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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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 human rights and responsibilities.
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11:00 AM-11:45 AM IN THEATER 5
Human Values and Human Rights in the 21st Century
Mr. Nitin Limaye
Mr. Limaye will speak on behalf of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (who unfortunately had to cancel his planned Parliament appearance) on the deterioration of values in the world as the root cause of societies' problems. He believes in the necessity to reestablish a caring and compassionate society where all life is valued and respected and religious and cultural differences of all kinds are accepted and service to others is the norm. Moreover, the survival of the planet itself depends on the development of "eco-friendly" habitats, instead, of unabated exploitation of resources for personal gain. Thus, even human development is rooted in resurgence of human values.
Mr. Limaye is the personal assistant to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who was the founder of the International Association for ! fuman Values, a nonprofit educational organization recognized and lauded in over 95 country's all over the world. Shankar's programs have worked with the United Nations, UNICEF, the World Health Organization, governments, companies and NGO's dedicated to similar beliefs.
11:00 AM-11:45 AM IN ENGINEERING 1.22 Two Wings of a Bird: The Equality of Women and Men
Ms. Cynthia Thomas
This workshop will provide a closer look at the statement, "Two Wings of a Bird: The Equality of Women and Men," written by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'is of the United States. During the workshop, participants will gain a greater sense of what they can do to bring about the full equality of women and men. They will examine some of the key themes of the statement: the oneness of humanity, the full and equal participation of women in all spheres of life, the ties between education and motherhood, the connection between women and universal peace, and the roles and responsibilities of men in achieving full equality.
Cynthia R. Thomas, B.A., Sociology, Morgan State University, Baltimore. M.A., Education, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Ms. Thomas' extensive experience has earned her a vast repertoire of skills, including group facilitation, multicultural training, administration and management motivation, conflict meditation and team building. She is presently a Career Counselor Supervisor at the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition, she serves as secretary of the National Committee for the Equality of Women and Men (for the Baha' is of the United States).
2:00 PM-2:45 PM IN ENGINEERING 1.13 72 Hours
Mr. Paul Shipman Andrews
People of faith around the world will be participating in an extraordinary and unprecedented act of inter-religious cooperation-72 hours of interfaith peace building at the turn of the millennium from December 31 through January 2. Come hear about the wide range of specific projects that are underway at local and global levels, and explore how you can participate in this millennial gift of the United Religions Initiative. Paul Andrews is a Project Director for the 72 Hours Project, and a member of the United Religions Initiative staff. For the last three years, Mr. Andrews has been Conference Director for the United Religions Initiative Global Summit Conferences. He has worked with the United Religions Initiative since the fall of 1995.
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2:00 PM-3:00 PM IN ENGINEERING 1.22 African Religion and Traditional Healers on HIV/AIDS and STD's in Africa.
Ms. Merci Manci; Fai Fominyaen Ngu
This presentation will illustrate how religion has often served as a means to explain those things about life which mystify people. The presenters will show how African Traditional Religions seek to answer the same fundamental questions as other traditions. The presentation will also describe the efforts of African Traditional Healers to combat the AIDS/HIV crisis in South Africa.
Merci has been practicing Traditional Medicine and Healing in South Africa for 13 years. He initiated and implemented national programmes in HIV/AIDS and STDS education, and recently led training for 36 traditional healers to act as provincial coordinators in organisation and management of activities relating to fighting HIV/AIDS.
Fal Fominyaen Ngu (Edward) Traditional Healer and Priest from Yaomide, Cameroon.
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2:00 PM-5:00 PM IN THEATER 4
The Agony of Tibet and the World's Religions Brahma Das; Br. Wayne Teasdale
This presentation examines the threat of cultural and religious extinction facing the Tibetan people and focuses on the response of the world's religions. The session will include a question and answer period, and features the world premier of Tibet's Stolen Child- an important new movie featuring interviews with six Nobel Laureates.
Brahma Das is the Executive Director of the Council for World Tibet Day. He is serving as Media Director for two other organizations founded by Ma Jaya and he was a Pulitzer Prize nominee in History. (Across the Barricades, Lippincott, 1971) as well as a National Correspondent from the U.S. Senate for Westinghouse Broadcasting. He is now a writer, editor, and consultant on various issues. He also teaches journalism and comparative religion at the River School, a small private School in Sebastian, Florida.
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 theology 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.
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2:00 PM-2:45 PM IN ENGINEERING 3.60 The Challenge of Globalisation
Suleman Dangor
In this presentation Dr. Dangor will analyse the impact of Globalisation on Muslim society.
Associate Professor of Religious Studies with a Specialisation and special interest in: Islam in Africa, Islam in South Africa, Islamic Education, Islamic Revivalists Movements in Africa and Globalisation.
2:00 PM-3:30 PM IN THEATER 7
Economics of Care, Solidarity, and Accountability in Theological Perspective.
Rev. Renate S. Rose; Hans Jecklin
Global world economics today benefit the First World, but harm the people of the Third World and our planet Earth. The 'economics of Jesus' are distribution economics, not supply and demand economics. Distribution economics are economics of hospitality and care, and, according to Dr. Rose, are practiced among the poor of the Third World. Dr. Rose argues that among the poor everyone is accountable to his/her neighbor and to the whole community. There is no 'profit-making' aim involved, but the satisfaction of basic needs. Corporations,
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