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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however, show very little accountability to the Third World and often exploit its citizens. There will be a panel discussion after the lecture presentation by Dr. Rose.
Renate S. Rose studied economics and public policy in Germany. After receiving her Ph.D., she worked for twelve years in international organizations before moving to the USA where she studied theology at Harvard (Master of Divinity) and San Francisco Theological Seminary (Doctor of Ministry). Ordained by the United Church of Christ, she worked as a pastor in Hawaii and for seven years as Professor of New Testament in the Philippines.
Hans Jecklin (1938) is a businessman Jacklin Music Company, Zurich, Switzerland). In addition, he assists individuals and groups on unfolding their consciousness and discovering meaning in their personal and business lives. As a collaborator of the Institute for Spiritual Development of Consciousness in Politics and the Economy (ISPE) at the Lassalle-House in Bad Schoenbrunn, Edibach ZG, Switzerland, he is in charge of the manifesto A Global Economy for the Benefit of the World Community.
2:00 PM-3:00 PM IN ENGINEERING 1.19 Environmental Issues in Indian Country
Mr. Herman Agoyo; Ms. Patricia Locke; Mr. Rex Talousi American Indians continue to stand firm to protect Mother Earth. Many of the Indian Nations spend a great deal of energy to fight against the degradation of the planet. Pollution has had grave, negative affects on American Indian land and continues to cause great danger to the lives of American Indians. This presentation will focus on the efforts of American Indian environmentalists, as protectors of Mother Earth.
Herman Agoyo, San Juan Pueblo, is active in repatriation issues in his community. He is a life time councilman, 4 times Lt. Governor. I term Governor, and term Chairman of All Indian Pueblo Council for the Pueblo and New Mexico Indian Tribes.
Patricia Locke is a Hunk Papa. Lakota/Dakota-White Earth Chippewa and lives on the Standing Rock Reservation. She currently teaches at the University of Southern Maine. As a McArthur Fellow, she worked to help indigenous people recover their language and self determination in education. She was Chair of the Indigenous Women's Caucus at the Women's Conference in Beijing. She helped 17 American Indian Nations to initiate colleges on their reservation.
Mr. Talousi is a spiritual leader for his nation and he is active within his foundation, the Red Rock Foundation.
2:00 PM-2:30 PM IN THEATER 5 Future of Faith Traditions and the State of the Future
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Dr. L.M. Singhvi
The historical and sociological perspectives on the rise and decline of faith traditions are of crucial relevance in cosmopolitan contemporary society. Multiculturalism and the precept of interfaith amity based on opposition to intolerance and discrimination provide a confluence point for a creative conception of the future of faith tradition. Humankind may have become less religious in the traditional sense but we cannot afford to allow ourselves to be less ethical or less spiritual. Therefore, we need to reshape our present to preserve the best of the past and to build an ethically relevant and spiritually meaningful future. We also need to match the so called secular movements with a sense of the sacred, as well as to match the emphasis on rights with an equal emphasis on duties and responsibilities.
Patron of the Institute of Jainology and leading scholar of Jainism and of Vedic and Indic religions. Member of World Faiths Development Dialogue Steering Group.
2:00 PM-3:00 PM IN ENGINEERING 3.44 The Importance of Spiritual and Cultural Rights in Human Rights
Dr. Abdul G Elgoni
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position that cultural and spiritual identity is a human right, and that there is a need to rewrite the human rights charter to address the importance of spiritual and cultural rights. He also calls for an international forum for mutual research and comparative religious studies to enrich our future and enhance the creation of balanced globalisation.
Dr. Elgoni, M.B.B.S. and MSc., is a medical doctor and Muslim scholar who balances his professional and spiritual responsibilities. He has enjoyed and valued mutual understanding with other believers, and is promoting this understanding.
2:00 PM-2:45 PM IN ENGINEERING 3.56 The Medical Implications of Religious Moral Behaviors
Dr. Paul W. Ulbrich
Medical models and statistics show that half of the approximately two million deaths in the USA that occur each year were premature and could have been prevented by behavioral modifications of life styles. This lecture will show that most religious health care interventions are more preventative and efficacious than conventional pharmacological and surgical medical post hoc interventions for the prevention of premature mortality and morbidity. Religious voluntary moral behaviors have resulted in the prevention of an unknown but significant number of health problems, and certainly could be used for the prevention of a large number of other probable future medical problems. This program is sponsored by the Institute for World Spirituality.
Dr. Paul Ulbrich is a board certified emergency Physician, both Osteopathic and Allopathic, who has practiced and instructed residences and students in emergency medicine on the south side of Chicago for the last 25 years. He is presently a visiting Scholar at the Chicago Center for Religion and Science, and a member of the First Unitarian Church of Chicago.
2:00 PM-2:45 PM IN ENGINEERING 1.31 Rebuilding European Jewry
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Rabbi Sjalom Awraham Soetendorp
In this lecture, Rabbi Soetendorp will explore his experience as a survivor of the shoah, and how that experience was full of destruction and despair. He will also describe his work in the Netherlands and the former Soviet Union to rebuild communities. He will also present the lessons which can be drawn from his experience for a more humane future, as represented in his new initiative, Hope for Children.
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Rabbi Soetendorp is currently the Rabbi of the Reform Jewish Community of the Hague, and Rabbi of the Union of Dutch Reform Jewish Communities. A survivor of the Holocaust, he has been a long standing Human Rights activist. He frequently lectures at many Universities and Centers around the world.
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Secular Globalization and Cultural Pluralism: The Question of Existentiality of Religious Traditions
Dr. Ahmet Davutoglu
This lecture looks at preparing an intellectual ground to validate the existence of religious traditions in the contemporary world. Dr. Davutoglu will critically examine the emptiness of secular (that is anti-religious) humanism in this concern. He will conclude the lecture by proposing a better alternative.
Dr. Ahmet Davutoglu has written extensively on contemporary political and philosophical issues. He teaches at the Dept. of Political Science, Marmare University, Istanbul, and heads the Foundation of the Studies in Arts and Science, Istanbul, Turkey. He is the author of Alternative Paradigms (University Press of America, 1994) and Civilizational Transformation and the Muslim World (Quill, 1994).