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
This workshop consists of an introductory presentation on bridging the gap between acceptance and intolerance among those of differing faith, culture, race, or gender. An audience discussion on all aspects of practical brotherhood Nancy Coker-staff member, The Theosophical Society, International
Headquarters, Pasadena; Co-founder of Deva Natural Clothes; vol
unteer community mediator. Leslie Royce Pochos-lecturer; Associate of the United Lodge of
Theosophists, Philadelphia; businesswoman.
4:00 PM–5:30 PM PDR #7 "Nine Steps to Excellence: Strategies for Transforming Your Business" Dr. Riaz Khadem Nine Steps to Excellence constitutes strategies and methodologies that transform the culture of any organization. They facilitate behavior change that is key to excellent execution, to quality, and to exceptional service. These strategies are the further development of concepts described in Dr. Khadem's book, One Page Management. The animating power that sustains the transformed new culture derives from the following set of spiritual principles: Purpose, Honesty, Justice, Unity, Creativity, Service, Priority, Economy and Excellence. The Nine Steps to Excellence enable the organization to transform itself by incorporating these principles into its systems, policies and practices. Dr. Riaz Khadem-Master's Degree, Harvard; Doctorate, Oxford
University; author; consultant, specializing in the role of information in quality improvement and culture change; creator, "The One Page System," a comprehensive management system explained in his book, One Page Management.
4:00 PM 4:30 PM Sandburg Wing #4 "Music and Meditation: Two God-Ways to Bring Peace Into the World" Prachar Stegemann Lecture and discussion on the role of music in traditional spiritual and religious practice and ceremony, especially as a vehicle for the liberation of higher consciousness within the individual, through the spiritual nature of melody and the devotional mood that such music inspires.
Pool Promenade
4:00 PM-5:30 PM “Tại Chi Bruce Moran
4:00 PM–5:30 PM Sandburg Wing #5 "Postmodernity and Human Values: Complementary or Contradictory" Dr. Jim Norwine, Ph.D. We are in the early stages of a radical transformation, one comparable to the scientific nova of 500 years ago, to the beginnings of agriculture 10,000 years ago, to the Sumerian invention of writing some 5,000 years ago, or to the Europeanization of the New World in recent centuries. It is no less than the death of one age and the birth of another. This presentation is based on Prof. Norwine's new book, A Postmodern Tao. Dr. Jim Norwine, Ph.D.Professor of Geography, Texas A&I
University; teacher of oriental philosophy as well as geography and climate; 1983 Distinugished Alumni Research Professor; author of numerous books and articles, travel in India and Yugoslavia as Fulbright Scholar and in Egypt and Iraq as Malone Fellow; his fourth book, A Postmodern Tao, was published in 1993 by the University Press of America.
4:00 PM–5:00 PM Sandburg Wing #1 "The Problems and Hazards of Religious Pluralism" Dr. Donald N. Blakeley This workshop will discuss religious diversity, both as a wonderful asset to human experience and something that can create conditions that stimulate some of the most intractable difficulties in personal, social and political affairs. This workshop examines not only the promise, but also some of the hazards of religious pluralism as an approach to the religions of the world and to interreligious dialogue. Dr. Donald N. Blakeley Coordinator of the Religious Studies Program,
Department of Philosophy, California State University, Fresno. 4:00 PM-5:30 PM Sandburg Wing #2 "Hermeneutics in the Qur'an" Dr. T.H. Irving; Irfan Ahmed Khan; Mahmood Ghazi; Dr. Shaikh Ahmed Zaki Hamad; Dr. Nazir Ahmed, Dr. Habibul Hag Nadvi Approaches to understanding the language of the Qur'an. The methodology of exegesis. Dr. T.H. Irving-(Talim Ali); highly respected scholar in Islam; author,
first American version of the Qur'an. Irfan Ahmed Khan-Professor, American Islamic College, Chicago,
Illinois. Mahmood Ghazi-Director General, Dawah Academy, International
Islamic University, Pakistan. Dr. Shaikh Ahmed Zaki Hamad-scholar in Arabic and Qur'an,
Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Nazir Ahmed-noted scholar; Chair, Persian Department, Aligarh
University, India. Dr. Habibul Haq Nadvi--Professor, Head of Department of Arabic,
Persian, and Urdu, University of Durban, South Africa.
4:00 PM–5:30 PM Sandburg Wing #6 “Sexual Equality, A Prerequisite for World Peace" Fafar Guillebeaux This workshop will explore the cost of inequality between the sexes; to women, to men and to humanity as a whole. Practical suggestions will be outlined to aid each gender to overcome the harmful legacy of an inherent sense of superiority and inferiority in preperation for full partnership as a foundation for world peace. Fafar Guillebeaux-psychotherapist and consultant; has facilitated
numerous workshops on a variety of topics, has worked as a consultant for "Multicultural Diversity Appreciation" Training: served on the Bahá'í National Committee on Women from 1987 to 1992.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Sandburg Wing #3 "Theosophy and the Critical Issues--Part I: Human Communities and Universal Brotherhood" Nancy Coker; Leslie Royce Pochos
4:15 PM-5:30 PM Burnham Wing #4 "Rural Spirituality: Sustaining the Land, Sharing Spirit" Miriam Brown, OP, Rev. Richard Ament; Phillip Hueneke; Janet Kassel;; Rita Engelken; Dr. Thomas Lindhal This seminar (with input segments and facilitated discussion) will address the Land-God connection, the contribution of rural spirituality to global sustainability, and the nuturing of rural life and spirituality. I. The Land-God Connection: Felt Experience; Religious Traditions. II. Contribution of Rural Spirituality to Global Sustainability: Deep-rooted knowledge and Love; The Urgent Call from Around the Globe. III Nature of Rural Life and
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