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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1 9 9 9 PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS DIALOGUE
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5
been active for over 20 years with philanthropic ventures focusing on medicine, peace, interfaith, education and the emerging role of women. She is the mother of 5 children and six grandchildren and lives simultaneously in Holland, Costa Rica, and the U.K. Please provide the names and backgrounds of the other participants in the roundtable discussion.
Yoga and meditation for over twenty years Ven. Dr. Phangcham was the president of the Buddhist Council of the Midwest (BCM), from 1993-1997 and is currently president emeritus of the BCM. He has been on the Board of Trustees for the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions (CPWR) since 1993. He is also consultant to the International Buddhist Committee and coordinator of International Visahka Festival in Washington DC. 1999. Ven. Dr. Phangcham received his BA from Muhachular Buddhist University and, a M.Ed., a M.Phil. (1982), Ph.D. in Education (1985) from Delhi University, Delhi, India, Ven. Dr. Phangcham has been an educator for over three decades and a Buddhist Monk since he was 19. The Reverend Robert V. Thompson is the Senior Minister of the Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He is also a trustee on the Board of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions. Andrew Vidich, MA in comparative religions, MS in Education, is currently teaching as an assistant professor of Religion at lona College of New Rochelle. Professor Vidich also teaches history and creative writing at an alternative high school in New York City. He is the author of Love is a Secret (1990). co-author of The Heart of the Healer, which sold more than twenty thousand copies. He is currently the executive co-chair of the Interfaith Council of New York. Andrew has been a practitioner of meditation for over two and a half decades under the quidance of three great spiritual Masters of our time, Sant Kirpal Singh, Sant Darshan Singha, and Sant Rajinder Singh.
3:00 PM–3:45 PM IN THEATER 4 Our Interfaith Challenge: At the Beginning of the 21st Century Dr. Robert Traer Religious intolerance will not be overcome by interfaith cooperation that uncritically encourages religious propaganda. Interfaith organizations and activities, therefore, must now manifest a greater commitment to religious humility and to living more fully what is true and just. Dr. Robert Traer is the General Secretary of the International Association for Religious Freedom, which was founded in 1900, and he is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He has a Ph.D in Comparative Religious Studies from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, a D. Min from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, and a J.D. from the Martin Luther King Jr. School of Law at the University of California at Davis.
3:00 PM–3:45 PM IN SCIENCE 2.70 Towards the Establishment of an Interfaith Clergy Professional Organization Rev. Muthiah D. Appavoo; Giani Giani Swaran Singh; Mr. Pandit Prameya Chaitanya; Rev. Yasuo Izumi; Acharya Srinath Prasad Dwivedi; Dr. Irfan Ahmad Khan To optimally serve the holistic needs of religious communities in urban North America, and other large immigration-oriented urban nations, the Clergy for Compassion and Harmony strives towards the establishment of a legitimate Clergy Professional Association for strengthening the roles of clergy from diverse historic faiths, especially those of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Sikhism. The goal is to develop training programs, accreditation, rigorous requirements of ordination/community recognition, provision for an adequate Clergy compensation, maintenance of high professional status, and dignity of the sacred office of ministry on a genuine interfaith basis. Born in Bangalore, India in 1927, served the Navy (1944-1955) in Britain and Indian waters. After the service, ha studied philosophy, history of religions, and Christian theology at the University of London (1956-60) Received a Ph.D. in Sociology Family and Religion) at York. Taught Sociology at universities in Ontario, Calgary, Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Alberta. Retired as an Associate Professor and Chair of sociology. Presently, President of the Clergy for Compassion and Harmony (CCM), a group of clergy in parish work from Anglican, Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, Kabir Panth, Lutheran, Sikh, and the United Church of Canadian Traditions Born in Jullundar, Punjab in 1940. After FSC, he entered the Indian Government's Ministry of Cooperatives and served several districts as Bank Supervisor From 1960 onwards he has served as a non stipendiary Spiritual teacher in the Gurdwaras in Punjab. Immigrated to Canada in 1975 and served as the Head Giani of the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, Surrey, B.C. until 1981. He continued to serve the Temple as a nonstipendiary Giani until 1998. Currently, Gianiji is a senior advisor to the Dashmesh Darbar Sikh Gurdwara, Surrey. Born In 1953 at Mangalore, Karnataka, India in an orthodox Hindu family. He was a spiritual teacher and lecturer in India after finishing his Theological studies at the Sandeepany Sadanalaya in Bombay Immigrated to Canada and appointed as the priest of the Vishva Hindu Parishad, Burnaby, B.C. in 1980. After serving as priest for ten years, in 1990 he established the Mahalakshmi Temple and Center for Study of classical Hindi language and literature, music, dance, and spitituality in Vancouver. The Temple congregation consists of 350 families Rev. Izumi did graduate work at the University of San Francisco in the 1960s. He has extensive parish experience in Vancouver, Toronto, and other areas including Japan. As Secretary of the CCH he was responsible for setting up the "Peace and Harmony Among the World Religions" prepatory conference in Vancouver (Sept. 26th). Archarya Dwivedi is a scholar, a counselor, teacher, guru, chaplain, priest, and ecumenical leader with years of experience. He was President of the Calgary Interfaith Association before taking up resident priesthood at the Vedic Hindu Mandir, a growing Hindu parish in Surrey, B.C. He is the vice president of the CCH for Hindu relations and chaplaincy issues. Archaryaj is also a Hindi poet. He publishes a journal of Poetry and conducts a seminar series on Hindi-Urdu poetry Dr. Irfan Ahmad Khan, a graduate of science (1952), Muslim Theology(1956) and Western Philosophy (Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois at Chicago), taught Western and Islamic Philosophy at Aligarh Muslim University, India, and various academic institutions in the US. He is a Trustee of CPWR and the International Peace Council and convener of International Association of Muslims for inter-Religious Relations.
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3:00 PM-5:00 PM IN COMMERCE 2.70 Religion and Modernity Dr. Abdullkader Tayob; Dr. L.W. Mazamisa; Dr. Chirevo Kwenda This programme will be comprised of three presentations on the dialogue of religion with modernity. The first, by Prof. Tayob, will explore the revival of religion in spite of secularisation. This will be followed by an Africanist perspective by Dr. Chirevo Kwenda; and a biblical hermeneutic perspective from Dr. LW. Mazamisa. Well known Islamic scholar in the fields of Islamic historiography, Islamic movements and contemporary Islamic thought: Deputy Director of the Center for Contemporary Islam at the University of Cape Town. Lecturer, Religious Studies Dept., University of Cape Town Lecturer, Religious Studies Dept., University of Cape Town
3:00 PM–3:45 PM IN COMMERCE 2.54 The Special Role of Women in a Multi-Faith World Ms. Elinore Detiger The session is offered not as a presentation, but as a workshop for women and men to join in mutual discussion on the relevance of women within communities which honor diversity. Women all over the world are finding cach other and forming groups, circles, and networks from which some of the greatest acts and gifts of service have come. We will discuss and share how this Parliament can be taken into our immediate communities. Mrs. Elinore Detige trained as an art historian and educator. She has
4:00 PM–5:00 PM IN THEATER 2 The Beauty of all Religions Dr. S.N. Subha Rao The lecture will concentrate on how religious fanaticism has historically caused hatred, and consequently intellectuals have
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