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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the Bahamas, and Australia. She has degrees in mathematics, science, education, and has completed extensive graduate work in theology and global issues. She is currently the Vice-President of British Columbia Teachers for Peace and Global Education, and Director of the Wellness Center
10:00 AM-11:30 AM IN PODIUM HALL A Moral Imperative: Pathways to Global Security and Ending the Threat of Nuclear Annihilation Mr. Jonathan Granoff (Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen); Jacob Selebi; Dr. Wally N'Dow; Sr. Joan Kirby Over 5,000 nuclear warheads remain on high alert threatening all life on earth. It is a moral imperative to end this threat and pursue security through other more spiritually and ethically coherent means. This presentation has three world recognized experts in the fields of diplomacy, law, disarmament and human development. Ambassador Selebi will explain how we can move to a nuclear weapon free world. Mr. Granoff will present a statement for endorsement by the world's religious leaders. Dr. N'Dow will address human security issues. Jonathan Granoff Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen) is an attorney, author, awardwinning screenwriter, and a public advocate for the legal, ethical, and spiritual dimension of human development and peace. He is an executive of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, the Temple of Understanding, and the Middle Powers Initiative as well as an advisor to the International Association of Sufism and Inner Directions. He is the UN Representative of Lawyer's Alliance for World Security and State of the World Forum, and Vice Pres. of the NGO Committee on Disarmament at the UN Ambassador Jacob Selebi is an internationally recognized diplomat and a leader in disarmament. He is presently serving as the Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa and is the President Elect of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2000 Review Conference. He has served in the following capacities Member of Parliament of South Africa, Chairman of United Nations Human Rights Commission, Executive Committee and Leader of African National Congress Youth League, South African Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva. Dr. Wally N'Dow is a leader in the global effort to help make human settlements liveable and sustainable, with adequate and safe shelter for all. He has served as a Presidential Advisor in his own country and has been actively engaged in numerous international development programs in positions such as Secretary General of Habitat Il Conference on Human Settlements and Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and Head of United Nations Center for Human Settlements (Habitat). He is Special Advisor to the Administrator of UNDP in New York. Sr. Joan Kirby, a member of the Sacred Heart, has been Executive Director of the Temple of Understanding since 1994. She has developed educational interfaith programs for people of different faith traditions. At present she is collaborating with Auburn Theological Seminary and the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute on a program of immersion in Seven Different Religious Traditions. She is a member of the Assembly of the Parliament of the World's Religions Before coming to the Temple she worked with homeless families and mentally ill homeless.
10:00 AM-11:00 AM IN ENGINEERING 1.19 Greatest Human Enemy- Man-Made Conflicts Dr. Jerry C.L. Chang The speaker believes most human suffering is caused by manmade conflicts. They range from the increasing breakdown of the basic human family such as divorce, child abuse and drug addiction, to the breakdown at the community, national and international levels of crimes, ethnic cleansing, religious persecutions and racial conflicts around the world. Unfortunately, our society today still resorts to force and punishment as the only ways to resolve man-made conflicts. The speaker will show that such ways, at best, will provide only temporary solutions. He believes the long term solution is through reconciliation, that we must seek ites commor ground, and realize we have more commonalities than differences. Furthermore, where differences do exist, we must seek to understand and appreciate them. The alternative is grim indeed, as our globe shrinks in size, with more people sharing fewer resources. Jerry CL Chang has a B.S., M.S., D.Sc. in Engineering, and a Masters in Public and international Affairs. He has been a Chief Design Engineer and Professor in the U.S., Advisor in Nigeria and Ecuador, Vice President of Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok and of East West Center in Honolulu, United Nations Representative in Paraguay with rank of Ambassador; Ex. Dir. of World Vision Taiwan and V.P. at Large of World Vision International. He has traveled to about 100 countries. Born and raised in China, Dr. Chang is now a US citizen and married with four children
10:00 AM–11:00 AM IN ENGINEERING 3.56 Healing our Hearts: Working for Interfaith Reconciliation in India Dr. Andreas D'Souza; Mrs. Diane D'Souza This lecture is an introduction to the practical work of laying the foundations for peace. Our input focuses on the work of the Henry Martyn Institute in Hyderbad, India, particularly on its work of bringing Hindus and Muslims together in violence
inner city areas. After an overview, Andreas and Diane D'Souza will facilitate a discussion of this aspect of building strong interfaith relationships. Andreas D'Souza is the Director of the Henry Martyn Institute. He has his Ph.D. in Islamic studies from McGill, is a former Capuchin Monk, and teaches yoga. Diane D'Souza is the assistant director at the Henry Martyn Institute in Charge of practical outreach and engagements. She is involved in the academic study of religion, as well as being an artist, and a student of the Bharatnatayam Dance Form.
10:00 AM-10:45 AM IN ENGINEERING 1.13 Applying Buddhist Values in Conflict Resolution
Mr. Tadashige Takamura As humankind stands on the verge of the third millennium, we are faced with a "new isolationism". This presentation addresses the identity crisis which underlies this isolationism, by upholding that the answer is a cosmology that recognizes the intrinsic nature, worth, and potenial of all human life. Tadashige Takamura is Dean of the Faculty of Law at Soka University in Japan. He is also the Director of the Peace Research Institute, and Professor of Political Science. He is the author of several books, including International Political Science and Religion and Building Peace.
Critical Issues
10:00 AM–11:30 AM IN ENGINEERING 3.46 Global Education: A Movement and Methodology
10:00 AM-10:45 AM IN THEATER 9 Interfaith Gifts in New York NY Regional Committee for the Parliament The New York Regional Executive Committee for the Parliament of the World's Religions, a consortium of United Nations and NGO representatives, spiritual and religious leaders, youth and community activists, will offer gifts/projects that will facilitate global partnerships in areas of human rights and security. media, intercultural and interfaith cooperation, values and ethics. The committee will also issue a call to Parliament participants to lobby their local and national governments to declare December 1-8 of every year leading up to the 2004 Parliament, "Interfaith Week No biographical statement available at time of printing
Ms. Pummy Kaur This interactive workshop will offer participants a chance to dialogue with others interested in the topic of Global Education and interreligious curriculum. Following a lecture providing an overview of education history and methodology, participants will be invited to discuss how to infuse global education into other guiding institutions. Pummy Kaur has played, learned and worked in India England, Canada,
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