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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PRESIDENTS OF THE 1993 PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS
Brahma Kumari Dadi Prakashmani INDIA. Brahma Kumaris Head, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, International Headquarters, Mt. Abu, India. Under her leadership the University conducted "Million Minutes of Peace," which won UN recognition President, "Global Cooperation for a Better World."
Dr. Asad Husain U.S.A. • Muslim President, American Islamic College. Professor of Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University. Trustee, Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions.
Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne SRI LANKA. Buddhist (Theravada) President and founder of Lanka Jathika Sarvodaya Shramadana (the 'Sarvodaya movement'), and an influential Sri Lankan Buddhist. Winner of the Right Livelihood Award. The Sarvodaya movement is a grassroots social change movement based on Buddhism and the teachings of Gandhi.
Dr. Wilma Ellis U.S.A. • Bahá'í Adminstrator-General, Baha'i International Community; Chief Administrative Officer for the Bahá'í United Nations offices in New York, Geneva, and Fiji. Former Vice President, Planning and Development, Spelman College (Atlanta).
Singh Sahib Jathedar Manjit Singh INDIA Sikh Spiritual Head of Sikhs at Amritsar (India).
H.E. Dr. L. M. Singhvi UNITED KINGDOM .Jain (Shwetambar) Jain scholar and leader. High Commissioner (Ambassador) of India to the United Kingdom. Wrote the final version of the Jain Declaration on Nature. H.H. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami U.S.A. Hindu Monk of Tamil Shaivite Tradition. Publisher of Hinduism Today.
Prof. Susannah Heschel U.S.A. Jewish (Conservative) Professor of Religion, Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio).
Dastoor Dr. Kaikhusroo Minocher Jamasp Asa INDIA Zoroastrian Zoroastrian scholar, speaker, and author. High priest of Anjuman Atash Behram, Bombay, India.
H.H. The Dalai Lama INDIA. Buddhist (Vajrayana) Exiled Tibetan spiritual and temporal leader. Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
Imam Warith Deen Mohammed U.S.A. . Muslim (Sunni) International American Muslim spokesperson. Trustee, Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions.
Madame Nana Apeadu GHANA Indigenous Queen Mother and Envoy Overseas of the Chief of Chiefs of the Akuapim Traditional Area (Eastern Ghana), and Ohima in the Women's Council. President, Pan African Human Rights, Inc.
Mr. Alfred Yazzie U.S.A. . Native American (Navajo) Highly respected traditional Navajo chanter.
Rev. Wesley Ariarajah SWITZERLAND • Christian (Protestant) Deputy General Secretary, World Council of Churches.
Dr. Thelma Adair U.S.A. . Christian (Protestant) Former Chair, Church Women United.
H. H. Swami Chidananda Saraswati INDIA . Hindu Head of the Divine Life Society of Rishikesh, founded by Swami Sivananda. Very active in interfaith dialogue. One of Hinduism's most senior and most respected monks.
Rev. Chung Ok Lee U.S.A. • Buddhist (Mahayana) Head of Won Buddhists (Korea) in the United States. Vice-chair, Committee on Religious NGOs at the United Nations.
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. U.S.A.. Christian (Roman Catholic) President Emeritus, Notre Dame University. Active in the cause of world peace since retirement.
The Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr. U.S.A.. Christian (Protestant) Minister, The Riverside Church, New York.
Rabbi Herman Schaalman U.S.A. Jewish (Reform) Rabbi Emeritus, Emmanuel Congregation, Chicago. Trustee, Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions.
Mata Amritanandamayi INDIA. Hindu Representative of India's ancient vedantic tradition, she teaches mainly by example and has not learned from any personal master. She has initiated many service projects such as schools, vocational training centers, orphanages, hospices, and village projects in India and elsewhere. Founder of M.A. Centers in India and abroad.
Rev. Marcus Braybrooke UNITED KINGDOM. Christian (Anglican) Anglican clergyman. Former Executive Director of the Council for Christians and Jews in Great Britain. President, World Congress of Faiths. Chair, International Interfaith Organizations Coordinating Committee. Author, Pilgrimage of Hope.
Shaikh Kamel al-Sharif JORDAN Muslim (Sunni) Formerly Minister of Education and Information, Jordan. Director, International Institute of Da'wa, Amman, Jordan
Hon. Syed Shahabuddin INDIA Muslim (Sunni) Member of Parliament, India. Editor, Muslim India.
His Grace Bishop Job U.S.A. . Christian (Orthodox) Bishop, Diocese of the Midwest, Orthodox Church in America.
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