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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1999 PARLIAMENT OF THE
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10:00 AM-12:00 PM IN COMMERCE 2.57 A New View of Christ and Christianity That Harmonizes with All Religions
Rev. Julian Sleigh; Richard Goodall
Christianity has been a world religion for 20 centuries, and the presenters will explore their hopes for Christianity in the coming century. The presenters will share their vision of Christianity harmonizing with all religions, with particular focus on Christianity's relationship with the Eastern traditions. This lecture will be followed by a group discussion facilitated by the presenters.
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Julian Sleigh grew up in Italy and England, and emigrated to South Africa in 1958. He studied Political Science at the London School of Economics, where he earned his Bachelors of Science with Honors. He became an ordained Minister in the Christian Community in 1965, and was appointed as the Leading Minister for Southern Africa in 1985. He is the author of three books: Crisis Points, Thirteen to Nineteen, and Discovering the Light.
Richard Goodall was born in Zululand to Anglican missionary parents. He grew up in various missionary and town-parish settings in the Transvaal, Lesotho and Transkei, and attended the St. Andrew's School for boys in Bloemfontein. He was ordained in 1993, and has since worked as a parish Priest in South Germany and Cape Town. I le presently serves the Christian Community congregation in Plumstead, Cape Town.
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The Arts: A Ladder for the Soul, Creative Process as Spiritual Journey
Mrs. Suzanne Kay Bamford
Come learn how two Hollywood screenwriters, husband and wife, took one year off to make a film closer to their hearts and more in line with their spiritual values. This lecture will begin with a short screening of their film to be followed by a talk and discussion with Mrs. Suzanne Kay Bamford. Suzanne will talk about the purpose of art (and media in general) in the 21st Century and the role/responsibility of the artist in this new millennium. She will also share her ideas as to how film and other arts can act as a means to unite mankind, uplift the human spirit, and promote (without proselytizing) spiritual qualities and values shared by all people of goodwill, regardless of faith. Other questions regarding aesthetics, society, and spirituality will be explored.
Suzanne Kay received a Masters Degree in Journalism from Columbia University. She worked for CNN News in Atlanta and was an editor for an African-American woman's magazine. Later, she went into television and film writing. Most recently, she worked with her husband, director Mark Bamford, on the short film "Hero" which she co-wrote and produced. Suzanne is a member of the Baha'i faith.
10:00 AM-11:30 AM IN COMMERCE 2.54 Can Another Religion Really Contribute to My Faith?
Rev. Eileen L. Epperson; Rev. Barbara K. Ducharme If we can shift our approach to other religions from threat to value and be grounded in our own faith, we can encounter any religion as an opportunity for deep enrichment. In this workshop, we will look at a model which views any religion as a particular access to the Eternal or Divine or Real. How does each religion speak to basic human experiences of being lost and being found, being timeserving or time-transcending, being divided or being whole? How does each address questions such as: what is worth living and dying for? What constitutes sin (misdoing, mistakes)? The workshop uses two or three particular religious traditions in its inquiry.
Rev. Elleen L. Epperson (Presbyterian) Interim Ministry specialist, yoga teacher. Engaged in interfaith ministries in school, hospital, parish settings, and interfaith dialogue for 30 years. She is committed to global interfaith partnerships and the sustainable end of all religious violence by 2020. Rev. Barbara K. Ducharme is Executive Director of the Nurse Practitioner
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Associates for Continuing Education in the United States. She has earned her MBA and EdM, and has developed and delivered many effective communications workshops for church congregations.
10:00 AM-10:45 AM IN COMMERCE 4.20 Coming Out in a Faith Community: Personal and Political Challenges
Mr. Mark Jacobs
This workshop will provide an opportunity for gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals and their allies to discuss the personal and political challenges of coming out in their communities. An opportunity to share stories, build solidarity, and share strategies about confronting this human rights challenge within faith communities.
Serving since 1994 as the director of COEJL, Mark Jacobs' work includes building a national network of Jewish environmental activists and educators, developing educational and programmatic materials on Judaism and ecology, and engaging national and local Jewish agencies in political advocacy through both COEJL and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. Mark appeared in the joint ABC TV/COEJL documentary, Visions of Eden: A Jewish Perspective on the Environment, and his columns on environmental issues appear regularly in Jewish papers around the country.
10:00 AM-10:45 AM IN COMMERCE 3.60 Cross-Tradition Participation: Reconfiguring the Terms of Interfaith Dialogue
Dr. Claude N. Stulting Jr.
Interfaith dialogue typically occurs among different religious traditions whose members see themselves as having exclusive allegiance to their own tradition. Those who belong to a tradition not their own are thus viewed as the "other," as those who stand over against us in potential conflict. Cross-traditions participation, such as we find among Muslims and Hindus in South India, can help lay the groundwork for revising these presuppositions regarding "otherness" and conflict, and thus facilitate a new model for interfaith dialogue.
Dr. Claude N. Stulting Jr. is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Furman University in Greenville, SC. Most recently. Claude Stulting has been working with Diana Eck on the Harvard Pluralism Project as an Affiliate Researcher. He has also been involved in the creation of a new Interfaith organization in Greenville, S. C., Faith Communities united.
10:00 AM-11:30 AM IN COMMERCE 4.15 Global Brotherhood: Building an Internet Church
Rev. Dr. Honora Finkelstein; Ms. Susan Smily Part I will be a brief overview of interfaith spirituality, and the importance of respecting and supporting spiritual diversity. Part Il will be a demonstration of the strands to different links available on the World Wide Web, for example: sermons. newsletters, spiritual networks, resources, etc. Part III will offer a discussion of how to use the full benefit of what is already available Part IV will discuss how the Internet can be used to take the place of, or as an adjunct to, a physical church for a fraction of the cost.
Honora Finkelstein, Ph.D. is a writer, teacher, heater, and interfaith minister. She is also a Reiki teacher/master and certified "Oneness" facilitator. She is qualified to run this workshop because of her experience of teaching workshops and giving lectures internationally (over 55 years of combined experience with Ms. Smily) and the development of a website of over 1000 pages (www.sunweaver.com).
Susan Smily, MA., is a writer, teacher, healer, and interfaith minister. She is a Reiki teacher/master and certified "Oneness" facilitator
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