radio series; serves as Senior Acquisitions Editor for Harper San Francisco; Chairman emeritus of the California Institute of Integral
Studies and author of At the Leading Edge. Justine Toms Co-founder and Executive Director of New Dimensions
Radio; editor, New Dimensions Journal and past board member of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology,
2:00 PM–3:30 PM Parlor G "Muslims and 'Western Media': Part II" Nazir Khawaja; Ahmedullah Siddiqi; Amir Abdul Haleem; Abdul Malick Mujahid; Ayad Madani Nazir Khawaja-Executive Producer, Islamic Information Service, Los
Angeles, California. Ahmedullah Siddiqi-Professor of Mass Communications, Western
University, Malcolmb, Illinois. Amir Abdul Haleem-Editor, Islamic Horizon. Abdul Malick Mujahid-Director, Sound Vision, Chicago, Ulinois. Ayad Madani-Managing Editor, Saudi Gazette, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2:00 PM–3:30 PM Pool Promenade "Buddhist & Taoist Exercise for Longevity and Health-Meditation and Qigong Healing" Yu Cheng Huang; Robert Poile; Russell Berkman; David Cohen This demonstration will include a variety of Buddhist and Taoist exercises which will illustrate the therapeutic and beneficial aspects of internal and external meditation techniques. Segments of the demonstation will focus on Qigong Mediation, Tai Chi Chuan (frequently termed "meditation in motion"), Shaolin Kung Fu, and PaGau Chang. These demonstations will focus on the presence, gathering, and movement of Qi and its relationship to the human body and mind. Yu Cheng Huang-Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine specializ
ing in Qigong, Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture; 31st generation descendent from the Shaolin Temple in China and holds the rank of "master" in Chinese Martial Arts including Tai Chi and Kung-Fu.
2:00 PM–3:00 PM Montrose Wing #4 "Torture and the Destruction of Spirituality" Antonio Martinez This presentation will discuss how torture works to destroy spirituality and how the restoration of spirituality is a major component of rehabilitation. Antonio Martinez.-Ph.D.; Coordinator, Marjorie Kouler Center for the
treatment of survivors of torture; international consultant on treatment of survivors and cross-cultural issues.
2:00 PM–3:30 PM Montrose Wing #5 "Spiritual Politics" Professor Corinne McLaughlin; Gordon Davidson The hidden causes of world events can be discovered by shifting our perception from outer forms and activities to the inner, causal level-the spiritual dimension of politics. The interplay of human and Divine consciousness creates the social reality we see, according to the Ageless Wisdom. This workshop will explore current events, such as environmental crises, as the outworking of inner forces and collective karma. Professor Corinne McLaughlin author of Spiritual Politics: Social Change
for the Millermium and Builders of the Dawn; and co-founder of Sirius Community, an ecological village in Massachusetts, currently teaches
Transformational Politics at American University in Washington, D.C. Gordon Davidson- author of Spiritual Politics: Social Change for the
Millermium, a metaphisical perspective on world events, and Builders of the Daum, an overview of new age communities today, co-founder of Sirius Community in Massachussetts and The Sirius School of Spiritual Science, and Fellow of the Findhorn Foundation; has taught at American University in Washington, D.C., the University of Massachussetts, and Boston College, and has been featured in interviews with The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe and the NBC Today show.
2:00 PM–3:00 PM Sandburg Wing #1 "Taoism and Women's Issues" Karen Laughlin This seminar will explore the inter-relationships between Taoism and contemporary women's issues. A look at the history of women's place and participation in Taoism will establish a context for understanding those philosophical principles of Taoism which anticipate and speak to contemporary women's movements. Although it is a very ancient tradition, Taoism has much to say to modern women and men, and may even offer ways to work through some of the obstacles that have stood in the way of achieving feminist goals. Karen Laughlin-Associate Professor of English and Humanities at
Florida State University; teaches courses in Women's studies, feminist theory, and modern literature; has been studying the Taoist arts with Earlier Heaven Wu-chi sect master Mr. Moy Lin-shin since 1976; was initiated into this sect in 1981; lecturer and member of the
Translation Committee for the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism. 2:00 PM–3:30 PM Sandburg Wing #2 "Seeding the Spiritual Life" Ted Tollefson; Kristin Tollefson; Stephen Larsen; Robin Larsen; Gerry Armstrong The role of mythological education in nurturing the spiritual terrain for the coming generations will be discussed in this presentation.
Ted Tollefson Co-founder of Mythos Institute. Kristin Tollefson Co-founder of Mythos Institute. Stephen Larsen-Co-author of A Fire in the Mind: The Life of Joseph Campbell
Robin Larsen Co-author of A Fire in the Mind: The Life of Joseph Campbell.. 2:00 PM–3:00 PM Sandburg Wing #3 "Religion and Women's Fundamental Rights" Dolly Dastoor Explores the influence of Religion on fundamental rights of women. Does religion protect women's fundamental rights? Dolly Dastoor-former president of the Zoroastrian Association of
Quebec, secretary of the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA).
2:00 PM–3:30 PM Parlor C "Worldwide Religious Freedom: Current and Future International Agreements" James S. Mulholland, Jr. Seminar/report on the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna in June of 1993. Dr. Mulholland, Chair of the U.N. NGO Subcommittee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, and chair of the World Conference Vienna meeting, will lead this seminar. What religious leaders can and ought to do to influence the worldwide climate for religious freedom.
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