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 Seminars & Lectures
D.C.; formerly director of Inter-Faith Ministries, Wichita, Kansas. Robert Greenwood-Communications Director, Interfaith Impact, Washington, D.C.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Clark Wing #9
"Similarities Between Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism"
Mr. Kuldeep Singh: Daljit S. Jawa
To highlight similar features of various religions. Overemphasis on our differences with virtually no mention of our similarities has created a wedge between us. If we start highlighting our similarities, we will be successful in bringing various religions closer to one another.
(Moderator: Dr. Rajwant Singh)
Mr. Kuldeep Singh-Director of Ohio Clinical Ref. Laboratories, Sylvania, since Nov. 1986; Director & Manager, Alpha Laboratories, Detroit, Michigan, from 1975-86; F.R.S.H. (London), B.L.M. (AAB), C.L.S. (NCA), C.L.T. (MDH); Member of the Bilingual Advisory Committee, Lansing Michigan (1974-84); distinguished service award by U.S. District Court Monitoring Commission in 1984; Edited Sikh World, a quarterly Sikh Journal from 1971-85; directed nearly 25 youth camps including 18 camps in U.S. Daljit S. Jawa-Professional Civil Engineer; Executive Director, Sikhs Serving America, Topeka, Kansas; Coordinator of Sikh Camps, Youth Affairs, Community Welfare, and Public Relations, Midwest Sikh Association of Kansas City; Member, World Sikh Organization, Washington, D.C.
4:00 PM-5:00 PM Dearborn Wing #1 "Spiritual Embodiment:
Integration Through Communication"
Deb Greene
This workshop will define somatics, describe connections between somatics and spirit, and explain 'somatic rhetoric'. This will be followed by a brief demonstration and participation of somatic technique.
Deb Greene-M.A. University of Kansas, current Ph.D. student at Ohio State University.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Dearborn Wing #2
"People of Faith and AIDS"
Ken South
This workshop will present the approach of the AIDS National Interfaith Network to working across religious lines in responding to AIDS.
Ken South-Executive Director, AIDS National Interfaith Network; with ANIN since 1989; ANIN, an association of America's 2,000 AIDS ministries, provides them with technical assistance and networking services and represents the religious community in AIDS advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Dearborn Wing #3
"Native American Spirituality Stronger than Poison Spirit"
Maryellen Baker; Art Shegonee; Paulette Running Wolf; Archie Mosay; Carol Ann Looking Horse Historically, alcohol has been used against Native People to corrupt their spirit. This panel will discuss the unique Native Americanprocess of recovery and, in their journey, how they have reclaimed their traditional spirituality.
Maryellen Baker-Lac Courtes Oreilles Ojibwe, Traditional Woman; Founder, LCO Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
Art Shegonee-Menominee/Potowatami, Director of Native American Center - Madison, Counselor on AODA issues Paulette Running Wolf-Blackfoot, Doctoral Candidate in School of Counseling Psychology University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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Archie Mosay Ojibwa spiritual leader. Carol Ann Looking Horse-Lakota.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Clark Wing #6 "Judaism Beyond God:
A New Way of Being Jewish"
Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine
A conversation based on Rabbi Wine's book of the same name. What is 'humanistic Judaism'? A lively, informative, and provocative discussion.
Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine-graduate, University of Michigan (A.B., A.M.) and the Hebrew Union College; founder, Birmingham Temple, Detroit, Michigan, the first congregation of Humanistic Judaism; founder (1969), Society for Humanistic Judaism; President, the Humanist Institute; President, International Association of Humanist Educators, Counselors, and Leaders; chair, Leadership Conference of Secular and Humanistic Jews; author, Humanistic Judaism; Judaism Beyond God; and Celebration.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM LaSalle Wing #2 "Service Through Meditation" Angela G. Kooros
This workshop will start with a short review of Theosophical principles, a discussion of kinds of service meditations, and the purposes and requirements of service meditations. This will be followed by a description and actual doing of three sample meditations. There will be a question and answer period at the end. Angela G. Kooros-born in Los Angeles to Theosophist parents,
became an elementary teacher and a concert pianist, and lived in Iran for eleven years; during the revolution, she and her family returned to the U.S., where she resumed study of Alice A. Bailey, and the Theosophical authors.
4:00 PM-5:00 PM LaSalle Wing #3
"Inner and Outer Peace Through Meditation" Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj
A concise, cogent explanation of the meditation process. How the joy and bliss experienced in meditation imbues the participant "with an everlasting divine intoxication." Revealing the "inner" meaning of numerous religious scriptures through meditation. The significance of the near-death experience. Presentation will include a 20-30 minute meditation practice. Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj-spiritual leader and head, Science of Spirituality, with 800 centers in 40 countries; internationally renowned teacher of meditation and human unity; author, Ecology of the Soul; Education for a Peaceful World; Spirituality in Modern Times; teaches a practical method for direct experience of the Light within each of us and within all creation, leading to inner and outer peace.
4:00 PM-5:00 PM LaSalle Wing #4
"Voicing the Unthinkable:
Sacred Thoughts for the Modern World" Kerry Brown; Ursula King
Lecture and audience discussion exploring sacred texts a contemporary resource in shaping our future as a global community. What are the specific insights and values of our spiritual heritage that have slipped unnoticed from the modern agenda? How can religions affect the materialist trinity of science, technology, and economics which dominate our lives? The presentation will draw broadly from religious texts, including the first seven books to be published in the forthcoming International Sacred Literature Trust series.
Kerry Brown-Director of the International Sacred Literature Trust; religious consultant, World Wide Fund for Nature; author, The Singing Planet: World Music and the Environment; editor of several works, including, Buddhism and Ecology.
Ursula King-Chair, Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies, Bristol