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
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7
Buddhism, and Jainism. Pravin K Shah is a founding Minister of the Jain Study Center of North Carolina and the Director of the Federation of Jain Associations. He conducts Jain workshops to educate youths and adults of America on Jainism. He is the author of a comparative religion book, Essence of World Religion, and has written many articles on Jainism. He maintains the Jain Literature Website www.jainism.org), which has more than 10,000 pages of information,
10:00 AM-10:45 AM IN COMMERCE 3.60 Religion in Education Prof. Poobhalan Pillay This lecture will explore the urgent need for spiritualising the present educational system. Using his publication Enlightened Education as a guide, the speaker outlines Swami Sivanandas insightful views on how this transformation can be made a practical reality in this age. Prof. Poobhalan Pillay is a Professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Durban-Westville. His association with the Divine Life Society stretches back to 1982, where he is an organiser for the Divine Life Society's monthly Yoga Camp. He has also been the Society's past Chairman
10:00 AM-11:30 AM IN COMMERCE 2.54 Telling Our Stories: Religion as Survivor, Perpetrator and Healer of Human Rights Abuses Ms. Charmaine C. Crockett; Dr. Kristi Rudelius-Palmer Religious institutions and individuals have been healers, perpetrators and survivors of contemporary human rights violations. This session will focus on our human story as a continued experience and narrative of despair, hope and liberation. Participants are urged to bring in their personal and collective stories. Materials will be provided. Charmaine Crockett is a human rights activist, writer, and research analyst. She has been active in issues ranging from globalization to spirituality and human rights and has conducted workshops on the latter. She has also been active in United Nations NGO affairs. She is currently editing a human rights anthology with Dr. Charles Fishman and is working on A Daily Guide to the Revolution, a book to revitalize the spirit and spur all to action
US-Palmer is the co-director of the Human Rights center at the University of Minnesota and the founder and director of the Human Rights USA Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for human rights education materials and training. In 1992, Kristi became the founding director for the Partners in Human Rights Education Program, which to date has trained more than 1,000 lawyers, teachers and community advocates to teach approximately 25, 000 youth about their hurnan rights and responsibilities. She has presented at numerous national, regional, and local conferences and has designed and taught primary. secondary, university and community courses on human rights education
2:00 PM-4:00 PM IN COMMERCE 4.15 Conflict Resolution with Heart Ms. Carroll Boone, J.D., M.S.W. Many who pray for peace cannot resolve disagreements in their own families, churches, and communities. This 2 hour workshop offers a practical and transformative approach t address conflicts between individuals, religious organizations, communities, and nations. It can also be used to empower individuals and groups to cooperatively address critical present time needs which confront the human community. This healing brings people together by focusing on expressing and receiving universal feelings and needs, and making clear requests (not demands). The workshop is based on the model of nonviolent for compassionate) communication developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, founder and Education Director of the Center for Nonviolent Communication. Presenter, Carroll Boone, J.D., M.S.W. owns and runs a Coaching and Mediation service. Carroll is an active member of the center for Spiritual Living, empowerment groups and teaches "Communication from the Heart as a Spiritual Practice." Her mediation practice focuses on organization and community dispute resolution.
2:00 PM–3:30 PM IN COMMERCE 2.54 Harmony of Science and Religion Dr. Farzin Aghdasi This presentation will examine the commonly held view that religion and science are opposing forces, and give objective evidence to the contrary. Truth can be found in both the dispassionate study of nature that results in scientific discoveries and also in revealed religions originating from Divine Wisdom. This lecture will illustrate that all religions are fundamentally and that this should lead to greater understanding and harmony among people of all faiths. Dr Farzin Aghdasi is a senior lecturer at the University of Witwatersrand, and a researcher in the application of computers in digital multimedia signal processing and artificial intelligence for pattern recognition with over 40 publications in technical journals. He has served on various Bahái Spiritual Assemblies, and has lectured internationally on the above subject
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2:00 PM–2:45 PM IN COMMERCE 2.56 Christian Muslim Relations: Indonesian Case - The HISRH and Interreligious Dialogue in Indonesia Prof. Dr. Burhanuddin Daja Religious existence can become a source of the strength for humanity, justice, and peace movements. On the opposite side, religious spirit and religious duties can also cause legitimate dissensions, tensions, conflicts and violence. Everyone, including Indonesian citizens, has to avoid these opposite trends through developing religious dialogue traditions Prof. Dr. H. Burhanuddin Daja, born October 9, 1938 west of Sumatra. received a Ph.D. from IAIN 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.
2:00 PM–2:45 PM IN COMMERCE 4.20 New Theological Categories For the Wider Ecumenism: A Challenge to Christians Sr. Carla Mae Streeter The lecture asks that Christians take a wider ecumenical approach to religion. This new theological approach, or category, proposed by the lecture is called Christology. There will be a thorough examination of the challenges ahead for this new context of interreligious dialogue. Carla Mae Streeter, OP is a member of the Order of the Preachers (OP). the Dominicans. She belongs to a woman's community in Racine, Wisconsin Dr. Streeter works on the campus of St. Louis University where she has taught systematic doctrinal) theology for thirteen years. She completed her Doctoral work at the Toronto school of Theology at Regis College in Canada. She is involved in Interfaith dialogue in St. Louis with the Christians, Jewish, and Islamic communities
2:00 PM–2:45 PM IN COMMERCE 2.70 Comparative Religions: East vs. West Mr. Pravin K. Shah The presentation will cover the main features such as human suffering, concept of hell and heaven, liberation, creation of the universe, mysticism, concept of God and His messenger, and the authority of scriptures of Eastern and Western religion, Also, a comparison will be made between Hinduism,
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