Parliament of Worlds Religion 1999 Capetown SA

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
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1 9 9 9 PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS DIALOGUE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7
implications of the answer will also be explored. Prof. Syed Salman Nadvi received his PH.D. from the University of Chicago in Islamic Studies. Presently, he is the Deputy Dean, and formerly the head of Islamic Studies, at the University of Durban Westville in South Africa. He also serves on the editorial boards of several Academic Journals, and is the author of many research articles. Professor Zafar Ishaq Ansari graduated from the University of Karachi (MA) and McGill University (Ph.D.). He has published extensively, and now heads the prestigious Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. A.B. Mahomed is a prominent Mulsim community leader, an attorney and author
10:00 AM–12:00 PM IN THEATER 4 Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter & Global Problems Dr. Rosemary R. Ruether; Mr. Sulak Sivaraksa; Dr. David W. Chappell; Dr. Sehul Ogden; Ven. Dr. Yifa Six members from the International Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter will reflect on their sixteen-year experience of dialogue and their joint work on issues of ecology. world peace, and the global economy. Dr. Rosemary Radford Ruether is the Georgia Harkness Professor of Applied Theology at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and the author or editor of 35 books and many articles in the area of feminist, liberation and ecological theologies and interreligious and intercultural relations. Sulak Sivaraksa is a world-renowned Thai Buddhist social activist. Sutak is the author of Secds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society and Global Healing and is the founder of the international Network of Engaged Buddhists and is actively involved in the Buddhism and Social Welfare Project in South and Southeast Asia. David W. Chappell has a PhD from Yale University. He is the Director of the East West Religions Project, a founding member and past president1993-95) of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies and is currently a professor and Graduate Chair of the Religion Department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. With the convictions that what unites people is more than what divides them, he has focused his work not only on Christian, Buddhist and Taoist studies, but on exploring their boundaries and inter-connections in society. Sehul Ogden is a University Distinguished Professor of Theology Emeritus at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX., where he taught for thirty-four years. He earned an A.B. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and his D.B. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago where he taught for three years. He has written seven books, contributed to some fifty more and translated and edited the writings of Rudolf Bultman His most recent books are is There Only One True Religion Or Are There many? and Doing Theology Today Ven Yifa is a Fo Guang Shan Humanistic Buddhist Order, Bhikkhuni. Ven. Yifa received her Ph.D. from Yale University, USA
10:00 AM–11:30 AM IN COMMERCE 4.15 Dialogue and Action: An Interreligious Model from Washington, DC Rev. Dr. Clark Lobenstine; Mr. Anders Nyberg; Rev. Elizabeth Orens Since 1978, the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington (IFC) has been a pioneer in inter-religious dialogue and in collaborative work for social and economic justice. The workshop will share learning experiences and resources from more than 20 years of this work. It is believed to be the first staffed organization in the world with this dual purpose to involve the Islamic, Jewish, Protestant, and Roman Catholic faith communities and their leaders in a metropolitan area. The Baha'i, Hindu, Jain, Latter-day Saints, and Sikh communities are now also members and other traditions are applying to join. The IFC has been described by The Washington Post as "one of the most dynamic, diverse inter-religious coalitions in the United States." Rev. Dr. Clark Lobenstine has served the broad religious community in the metropolitan Washington, DC area since 1979, he has been the only Executive Director of the InterFaith Conference (IFC). Its members invlude the Baha'i, Hindu and Jain, Islamic, Jewish, Latter-day Saints, Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Sikh faith communities. The Inter Faith Conference is also one of the few such groups engaging diverse communities in working for social and economic justice and increasing understanding. Anders Nyberg is a choral conductor, arranger and composer. He has worked extensively conducting concerts and holding workshops all over the world. Rev. Elizabeth Orens is a chaplain of Washington National Cathedral School for Girls, teaches world religions there and is President of the IFC
10:00 AM-11:30 AM IN COMMERCE 2.56 Christian - Muslim Relations: Indonesian Case Study Rev. Djaka Soetapa; Prof. Dr. Burhanuddin Daja; Prof. E. Gerrit Singgih This panel will give a historical study of the relationship between Christians and Muslims in Indonesia. The panel will also provide an overview of the present state of this relationship, and it will explore attempts to show how this relationship could be based on theological grounds. Rev. Djaka Soetapa is professor of Islamic Studies in the Theological Faculty of Duta Wacana Christian University and Chairman of the Center for the Study of Religions in Yogyakarta. Prof. Dr. H. Burhanuddin Daja, born October 9, 1938 west of Sumatra, received a Ph.D. from VAN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta. Daja is a professor in the Comparative Study of Religion and Islamic Modern Thought. He lives in Yogyakarta together with his wife and three daughters. E. Gerrit Singgih is a lecturer on the Theological faculty of Duta Wacana Christian University and the Director of post-graduate studies in Theology
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1 0:00 AM-11:30 AM IN COMM 2.60 Jewish-Christian Relations: A Model for the Interreligious Movement Br. Wayne Teasdale; Dr. John Pawlikowski; Rabbi Herb Bronstein This seminar looks at the stormy history of Jewish-Christian relations, lessons of the holocaust, and examines the Vatican's document on the holocaust from both a Catholic and Perspective. The seminar will essentially explore the applications of this relationship for the interfaith movement. Brother Wayne Teasdale is a Christian sannyasi, or renunciate (lay monk) in the lineage of Father Bede Griffiths, O.S.B. Cam. He has a Ph.D. in
from Fordham University, and is an adjunct professor at DePaul University, Columbia College and Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He serves on the board of directors of the Parliament of the World's Religions, writes, lectures widely, including Common Ground in the Chicago area, and gives occasional retreats. His new book is The Mystic Heart. Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions. Professor Pawlikowski teaches Social Ethics at the Catholic Theological Union, which is part of an ecumenical cluster of theological schools at the University of Chicago. He is a Prest of the Servite Order. He is the author and editor of over ten books, and a contributor to numerous journals. Pawlikowski has devoted his life to supporting human rights Herbert Bronstein teaches Comparative Religion at Lake Forest College and has been a Scnior Scholar at the North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, Illinois for over 25 years. He has combined a successful vocation as a congregational rabbi with life long achievements in scholarship, academic teaching, and lecturing at various universities
10:00 AM–12:00 PM IN COMMERCE 2.57 Democracy, Liberalism, and Secularism - an Islamic Perspective Prof. Syed Salman Nadvi; Dr. Zafar Ishaq Ansari; Advocate A.B. Mahomed It is important to seek clarity about the definition of the terms Democracy, Liberalism and Secularism, as they play a fundamental role in the western political system and politics. This presentation will answer the question whether the differences between the Islamic perspective and that of the West are so fundamental that they cannot be bridged. The
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