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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University, UK; founding trustee, International Sacred Literature Trust; scholarly interests include women's theology and mysticism; publications include The Spirit of One Earth: Reflections on Teilhard de Chardin and Global Spirituality and Voices of Protest--Voices of Promise: Exploring Spirituality for a New Age.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM LaSalle Wing #5
"Grassroots Spirituality: What, Why, and Whereto?"
Prof. Robert Forman; Frances Vaughn; Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
This panel will discuss the enormous groundswell of interest in that which many traditions call "spirit". This is the deepest center of the person which is seen as open to the transcendent dimension, and through which the individual may experience ultimate reality. It seems to be developing in part out of dissatisfaction with institutionalized religions, as a response to the modern pluralistic world, and as a search for a new vision. Growing out of their work in the Forge Institute, the four panelists will explore the sources of this widespread interest, its deeper character, and its potential future.
Prof. Robert Forman-Director of the Forge Institute for Spirituality and Social Change; Assistant Professor of Religion, City University of New York, Hunter College; author of 5 books, including Meister Eckhart: Mystic as Theologian; and The Problem of Pure Conciousness; editor of the third edition textbook, Religions of the World. Frances Vaughn-past President of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology; author of four books and numerous articles, including "The Inward Arc"; Co-editor, with Roger Walsh, of Beyond Ego: Transpersonal Dimensions in Psychology. Rabbi Lawrence Kushner-Rabbi, Congregation Beth El in Sudbury, Massachusetts; Rabbinic Chairman of Reform Judaism's Commision on Religious Living; member of the Board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations; author of five books, including God Was In This Place and I, I Did Not Know.
4:00 PM-5:00 PM Montrose Wing #1
"The Practice of Justice" James Lund
A presentation of the work of the office for the ministry of Peace and Justice of the Archdiocese of Chicago. A discussion of social ethics in practice through the Catholic Relief Services, the Campaign for Human Development and other programs.
James Lund-Director, Peace and Justice Center, Archdiocese of Chicago.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Montrose Wing #2
"500 Years of Survival-All Treaties Were Broken, and the Spirituality Survives" Matthew Snipp; Tom Maulson; Burton Pretty On Top The US Government signed over 400 agreements and Treaties, most of which the U.S. has already violated. The panel members will give a historical perspective and the implications of the continued loss of Land and its profound effect on spirituality.
Matthew Snipp-Cherokee/Choctaw; Ph.D.; Professor of Rural Sociology, Director, American Indian Studies Program, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Tom Maulson-Anishinabe/ Ojibwe, Lac du Flambeau Tribal
Chairman, Wa Swa Gon Treaty Association; Treaty Rights Activist. Burton Pretty On Top-Crow Nation; spiritual leader and pipe carrier.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Montrose Wing #3 "Islamic Economics and Banking"
Dr. M. Razaul Haq; Dr. Mohammad Nejatullahi Siddiqi; Mr. Marghoob Qureshi
This program will discuss Islamic Economics and Banking,
Tuesday, August 31 Seminars & Lectures
focusing on topics such as: What is Islamic economic and banking?; the basis of the Islamic economic system; the distribution of wealth; the workings of an interest free economy; sharing and partnership; business rules and ethics; the betterment of society rather than merely of the individual. Additional topics: the tax system, Zakat, Uhshur.
Dr. M. Razaul Haq-Professor of Business Administration, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada.
Dr. Mohammad Nejatullah Siddiqi-Center for Research in Islamic Economics, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Recipient, King Faisal Prize in Economics.
Mr. Marghoob Qureshi--Business management consultant, Palo Alto, California.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Montrose Wing #4
"The Wisdom of the Council Circle"
Steven McFadden
The workshop begins with a short lecture discussing The Council Circle, an ancient democratic tradition among indigenous people in the Americas. In a council each person puts his or her "good mind" on the issues at hand, using a Talking Stick to keep the circle in harmony. The workshop will conclude with its own Council.
Steven McFadden--Director of The Wisdom Conservancy, National Coordinator for the Council Circles Project for Earth Day 1993; author, Profiles in Wisdom, Native Elders Speak about the Earth.
4:00 PM-4:45 PM Montrose Wing #5 "Non-Violence and Universal Brotherhood"
H. H. Bhattaraka Devendrakeerti
This lecture shows that to live in the world, one has to be nonviolent. Once you become a non-violence person that will bring automatically universal brotherhood: non-violence in thoughts. Deeds and action are the highest religion of mankind.
H. H. Bhattaraka Devendrakeerti-initiated into monkhood at an early age. B.S. and M.A.; speaks many languages; has travelled all over India and he was the first Bhattaraka to travel abroad for propaga tion of Jainism; He has written many books and articles on Jainism and has attended many conferences concerning vegetarianism.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Parlor B
"The Teaching and History of the
African-American Church"
Dr. David D. Daniels
The history and teachings of African-American Christianity is the subject of this workshop. The presentation will focus on the central role worship and the struggle for racial justice has played in the development of African-American Christianity in the United States. Dr. David D. Daniels-Associate Professor of Church History at McCormick Theological Seminary; doctor of Philosophy degree, Union Theological Seminary, New York City; Master of Divinity degree, Yale University; bachelor of arts degree, Bowdoin College.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Parlor G
"Vocabulary for the 21st Century"
Eugene Kennedy; David Miller; David Tracy; Bob Walter; David Steindl-Rast
David Miller-Watson-Ledden Professor of Religion at Syracuse University and chair of the Joseph Campbell Foundation Advisory Committee on Myth in Higher Education.
David Tracy-professor at the University of Chicago and author of "The Analogical Imagination."
Bob Walter is the Vice President and Director of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and editor of Joseph Campbell's Historical Atlas of World Mythology.
David Steindl-Rast-OSB, Benedictine monk associated with the Camaldolese Benedictine community at Big Sur, CA; advisor to MID; author, and leader in interfaith dialogue.
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