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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lives. Our discussion will include concept, organization, process, and implementation strategies. Mitchell Gold is the Vice President of North American Affairs for the International Association of Educators for World Peace. He also conceptualized the 1% Solution and is carrying the idea forward as a part of an educational program teaching. The program is based upon the development of common core curriculum concepts demonstrating the inter-connectedness of all things. Luciano Meira, poet and journalist is the advisor to the President of Legion of Good Will and Temple of Good Will, Jose de Paiva Netto. Meira is the liaison of the Legion to the United Nations and the chairman of the International Liaisons of the International Association of Educators for World Peace. Dr. Nina Lynn Meyerhof is the founder of Children of the Earth. Her vision is to effect social change through conscious, holistic education. Working tirelessly as the Director of Special Education for 10 schools in Vermont, Nina travels the world bringing her perspective on necessary teachings to multidisciplinary models in order to build a culture of peace.
in 1999-2000. The original computer study Limits To Growth written in 1972 (which sold over 9 million copies in over 30 languages) predicted that, if trends in world population, food production, industrialization, and pollution continued, the limits to growth on this planet would be reached within the next 100 Inow 70) years. These projections have proven correct. Mr. Harris has spent the last 30 years giving his time and money to organizations in the environmental population, energy efficiency agriculture and peace fields. Mr. Harris has served on several Boards of Directors, and occasionally chaired these groups.
2:00 PM–3:30 PM IN SCIENCE 2.70 A Way for Religion and Spirituality to Morph from Root Cause of War to Culture of Peace: The Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice for the 21st Century Ms. Kathy Uhler: Mr. Bawa Jain Preminder; Rev. Park Hee Soo; Mr. Leonard Marks; Sr. Georgene Wilson The panel discussants will present The Hague Agenda to the Parliament of the World's Religions as a Gift of Service from the thousands of participants of The Hague Appeal for Peace Conference (11-15 May 1999). Each panelist will highlight how The Hague Agenda serves also as a Call to Religion to encourage their adherents to work together within and across traditions to address critical social issues of the day. Kathy Uhler is the Chair of The Hague Focus Group on Religion and Spirituality and Co-Director of Fransiscans International Bawa Jain Preminder, an adherent of Jainism, is Director for International & UN Affairs for the Interfaith Center of New York: and Trustee for the Parliament of the World's Religions. Rev. Park Hee Soo Chung Sook) is a Won Buddhist abbess who serves in Seoul, Korea. Leonard Marks has been teaching self-healing meditation classes for many years and edited a meditation book entitled, Realize What You Are . He is President of the New York Lawyers Alliance for World Security and founder of the Co-Existence Center of Baruch College. Sr. Georgene Wilson, Order of St. Francis, is both a facilitator and a witness in this lecture. She is a contemplative and a teacher of spirituality who lives, moves, and has her being at Wisdom Webbings Anchorhold in Wheaton, Illinois, USA
2:00 PM-5:30 PM IN ST. MARKS Becoming Global Citizens: The Contribution of Indigenous Religions to a Global Ethic Dr. Kay A. Read; Dr. Teresia Hinga; Dr. Laurenti Magesa; Prof. Tabitha Kanogo; Dr. Grace Wamue; Gerarl Wanjohi; Dr. Adam Chepkwony; Prof. Theodora Ayot This workshop will bring together representatives of indigenous peoples from around the world to reflect on which ways in which the wisdom of indigenous peoples can contribute to a
global ethic as envisioned in the 1993 Parliament. The panelists will be drawn from concerned academics who began critically to engage indigenous world views as well as practitioners of indigenous religions as activists who argue for the case of applying indigenous wisdom as they respond to the multiple ethical issues that confront humanity today. Professor Kay Read teaches courses on Native American and Meso American indigenous peoples at DePaul University, USA. Teresia Mbari Hinga is assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at DePaul University in Chicago, IL She has written extensively on issues surrounding women and religion in Africa. Book Chapters have included Christianity and Female Puberty Rites in Africa: The Agikuyu Case, Between Colonization and inculturation: Feminist Theologies in Africa. Under a research grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. Hinga produced a research report, The Role of Religious Networks in the Provision of Education to Women in Africa. Dr. Laurenti Magesa is Tanzanian Catholic Priest and author of African Religions: The Moral Traditions of Abundant Life Associate Professor of African History, University of California Berkeley Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Kenyatta University, Nairobi. Kenya. Professor of Philosophy, Nairobi University Chairperson, Department of Religion, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya. Theodore Ayot is an Associate Professor of African History at North Park College in the United States
Critical Issues
2:00 PM–2:45 PM IN ENGINEERING 3.44
2:00 PM–2:45 PM IN ENGINEERING 1.19 An Interfaith Approach to HIV/AIDS Ministry
Conflict Resolution: A Muslim Perspective Reverend Kenneth T. South
Dr. Asad Husain This workshop will help participants to understand how various
The world is full of conflicts, many of which are caused by or religious traditions including Christians, Jews, Hindus, and
linked to interreligious confrontation. This presentation will Buddhists can work together to provide a range of responses
focus on the role of the Council for a Parliament of the World's to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. In particular, the workshop will
Religions in bringing peace to a war torn world. explore how the AIDS National Interfaith Network of the United
Asad Husain, Professor Emeritus, Northeastern Illinois University, and States has been successful in helping various traditions
President of American Islamic College. He is also a founder of the London
(UK) and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) based Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs, overcome those elements that have separated them in the past
and a trustee of CPWR. to work together for a future where there is physical and spiritual healing of HIV/AIDS. Rev. Kenneth T. South is the former executive director of the ADS
2:00 PM–4:00 PM IN COMMERCE 3.55 National Interfaith Network where he served for 10 years. He has presented at numerous workshops and conferences across the US and at
Education as Transformation: International the 1993 Parliament He has a BA in non-profit management and MDiv.
Perspectives in theology. Hewas ordained in 1972 in the United Church of Christ.
Dr. Peter Laurence; Rev. Victor H. Kazanian, Jr.; Ms.
Diana Dana 2:00 PM–2:45 PM IN THEATER 5
This workshop is presented by the Education as Transformation Are We Beyond the Limits to Growth?
Project at Wellesley College. The project has been working
since 1996 to develop programs that address the rapidly Mr. John A. Harris
increasing religious diversity among students on college and This is an update of Beyond the Limits, which will be published
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