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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TUESDAY, AUGUST 31
& Major Presentations
H.H. Atmanandji Maharaj-saint, scholar, author, orator and chief organizer of scores of yoga-camps and pilgrimages in India, U.K., U.S.A. and Africa; a great proponent of Indian culture, Jain philosophy and Yoga-sadhana.
10:00 AM-12:00 PM Adams Ballroom "An Introduction to Joseph Campbell" Eugene Kennedy; Bob Walter; Al Huang; David Steindl-Rast; Rebecca Armstrong; David Miller This presentation will introduce Joseph Campbell's voice as a major contributor to religious dialogue in the coming years. The two themes that will be explored are: Campbell's Perspective on Experience, and Authority and Campbell's Perspective on Light and Shadow. Bob Walter-Vice President and Director of the Joseph Campbell Foundation
and editor, Joseph Campbell's Historical Atlas of World Mythology. Al Huang-Tai-Chi master; author of Thinking Body, Dancing Mind. David Steindl-Rast-OSB, Benedictine monk associated with the
Camaldolese Benedictine community at Big Sur, CA, he is also an
advisor to MID, an author, and a leader in interfaith dialogue. Rebecca Armstrong-musician, storyteller; founder of The Joseph
Campbell Society in Chicago. David Miller-Watson-Ledden Professor of Religion at Syracuse
University, Chair of the Joseph Campbell Foundation Advisory Committee on Myth in Higher Education.
10:00 AM–10:45 AM Salon I "The Contribution of Indian Christianity to the Spiritual Heritage of India" The Rt. Rev. Dr. M. Ezra Sargunam This lecture will address the contribution made by the Christian faith to the belief systems and the spiritual heritage of India and its impact on the life and thought of the people of India. How best can we rekindle the spiritual elements inherent in these particular traditions, schools of thought (especially the Dravidian religion) toward a better India and a better world order, religious toleration, non-violence, peaceful co-existence, religious and social harmony. The Rt. Rev. Dr. M. Ezra Sargunam-Bishop/ President of the
Evangelical Church of India; Chairman, ECI Board of Theological Education; Executive Vice Chairman, United Minorities Forum; has authored, co-authored and edited several books, including Multiplying Churches in Modern India, and Mission Mandate.
10:00 AM–10:45 AM Crystal Room "The Return of the Goddess: Ecology, Spirituality, and Partnership" Riane Eisler All over the world today, female images of deity are resurfacing and women are challenging their exclusion from any share in religious authority. At the same time, women and men all over the world are struggling to create a more ecologically balanced, peaceful, and equitable world. Is all this just coincidental? Or are there here underlying connections that point to fundamental changes in religious, economic, and political institutions, changes needed if we are to effectively address our mounting global crises? Riane Eisler-author, The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future;
has taught at UCLA and Immaculate Heart College; worked extensively for peace, justice, and human rights; co-founder of the Center for Partnership Studies, the hub of a network of 22 centers for Partnership Education in the U.S., Hawaii, and the Seychelles Islands,
10:00 AM–10:45 AM State Ballroom "Religious Leadership in a Post-Modern World" Rabbi Samuel Karff An address from the perspective of a congregational rabbi who has striven to embody and teach a Judaism that is liberal (non-Orthodox) but serious. The presentation will focus on three challenges to authentic religious leadership: 1) Bearing witness by example the burden of modeling the faith. 2) Distinguishing for oneself and one's people between speaking in God's name and taking God's name in vain." 3) Proclaiming the uniqueness of my own particular story and witness without invalidating the story and witness of my neighbor. Rabbi Samuel Karff-Senior Rabbi, Congregation Beth Israel, Houston;
author of Agada: the Language of Jewish Faith; has taught at Notre Dame, the Divinity School of the University of Chicago; currently a Lecturer in the Religious Studies Department of Rice University; Past President, Central Conference of American Rabbis.
10:00 AM-10:45 AM Grand Ballroom "The Genuine, Authentic Religion We Need Today" Swami Chidananda Saraswati Genuine religion as distinct from dogma and theology. The identicity (essential Oneness) of the central thesis of all existing religions. Spirituality, the core of true religion, which constitutes its frame. The need and necessity of the spirit of real religion instead of its outer form only, deprived of this life-giving "Manna." Human Society will starve and risk spiritual death. All religions must join hands to prevent this calamity. We must work together to make possible the emergence of a spiritual humanity by the end of this decade. Swami Chidananda Saraswati-internationally recognized spiritual
teacher to seekers from many traditions; ideal disciple of H.H. Sri Sivananda Maharaj and his successor as President of the Divine Life Society, Rishikesh, India; committed to the recognition of the underlying unity of all religions and the awakening of the human potential.
10:15 AM-10:45 AM Parlor H "The Past and Future Oneness: Great Principles Shared by all Religions" Rt. Rev. Lawrence Smith This program will address the religious and spiritual principle of the past, the coming of a future religion that will encompass all religions of the world, and the abiding spiritual oneness of humanity. Rt. Rev. Lawrence Smith-Regionary Bishop of the United States of
America and the Commissary Bishop of the Philippines; B.A. in Sociology from the Bethel College in Newton, Kansas; Rector of the Church of St. Francis, L.C.C. in Chicago for thirteen years; has lectured on various theosophical and religious topics in the U.S.A., Philippines, Brazil, and Puerto Rico.
10:00 AM-10:30 AM Red Lacquer Room "The Jain Approach to Self Realization" H.H. Atmanandji Maharaj Engaging oneself in divine activities to relieve oneself of all worldly transmigrations, with a view to the attainment of salvation: this is the Jain approach to self-realization.
11:00 AM-11:45 AM Crystal Room "Ecological Postmodernism: A New Appreciation of the Great Spiritual Traditions" Charlene Spretnak Many of the foundational assumptions of modernity have contributed to social and ecological crisis on a massive scale. Various postmodern alternatives discussed today deconstruct all knowledge and meaning, concluding that utter groundlessness is the reality of the human condition. In contrast, Charlene Spretnak, an
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