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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Friday, September 3. Seminars & Lectures
Gene B. Arbetter-member and former Public Information Director of
the American Massage Therapy Association, combines a variety of bodywork and healing disciplines in practice of theraputic massage managing director of Wellness Associates of Chicago, faculty member at the Chicago School of Massage Therapy; member of the AMTA National Sports Massage Team.
Osmania Universities, India; Principal Secretary (retired) to Government of Andhra Pradesh, India; consultant, World Bank and Asian Development Bank; advisor to F.A.0.; author, Indian Muslims
at the Crossroads; lecturer and scholar on Islamic topics. Dr. lan Talbot Professor, History and South Asian Studies,
University of Coventry, England, Research Fellow in History, School of Asian and African Studies, Sussex University, England;
author, The British Raj and Indian History. Dr. Karan Singh-President, Temple of Understanding, India Chapter;
former Indian Ambassador to the United States, leader of Indian reform movement dedicated to the crusade against untouchability and other undesirable customs which have weakened Hindu Society, and to the promotion of solidarity among reform and social service organizations; active in environmental and global conscious
ness movements and in interfaith dialogue H.E. Dr. L.M. Singhvi-Jurist, philosopher, diplomat (Indian Ambassador in U.K.), human rights exponent, founder and patron of organizations
vement for inter-religious understanding and Jain Declaration on Nature; leading constitutional expert, distinguished
Parliamentarian, author, poet, publicist, linguist and literateur. H. Em. Metropolitan Paulos Mar Gregorios--Metropolitan of Delhi
and the North Syrian Orthodox Church of India; Past President, World Council of Churches. Dr. Arthur Lall-former Indian Ambassador to the United Nations;
Professor Emeritus, Columbia University, New York City.
10:00 AM–12:00 PM Sandburg Wing #2 "Education-an Islamic Perspective" Dr. M.A. Waheed Fakhri, Seema Imam; Dr. Tasnema Ghazi; Mary Leila Bekhtiar; Dr. Asifa Husain; Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah Education is an integral part of Islam. Topics include: the interface of religious education with secular education; experiences in the education of Muslim children in the U.S. and the West: challenges and opportunities; comparison with experience of other parochial school systems (Jewish, Catholic, and other). Dr. M.A. Waheed Fakhri--Professor of Education, Chicago State
University Seema Imam-Principal, Universal School, Bridgeview, Illinois. Dr. Tasnema Ghazi-Director of Curriculum, IQRA International
Educational Fund, Chicago, Illinois Mary Leila Bekhtiar-Scholar of Psychoethics, Islamic Scholars'
Mysticism. Dr. Asifa Husain-Bilingual Education, Chicago Public School System. Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah-Chancellor, International Islamic
University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
10:00 AM–12:00 PM Parlor H "Spirituality and Healing" Richard Katz, Ph.D.; Mr. Danny Masqua; Sister Pascaline Coff: Geshe Sopa Panel presentation by the Fetzer Institute, bringing together a group of spiritual practitioners to discuss how disease and healing have significance that reaches into spiritual dimensions, and methods for achieving healing in each of their own traditions. Richard Katz, Ph.D.-teaches at Saskatchewan Indian Federated College,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; author of 3 books on spiritual healing: Nobody's Child; Boiling Energy: Community Healing Among the
Kalahari Kung, and The Straight Path: A Story of Healing from Fiji. Mr. Danny Masqua-Anishinabe (Saulteaux) Elder from the
Keesekoose Reservation in Saskatchewan, Canada; traditional story teller and a counselor as well as an Elder-in-Residence at the Indian
Education Program, University of Saskatchewan. Sister Pascaline Coff-O.S.B., Ph.D.; founder and director of Osage
Monastery, Forest of Peace, a monastic Ashram in Sand Springs, Oklahoma; since 1976, involved in East-West interreligious and
intermonastic dialogues. Geshe Sopa-The Abbot of the monastery at Deer Park, near Madis
Wisconsin, and principle teacher of the Buddhist community there; Professor of Buddhist Studies in the department of South Asian Studies at University of Wisconsin, Madison; author, Cutting through Appearances.
10:00 AM–12:00 PM Sandburg Wing #3 "The Eurocentric View of History" Dr. Robert Delk; Dr. Yusuf Azami; Dr. Shahid Athar; Dr. Abdullah Ahsan; Dr. Salauddin Malick This program will be an overview of events in history, considering the fact that the modern study of history has a Eurocentric tilt. This produces skewed perceptions. An alternate, balanced approach will be presented. Dr. Robert Delk - Professor of History, Columbia College and
American Islamic College. Dr. Yusuf Azami-Professor of English, Osmania University,
Hyderabad, India; scholar of Muhammad Iqbal. Dr. Shahid Athar--U.S. Representative, Motamar Alam Al-Islami. Dr. Abdullah Ahsan-Professor of Islamic Studies, International
Islamic University, Malaysia. Dr. Salauddin Malick--Professor of History, New York University.
10:00 AM–12:00 PM Pool Promenade "Chinese Qigong-Life Energy from the Universe" Martha Howard, Master Zheng Hong Chen; Gene B. Arbetter Qigong (pronounced "chee gong") means, literally, a method of building energy. This workshop will introduce the concepts of traditional Chinese mind-body medicine that are relevant to the effects of qigong, and that support the experiential learning of the participants. Following the introduction, participants will be taught a complete set of movements for the enhancement of health that they can do at home. Martha Howard-Combines Chinese traditional medicine, traditional
Western medicine and psychoneuroimmunology in her practice; administrator, teacher and speaker as well as clinician; currently medical director of Wellness Associates of Chicago; faculty member of the Foundations of Holistic Health division of the Quaker
Worksite Wellness Program. Master Zheng Hong Chen-certified as Qualified Director of Xing Shen
Zhuang Qigong, and is a graduate of the Shijiazhuang Qigong Medical Program; Chairman of the Shanghai Film Artists' Qigong Research Association and a member of the International Qigong Scientific Research Association; has had two original papers on Qigong presented at the International Qigong Scientific Research Association.
10:00 AM–12:00 PM Sandburg Wing #5 "The Islamic Contribution to World Civilization Part Two: The Sciences" Dawood Assad; Dr. Abu Baquar Ahmed Baqader; Dr. Abdul Basit; Dr. Din Shamsuddin; Dr. Javeed Akhter; Dr. Ahmed Hai The second of two programs discussing the contributions that the Islamic peoples have made to world civilization, including physics, algebra, architecture, philosophy, histography, navigation - Christopher Columbus, and astronomy. Part Two focuses on the role of the sciences in Islam.
Dawood Assad Chairman, Council of Masajid, New York, NY. Dr. Abu Baquar Ahmed Baqader-Professor of Sociology, scholar of
Islam, King Abdulayziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Abdul Basit-Superintendent, psychiatric hospital. Dr. Din Shamsuddin-noted Indonesian Islamic scholar. Dr. Javeed Akhter practicing physician; published author, Islamic issues. Dr. Ahmed Hai-physician; scholar; social worker; Patna, India.
10:01 AM–11:00 AM Sandburg Wing #6 "Religious Humanism" Khoren Arisian This workshop will deal with the questions, "Is Humanism religious?" How does one build a community of Humanists? How do Humanists
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