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
will describe the nature of these new capacities and discuss how the emergent world spirituality is crucial to their development. Dr. Jean Houston-Internationally-known psychologist, scholar,
philosopher, and teacher; after many years of work as a behavioral scientist, has developed and continues to develop revolutionary new ways of unlocking the latent human capacities existent in every human being; has served on the faculties of religion, psychology and philosophy at Columbia, Hunter College, Marymount, University of California, New School for Social Research and the Human Capacities Training Program; author or co-author of a dozen books: Mind Games; Life Force; The Possible Human; Godseed; The Search for the Beloved; The Hero and the Goddess; has conducted seminars and worked in human and cultural development in over 40 countries.
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Sandburg Wing #6
"What is Humanistic Judaism?"
Rabbi Dan Friedman
This workshop will explain that Jews do not have to give up their traditions, culture, and roots in order to live a Humanistic life. How does one live a life of secular integrity while holding on to the valuable truths and practices in Jewish tradition? Rabbi Dan Friedman-Graduate, Hebrew Union College; rabbi, Temple Beth Or, suburban Chicago area; temple serves Jews who view Judaism as a culture and Humanism as a religion to serve their communal needs.
4:00 PM-5:00 PM Burnham Wing #1 "Sacred Places-An Architect's Personal View" John MacManus
The sacred environments that people construct or select are often manifestations of different cultural worlds. Some are relevant only to specific peoples-others evoke a spiritual reaction in the viewer, even after the original religious use of the site has been superseded. What are the qualities necessary for a space to bypass language and culture and refer us back to some underlying common spirituality? Examples from Japan, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Italy, Ireland, and the United States will be discussed.
4:00 PM-4:30 PM Burnham Wing #2
Jainism and Ecology"
Dr. Michael Tobias
This workshop shows that in its anticipation of many of the world's critical environmental issues, the Jains have promulgated one of the most thorough ecological credos ever advanced by any world religion. Its details and practice represent a profound challenge to the 20th century.
Dr. Michael Tobias-a Jain; the internationally known author of some 17 books and the writer, director and producer of dozens of films which have been broadcast in over 20 countries.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Burnham Wing #4
"The Islamic Attitude Toward Environment and Ecology"
Luqman Haroon; Dr. Syed Waqar A. Husaini; Dr. M.M. Taqi Khan; Khuram Murad; Dilnawaz Siddiqi; Syed E. Hasan A discussion of the Islamic approach to balancing the legitimate needs of the growing human community with the imperative of preserving the Earth's ecology.
Luqman Haroon-Vice-Chairman, Muhammadiyah-Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Dr. Syed Waqar A. Husaini-Visiting holar, Stanford University. Dr. M.M. Taqi Khan-Professor of Chistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.
Khuram Murad-Vice-President, Jamaat-i-Islami, Pakistan. Dilnawaz Siddiqi-Professor of Science, University of Pennsylvania. Syed E. Hasan-Associate Professor, Geosciences, University of Missouri.
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4:00 PM-5:00 PM Burnham Wing #5 "Native American and Medieval Christian Views of the Community of Creation: Black Elk, Thomas Aquinas, and St. Francis Speak" William French
This presentation will focus on the parallels between Native American and Medieval Catholic understandings of how creation reveals the Creator, how we must understand human life as par ticipation within a broader community of creation, and how this community is made up of a vast, complex field of relations. Where Thomas insists on God's direct action throughout the entire field of creation, St. Francis, like much of Native American thought, stresses that we must think of the rest of nature in term of direct kinship with humanity--Mother, Brother, and Sister. William French-Ph.D., Ethics and Society, University of Chicago; Associate Professor, Theology, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.
4:00 PM-5:00 PM Clark Wing #1
"The River Jordan and the River Ganges: Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel's View of Other Faiths"
Harold Kasimow
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel remains one of the most impor tant spiritual guides of our century. His Jewish disciples conside him to be the Zaddik, the saint of our generation, while member of other faiths see him as "an apostle to the gentiles." This presentation will examine classical, modern, and contemporary Jewish attitudes toward other religious traditions, focusing pri marily on the views of Rabbi Heschel, who stressed that "religious pluralism is the will of God."
Harold Kasimow-Bachelor of Hebrew Literature, Jewish Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Temple University; George Drake Professor of Religious Studies, Grinnell College, Iowa; articles on Judaism and Eastern religions; coeditor, with Byron L. Sherwin, No Religion is an Island: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Interreligious Dialogue.
4:00 PM-5:00 PM Clark Wing #2 "Creative Peace Meditation"
Narasimha Siddhanti Malladi
Creative Peace Meditaiton is a state of experiencing our inner silence, full of peace, creativity, and bliss, with simultaneous ou awareness; CPM is achieved by active mental relaxation and focu made easy by simple rhythmic breathing and basic vowel sounds Narasimha Siddhanti Malladi-teaches Mechanical Engineering at
Tuskegee University, Alabama, with several years of design experi ence in U.S. industry; received several awards for his creative professional contributions; has practiced spirituality for 25 years and experienced the Inner Silence.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Clark Wing #3
"Judaism among African Americans" Rabbi Capers Funye
This workshop presents the practice of Judaism among African Americans community and Judaism before World War I.
4:00 PM-5:00 PM Clark Wing #5 "The Influence of Zoroastrianism on the Major World Religions" Keki R. Bhote
As the world's oldest monotheistic religion, Zoroastrianism came into close contact with Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, the Greek and Roman cultures and Islam. This presentation will trace the impact of Zoroastrianism on all these major religions and cultures.