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
10:00 AM-11:30 AM Burnham Wing #2
"Qur'an and Science: Qur'anic Revelation and Scientific Knowledge"
Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed
A lecture/slide presentation showing the correlation between the revelations of the Qur'an and modern scientific knowledge. Scientific arguments for the existence and oneness of God. Scientific exegesis of Qur'anic revelations on the creation of man, the barrier between two seas, comets of ice, the Last Day and Resurrection.
Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed-Ph.D.; Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine; President, Islamic Research Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky; research physicist.
10:00 AM-12:00 PM Burnham Wing #3 "Contemplative Dwelling I: Dwelling Process Failure, Planetary Crisis, Underlying Causes and Alternative Dwelling Design"
Steve Kozan Beck
The direct contemplative experience of the transcendent and the scientific perspective, reveal a thoroughly interdependent universe, which inherently functions in cooperation with itself, to consistently achieve an optimum with a minimum. Our present dwelling process has come to do the opposite-engaging us in an often desperate competition to produce secondary and non-necessities first, in order to obtain food, water, energy and especially housing.
This presentation, the first of two, will propose alternative dwelling design-the urban density detached, owner-buildable, solar homestead-beginning in size, amenity and materials with the universally affordable; and proceeding to the site design of neighborhood community and settlement pattern that optimizes public transit and habitat preservation.
Steve Kozan Beck-Certified as a priest and teacher of Buddhism; holds a Master of Architecture degree; over the past ten years has designed, built and lived in a series of affordable solar dwellings and continues to do so.
10:00 AM-11:30 AM Burnham Wing #4
"Worldviews and Ecology"
Mary Evelyn Tucker; Stephanie Kaza; John Grim; Jay McDaniel This panel discussion (with audience question and answer period) will include presentations dealing with traditional religious attitudes toward nature and resources for contemporary ecological thinking. We will concentrate on five major areas: John Grim: Native American Religions
Stephanie Kaza: Buddhism
Mary Evelyn Tucker: Taoism and Confucianism Jay McDaniel: Christianity
Mary Evelyn Tucker-Ph.D. in History of Religions (Confucianism in Japan), Columbia University; has published Moral and Spiritual Cultivation in Japanese Neo-Confucianism; currently teaching courses in world religions, Bucknell University; associate of the Global Forum for Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders. Stephanie Kaza-Associate Professor of Environmental Studies with focus on environmental ethics and eco-feminism, University of Vermont; chair, Board of Directors, Buddhist Peace Fellowship; layordained student of Zen Buddhism; author of The Attentive Heart; Conversations with Trees.
John Grim-Associate Professor, Department of Religion, Bucknell University; annual field studies in Native American rituals; doctoral dissertation on Ojibway shamanism, under mentorship of Thomas Berry, published as The Shaman: Patterns of Religious Healing among the Ojibway Indians.
Jay McDaniel-Director of Steel Center and Associate Professor of
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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.)
10:00 AM-11:30 AM Burnham Wing #5
"Earth Day XXV and the
Globalization of an Earth Ethic"
Bruce Anderson
Earth Day-related activities can serve as a barometer of the global community's reverence for the sacredness of all creation, and of the conviction that compassion is the key to realizing a healthy, vibrant planet. This workshop will develop ideas, strategies, and working groups to assist the world religious community in utilizing the 25th anniversary of Earth Day in 1995 to accelerate this trend.
Bruce Anderson-President, Earth Day USA/Earth Day 1995; Chair, North American Coalition on Religion and Ecology; author/editor of 10 books on energy and environment; former publisher, Solar Age magazine.
10:00 AM-12:00 PM Clark Wing #1
"A Proposal to Evolve the Parliament Toward a 'U.N. of Religions""
Rohinton M. Rivetna
A plea to Parliament attendees and to the Assembly of Religious Leaders to support the formation of a World Body to provide a forum for the religions of the world to dialogue and to resolve critical issues at a global level.
Rohinton M. Rivetna-Founder President, Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America; has devoted his life to perpetuating the Zoroastrian faith in North America; Director of Environmental Engineering, American National Can Company.
10:00 AM-10:30 AM Clark Wing #2
"Swami Vivekananda's Contributions to Human Services and Personal Fulfillment" Raj Prabhakar
This presentation examines the uniqueness of Swami Vivekananda's ideas with regard to the philosophy and practice of service and personal fulfillment.
10:00 AM-12:00 PM Clark Wing #3
"Humanism, Autonomy, and Community: The Reconstructionist Approach to Judaism" Rabbi Arnold Rachlis
We believe that God is the power within us that helps us strive to be loving and caring people, that force which moves us towards self-fulfillment and ethical behavior. This religious, humanistic approach has not only made us respectful of the Jewish tradition, but has also given us the determination to open up new paths in ritual, ceremony, and philosophy. Reconstructionist Jews speak of 'predicate theology', in which God is experienced as working through human beings to bring Tikkun Olam, repair of a broken world.
Rabbi Arnold Rachlis-Rabbi, University Synagogue, Irvine, California; graduate, University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; has served or currently serving, President, Chicago Board of Rabbis, Leadership Greater Chicago, Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor, U.S. Department of State; member, board or advisory board, Mazon, Jewish Fund for Justice, Peace Now, the Jewish Federation, American Jewish Committee, etc.