Parliament of Worlds Religion 1999 Capetown SA

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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10:00 AM-11:30 AM IN COMMERCE 3.70 Developing Interfaith Relationships Through Experiential Activities
Mr. Rudy T. Pucel
This workshop will offer participants an opportunity and practical tools for establishing and maintaining interfaith and cross-cultural relationships. The workshop will use a blend of action-based activities, relationship building theory, reflection and active dialogue. This will enable participants to identify the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to initiate, establish, and maintain mutually beneficial interfaith and cross-cultural relationships. The workshop will also help participants identify common triggers of conflict, and strategies to prevent conflict in interfaith and cross-cultural relationships.
Rudy Pucel, of Acorn Learning, designs, develops, and facilitates educational programs internationally with the aim of developing human potential on a personal and professional level. He has worked in, or for corporations, nonprofit agencies, government, community groups, and schools.
10:00 AM-10:45 AM IN COMMERCE 4.15 Global Forum on Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders
Rabbi Sjalom Awraham Soetendorp
In this lecture, Rabbi Soetendorp will describe the work of the Global Forum on Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders. Through relating personal experiences with the organization, the presenter will illustrate how this organization adds a new dimension to interreligious dialogue.
Rabbi Soetendorp is currently the Rabbi of the Reform Jewish Community of the Hague, and Rabbi of the Union of Dutch Reform Jewish Communities. A survivor of the Holocaust, he has been a long standing Human Rights activist. He frequently lectures at many Universities and Centers around the world.
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10:00 AM-11:30 AM IN COMMERCE 4.20 The Heart of Our Values: Our Meeting Place Sister Chandru
Human values open the heart and transform human nature so that life is filled with compassion and humility. Through constant awareness of inner values, a person develops the ability to discern truth and to follow the path of truth, within whichever religious frame of reference that person chooses. This workshop is an opportunity to bring into awareness and "cross-fertilize" the seeds of specific human values which make life meaningful. Participants are united on the basis of having a pure desire for and loving belief in the core values within each human being. They will experience the meeting place beyond the external differences of their religions while acknowledging the richness of each faith. They will also understand each other from the heart, where love is present, and making progress towards a better world will be possible. Two workshop coordinators will invoke the spirit of human values by presenting the core human values from an interfaith perspective, and by describing experiences of finding common ground in interfaith gatherings. This will be followed by an indepth exchange between the presenters and participants, and also among participants. The workshop coordinators will steer the discussion, offer feedback, and recognize different voices throughout the session. The workshop will conclude with time for silent reflection.
B.K. Sister Chandru has been a full-time teacher with the Brahma Kumaris
since 1964, and has been teaching and practicing Raja Yoga meditation for nearly three decades. She has administered Brahma Kumaris Center in Africa, Canada, and the United States, and is currently the Director of the regional main center in San Francisco, California. In addition to her administrative and teaching duties at the San Francisco center, she is a board member of the United Religions Initiative of San Francisco, and has
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played an administrative role in the 1997 and 1998 URI International Conferences at Stanford University. She is also the Vice Chair of the San Francisco Interfaith Council, and the retreats at the San Francisco Brahma Kumaris Center.
10:00 AM-12:00 PM IN THEATER 5 Inter-Faith Dialogue: A New Relevance
Dr. Thillayvel Naidoo
This presentation will explain how the number of religions in South Africa appears to be growing. In a situation such as that offered by the Parliament of the World's Religions, people will present themselves as followers of the belief that all religions are true. Despite what people may say, many do not subscribe to this. The presenter will explore the need to provoke people to come to terms with the real, existential issues we face everyday. The presenter will also challenge participants to face the real relevance of interfaith dialogue.
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Dr. Thillayvel Naidoo was a lecturer in the Department of Science and Religion at the University of Durban-Westville, and has recently retired.
10:00 AM-11:30 AM IN COMMERCE 2.60 Interreligious Dialogue as the Bed Rock for IsraeliPalestinian Reconciliation.
Dr. Ben Mollov; Mr. Khalid O. Awad
This panel will concentrate on the importance of inter religious dialogue among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in creating a better life for everyone in Palestine/Israel. The panel is comprised of a Palestinian and an Israeli representative who will discuss contemporary inter-religious dialogue, its achievements, the difficulties that the dialogue is facing, and what may be lacking in these dialogue encounters. The panel will point out some of the similarities among the three monotheistic religions and why dialogue and encounter is the only solution to the conflict in Israel/Palestine.
Dr. Ben Mollov is a lecturer in Political Science at Bar-llan University, Israel and coordinates the Project for Arab-Jewish Dialogue under the auspices of the University's Program for Conflict Resolution. He specializes in international relations with emphasis on intercultural communication.
Mr. Khalid Awad received his Masters Degree in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He is a co-founder with Dr. Ben Mollov of inter-religious Dialogue among Jewish Students from Bar lian University and Christian and Muslim Students from the Bethlehem and Hebron areas. He is a co-founder of Hebron Center for Friendship, Peace and Human Rights at the city of Hebron in Palestine. Currently, he is working for the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago.
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One City-Many Cultures
Ryland Fisher
Ryland Fisher will describe the extraordinary One City-Many Cultures programme of Cape Town's Cape Times morning newspaper. This project, presented as a Gift of Service to the World at the 1999 Parliament, focuses on bringing together the many cultures of the city as part of South Africa's process of transformation. One City-Many Cultures is a remarkable story of a newspaper's campaign to build understanding, respect, and insight amongst diverse cultures.
Since 1996, Editor, Cape Times, an upmarket morning newspaper published in Cape Town. Since 1980, has worked at several newspapers in South Africa.