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
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Clark Wing #1 "World Scriptures: Learning from Other Traditions--Part II" Sulayman Nyang; Rev. Dr. Kananke Dhammadinna; Dr. Cliff Edwards; Dr. Whalen Lai This session includes the following contributions: "Buddhist Scriptures for Other Faiths," Rev. Dr. Kananke Dhammadinna; "Japanese Buddhism and Other Faiths," Dr. Cliff Edwards; "Confucian Teachings for Other Faiths," Dr. Whalen Lai. Sulayman Nayang-Chairman of the African Studies Department,
Howard University; President, Association of Muslim Social Scientists of America, President, Center for American Muslim
Research and Information. Rev. Dr. Kananke Dhammadinna-President, International Cultural
and Peace Promotional Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dr. Cliff Edwards-Professor of Religion, Virginia Commonwealth
University and Member, Buddhist-Christian Dialogue Conference Dr. Whalen Lai-Department of Religion, University of California, Davis.
Religions: his social activism, wide-ranging intellectual curiosity, and his combination of an intensely Christian faith with the conviction that other faiths were not merely "tolerable" but essential to global well-being. The discussion will be set in the context of turnof-the-century optimism and will also note Bonney's unsuccessful efforts to enlarge on the accomplishments of the 1893 event. George F. Dole Professor of Bible, Languages, and Theology,
Swedenborg School of Religion, Newton, Massachusetts. 4:00 PM–5:00 PM Clark Wing #7 "Unity Among Buddhists: Amity Among Religions" Ven. Dr. Havanapola Ratanasara Part biography, part current events, "Unity" traces 50 years' work by Ven. Dr. Havanapola Ratanasara and his colleagues to promote pluralism in both hemispheres. Shot on location in Sri Lanka and Los Angeles, the film shows places and moments never seen before by television viewers, including American Buddhist temples that played pivotal roles as the great Asian migration of the past 20 years changed the face of American pluralism.
4:00 PM–5:00 PM Clark Wing #2 "The Development of a Religious Subsystem Preference Inventory to Facilitate Interfaith Group Discussion" Allan L. Ward, Ph.D. Dealing with religious organizations as systems, their various components may be viewed as subsystems. Group discussions among participants of differing paradigms can be unmanageable at the whole system level, but at the subsystem level, manageable units of information can be considered and explored. This workshop describes the development of the Religious Subsystem Preference Inventory, provides the opportunity for participants to experience it, review the results, and shows how it can facilitate interfaith discussion, understanding, and cooperation. Allan L. Ward, Ph.D.-Professor of Speech Communication at the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock; application of study has included business, education, government, religious, international,
and social organizations. 4:00 PM-5:30 PM Clark Wing #3 "Inclusive Christianity and Community Churches: Moving Beyond Denominational Differences" Larry A. McClellen A review of the diversity of congregations in the inter-racial International Council of Community Churches as a model for "Inclusive Christianity." An exploration with those in attendance of the emergence of churches that are inclusive, ecumenical, and open to the diversity of the world's wisdom traditions. We are in the midst of the next great Christian Reformation, the coming of the third (or fourth?) form of Christianity, and we need to see it, name it, celebrate it. Larry A. McClellenImmediate Past President of the International
Council of Community Churches and Senior Pastor of St. Paul Community Church, Homewood, Illinois; writer; former Village Mayor in Illinois; Professor of Sociology and Community Studies at Governor's State University in Illinois.
4:00 PM–5:00 PM Clark Wing #8 "Reflections on Religion's Failure to Promote Harmony" Jamshed Modi This presentation explores rigidity, attitudes, and failures of responsibility at important levels of society. Jamshed Modi one of th
di-- one of the original members of the Zoroastrian Association of Chicago; recently retired, after years of service with
Motorola, Inc.; currently performing consulting work in Chicago. 4:00 PM–5:30 PM Clark Wing #9 "Evolutionary and Ecological Consciousness in Sikh Religion" Dr. Karamjit S. Rai; Ms. Sahib Kaur Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, explained more than 500 years back that the universe had its origin in a singular act, and that it evolved into its present form. By definition, ecology is the balance, or coming to terms between the individual and one's environment. The entire creation including our minds and thoughts constitute our environment and we interact with it every breath of our existence. The Sikh scriptures dwell on understanding such interaction for the conscious realization of inner peace of the spirit and its unity with the Creator through harmony with His creation, our environment. This presentation will discuss the Sikh concept of the origin of the universe and the appreciation of the inter-connectedness and unity between the individual self and one's environment, the so-called Kudrit, as a means of attaining higher consciousness and thereby realization of God. (Moderator: Dr. Jasbir Kaur) Dr. Karamjit S. Rai-Ph.D. in Botany 1960, University of Chicago;
Professor at the University of Notre Dame; Consutlant: United
Nations, WHO. Ms. Sahib Kaur-author, Sikh Thought; educator.
4:00 PM–5:00 PM Clark Wing #5 "Absolute Respect: The Swedenborgian Theology of Charles Bonney" George F. Dole An examination of the Swedenborgian theology of Charles Bonney, one of the principle organizers of the 1893 World's Parliament of
4:00 PM–5:00 PM Clark Wing #10 “Popular Religiosity in Chicago" Ethnic Ministry Staff A narrative exploration of the customs and practices of the many ethnic and cultural groups in Metro Chicago. A tour of popular as opposed to official religion. Shrines, devotions, home, and family religious practices make up this colorful presentation Presentation by Ethnic Ministry Staff. Krystyna Zambrzycki-European American Consultant, Archdiocesan
Office of Ethnic Ministries; ministers to 12 different EuropeanAmerican ethnic groups present in the Archdiocese; active partici
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