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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Wednesday, September 1 Seminars & Lectures
Saint Kshetrayya, and Saint Puranadara Dasa. Their poetry and music will be discussed, and the Hindu theology of their music will be presented. The lecture will have musical interludes, and there will be two or three different speakers on the subject. Sarada Purna Sonty-research scholar for Ph.D., Andhra University, India, on the life of Saint Annamacharya; conducted conference on Saint Poets of India at World Telugu Convention, 9th TANA meeting, New York. Prof. William Jackson-Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana
University; author of book on Saint Tyagaraja and of Vijayanagara Empire: The Golden Age in Fine Arts.
Prof. Velcheru Narayana Rao-Professor of South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison; author of work on Saind Kshetrayya; Visiting Professor, Andhra University, India.
4:00 PM-5:00 PM Sandburg Wing #3
"Women and Spirituality"
Prabrajika Amala Prana; Prabrajika Viveka Prana This presentation will focus on several women saints of India, including Saradamoni Devi, the consort of Sri Ramakrishna. The presenters will also discuss their own spiritual experiences and their monastic life.
Prabrajika Amala Prana-Sarada Math, India.
Prabrajika Viveka Prana-Sarada Math, India.
4:00 PM-4:45 PM Sandburg Wing #4
"Women's Religious Leadership in America" Dr. Catherine Wessinger
The workshop presents a broad overview of women's religious leadership in America. The common problem that women face in attempting to exercise religious leadership in both mainstream denominations and marginal religions will be discussed. The factors that support women's religious leadership and the similar theologies that women create will be examined. Although many different groups will be discussed, it will be seen that women from different religions share common experiences in relation to their religious institutions. Additionally, women as theologians tend to articulate a religious outlook that stresses immanence and interconnectedness. Implications from American women's experiences and histories will be drawn for the religious leadership of women in the various world religions.
Dr. Catherine Wessinger-Associate Professor of the History of
Religions and Women's Studies at Loyola University, New Orleans; author, Annie Besant and Progressive Messianism; editor and contributor, Women's Leadership in Marginal Religions: Explorations Outside the Mainstream; currently editing a book on women's ministries and leadership in American Jewish, Christian, and Muslim institutions, and writing a textbook on women in the world religions.
4:00 PM-5:00 PM Sandburg Wing #5
"The Science of Spirituality
Across the Curriculum"
Dr. Suwanda Sugunasiri
This workshop will discuss a model for the introduction of a spiritual culture to the school system, understanding spirituality as going beyond organized religion. Supplanting the traditional comparative religious approach, a student-centered experiential methodology that includes meditation is proposed as the key to the success of its implementation.
Dr. Suwanda Sugunasiri-founding member of the Board of Directors of the North American Interfaith Network; past president of the Buddhist Council of Canada; instructor at the University of Toronto in Buddhism and interfaith relations.
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Sandburg Wing #6
"Our Family and God's Family" Larry Finder; Hal Edwards
This workshop will explore some of the darker sides of the
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human family and community: addiction, abuse, anger, shame, tainted communication, and dysfunctional beginnings. Experienced facilitators will utilize techniques for group process work to investigate how our names for God, and our experience of God's community can lead us to the courage to change. Biblical models for community and what lessons we can learn from the Recovering community will be shared within the group. Hal Edwards President, Christian Laity of Chicago, ecumenical and cross-cultural organization which promotes spirituality and service in small groups.
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Burnham Wing #1 "Architecture and Sacred Space"
Clint Good
The seminar will examine the biblical basis for applying sustainability to the development process from a global, a community and a building level. We will consider where we have been in terms of development and review some specifics of where technology is headed in the future. The intent of the seminar is to be optimistic in our assessment and provide practical information for the participants to take with them.
Clint Good-AIA; architect and builder based in Bethesda, Maryland; recognized as a pioneer in healthful home and office design; has extensively researched this area, and has developed a special architectural practice which delivers innovative design and a purer interior environment; author, Healthful Houses: How to Design and Build Your Own; has conducted a workshop titled "Growth Planning for Churches" at the Virginia Mennonite Church Conference for the last 4 years.
4:45 PM-5:30 PM Clark Wing #3
"Jainism-The Oldest Religion"
Dr. Vilas Sangave
Topics of this workshop are: the antiquity of Jainism, the Jain tradition of the Tirthankaras, the historicity of the Jain tradition, the Jain tradition and Buddhist evidence, the Jain tradition and Hindu evidence, the Jain tradition and archeological evidence. Dr. Vilas Sangave-Eminent Jainologist and Sociologist, world renouned author of several standard works on Jain culture and social history; recipient of several university, national and international awards and honors.
4:45 PM-5:45 PM Clark Wing #6
"What is Wicca?"
Covenant of the Goddess Elders
An explanation of the beliefs and practices of neopagan witchcraft by several Elders of the Covenant of the Goddess, introducing the basic concepts of the Craft and dispelling common myths. The presentation will include a short history of the Covenant of the Goddess.
Covenant of the Goddess Elders-this panel includes Starhawk, Phyllis Curott, Don Frew, Michael Thorn and others.
5:00 PM-5:45 PM Sandburg Wing #4
"Women's Liberation in Won Buddhism Rev. Chung Ok Lee
The workshop describes a distinctive movement in Won Buddhism which has allowed women to perform full religious leadership roles to an extent unknown to the western world. Rev. Chung Ok Lee-Head Minister of Won Buddhist Meditation Center in New York; United Nations Representative of Won Buddhism; General Secretary of International Won Buddhist Committee to promote the United Religions; member, Executive Council of World Conference on Religion and Peace, USA.