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
Conference on Religion and Peace; United Nations NonGovernmental Organization (NGO) Representative; Honorary President, National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods.
4:00 PM-4:45 PM Salon III
"Self-transformation and the Future of Religion"
Radha Burnier
Religion has, to a large extent, failed to resolve the problems facing humanity. Great religious teachers have taught the importance of self-transformation through self-observation and understanding. But, this teaching fades into the background and the egotistic self is often projected in religious activities. For humanity to proceed further spiritually, there is a need to re-emphasize self-transformation as the core of the religious life. The future will otherwise see religion playing a destructive role as it does even now. Radha Burnier-International President, Theosophical Society, Adyar, Madras, India; author of No Other Path To God; The Way of SelfKnowledge: Truth, Beauty and Goodness; editor, Human Regeneration; has lectured throughout the world.
4:00 PM-4:45 PM Salon IV
"Fundamental Tenets of Prophet Zarathushtra" Jehan Bagli
The discussion will introduce the origin of Zarathushtrian Faith as outlined in the Gathas, and will sketch the evolution of a radically novel concept that inspired the notion of the first Monotheistic religion of mankind. The talk will then focus and elaborate the fundamental concepts that were introduced by the prophet to explain his highly reflective and introspective way of life to the humanity of his time. Jehan Bagli-Associate Director of Research at Wyeth-Ayerest
Research at Princeton; founding member of the Zoroastrian Association of Quebec; editor of Gavushni for 17 years; and the first editor of Fezana Journal.
4:00 PM-4:45 PM State Ballroom
"The Dual Challenge:
The Holocaust and the Jewish Return"
Rabbi Emil Fackenheim
Abraham is singled out by the Creator of the World. This tension between "universal" and "particular," basic to Judaism, has met the tests of Exodus, Sinai, Jerusalem and two exiles. The dual challenge of today-the Holocaust and the Jewish return to Jerusalem--is as profound as past ones. Responses are still in the making.
Rabbi Emil Fackenheim-Born in Germany. Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto, 1948 until 1983; recent books: What is Judaism?; and The Jewish Bible after the Holocaust; major work: To Mend the World, about to republished by Indiana; lives in Jerusalem since 1983.
5:00 PM-5:45 PM Adams Ballroom
"The Role and Responsibility
of the Church in Haiti"
Bishop Willy Romelus
Bishop Romelus will speak and answer questions on the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the wake of continuing social injustice in Haiti.
Bishop Willy Romelus-Diocese of Jérémie in Haiti; one of Haiti's 12 Roman Catholic bishops; since before the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship, has been the voice of the voiceless in Haiti; after the ouster of President Aristide, became the lone voice among Haiti's bishops denouncing the ensuing campaign of terror. Like a good shepherd, he does all he can to protect his flock.
5:00 PM-5:45 PM Parlor H
"Intercommunion of Religion with Science" Dr. Pranav Prandya
This presentation is a discussion about solutions to major problems of
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the Twentieth Century. The discussion will look at solutions as religion perceives them, the scientific basis of spiritual disciplines and stress management through spirituality. The religions of the world must take an active role over the next 10 years in teaching people the art of living, the art of thinking, and the art of becoming. The human religion should become a way of life for the whole of humankind, overcoming all biases and prejudices. We should be optimistic and look forward to a synthesis of science and religion-a synthesis which is a certainty.
Dr. Pranav Prandya-M.D. with a degree in internal medicine from MGM Medical College India (MP), central India; lectures on stress management, meditation and Indian culture.
5:00 PM-5:20 PM Salon I
"Human Services of the Hindu Religion" H.H. Swami Balagagadharanatha
This presentation will explore the human services aspects of the Hindu religion: feeding the poor, educating the needy, providing health care to the needy, sheltering battered women and children, providing education and other services to blind and orphaned children. H.H. Swami Balagagadharanatha-graduated from Bangalore
University; has studied Sanskrit, Vedas, Oriental Education and literature on social conditions in India; currently runs schools, nursery schools thru college, including schools for Sanskrit, Vedas and Hindu traditions, with over six thousand students.
5:00 PM-5:45 PM Salon III
"Christian Ecology: Dialogue with Buddhism and the Native American Tradition"
Jay McDaniel
An exploration of ways in which a Christian approach to ecology can be enriched through dialogue with the Buddhist and Native American traditions. Topics include: (1) how the Buddhist teaching of pratitya-samutpada can sensitize Christians to the radical interdependence of self and creation; and (2) how Native insights into the links between spirit and land can sensititize Christians to the importance of bioregional awareness.
Jay McDaniel-Director of Steel Center and Associate Professor of Religion, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas; author, Of God and Pelicans; Earth, Sky, Gods, and Mortals; editor, Good News for Animals: Christian Approaches to Animal Well-being; Board Member, Center for Respect of Life and Environment (Washington, D.C.)
5:00 PM-7:00 PM Salon IV
"The Spiritual Basis for Economic
and Financial Life"
John Alexandra
Significant destructive forces are unleashed through the economic and financial systems which have arisen in the technological age. How can we transform our modern, industrialized, technical civilization by developing what might be termed a "financial ecology" on the basis of a spiritual understanding of the human being and of social life. The future of humanity may well depend on whether we are able to confront such critical issues with spiritual creativity. John Alexandra-Eleven years as Vice President of J.P. Morgan; long
active in developing a new spiritual understanding of our economic and financial life; instrumental in the creation of socially responsible financial institutions, such as the Rudolf Steiner Foundation.
5:25 PM-5:45 PM Salon I "Hinduism and Social Justice"
Dr. Shivamurthy Shivacharya Mahaswamiji
Dr. Shivamurthy Shivacharya Mahaswamiji-21st Jagadguru in the lineage of Sri Tarabalu Brihanmatha, Sirigere, Karanataka, India; since 1979, the head of the great religious seat of Brihanmatha; President, Sri Tarabalu Jagadguru Education Society Inc., Sirigere; a crusader in easing social burdens and eradicating social ills.