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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our sexuality! Let us also convene to create and work for the sexual health in our communities. This workshop is a safe, welcoming and affirming space for all Sisters of Color are especially encouraged to participate. Reverend Carol A Johnson, MIS IS currently working on Doctorate of Ministry and preparing for Unitarian Universalist Community Ministry at Meadville/ Lombard Theological School at University of Chicago. Carol recently earned a Masters of Theological Studies from Harvard University, where, as a student she founded Harvard AIDS Ministries, Harvard's GospelFest for AIDS during AIDS Awareness Week and worked with Dr. White to create and teach curriculums for theological and ethical examinations of public health issues
2:00 PM–3:00 PM IN ENGINEERING 3.46 A Spiritual Framework for the Global Village Mr. Richard Afnan-Holmes This presentation will provide a glimpse into some of the spiritual issues that provide stability, integrity and vision to a united (and diverse) human society. Richard is a Cape Town resident and a member of the Cape Town Baha'i community. He is married with three teenage children. He has degrees in both Engeneering and Computing, and is currently a co-owner and director of a software company
2:00 PM-5:30 PM GOOD HOPE ARENA African Renaissance: The Role of the Religious Communities
10:00 AM-11:30 AM IN THEATER 6 The State of the World's Children at the Millennial Turn Rolf C. Carriere; Monica Sharma; Dr. Jon E. Rohde This lecture will provide the most up-to-date and pertinent information about the plight of the world's children, what is being done, and what remains to be done, with a focus on affordable solutions. In addition, the familiar economic, political, institutional, and financial "explanations for the persistence of poverty will be addressed. The lecture will then introduce the real root causes: psychological denial, spiritual immaturity, and lack of consciousness. Economist; 25 years of experience in social development with various UN agencies, responsible for designing large-scale innovations benefiting millions of children in Asia; currently working as a UNICEF advisor in the World Bank UNICEF Deputy Regional Director in South Asia, supported public health formulation and project design and implementation in the areas of child survival, safe motherhood; worked in large-scale programs in over 25 countries, and is now promoting a rights-based approach to programming for children and wormen. Pediatrician and public health expert of international repute, working in UNICEF AND USAID, an advisor and planner in over 20 developing countries, pioneered the widespread application of many life-saving health and nutrition technologies which have saved many millions of lives. Currently advising the South African government on health reform, working for Management Sciences for Health, Inc.
Imam Rashied Omar A panel presentation featuring South African religious, spiritual, political, and cultural leaders discussing the idea and the reality of African Renaissance. Imam Rashied Omar is an Imam at a Mosque in the City of Cape Town, and is Co-Chair of Parliament of the World's Religions, South Africa. He is also the national Secretary of the World Conference on Religion and Peace, and has a Masters Degree in Comparative Religion from the University of Cape Town
2:00 PM-3:30 PM IN THEATER 2 Critical issues in Development: Values and Integrated Development Analysis Dr. Weishuang Qu This program is a demonstration of the Millennium Institute's Threshold 21 (T21) Integrated Development Model, followed by an interactive discussion on incorporating environmental, social, and economic values in development analysis. A particular focus of the discussion will be on the key issues facing South Africa and how they might be addressed in an integrated development model of the country. Dr. Weishuang Ou is Director of Information Systems at the Millennium Institute. He is a specialist in the application of Science and technology to national development. He has extensive experience in both policy analysis for science and technology decisions and in the transfer of technology among leading research institutions.
11:00 AM–11:45 AM GOOD HOPE ARENA Jubilee: The Teaching of Compassion Rabbi Sjalom Awraham Soetendorp Rabbi Soetendorp will describe his experiences with the Jubliee Year campaign, which works to cancel the crushing debt owed by third world countries. 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.
11:00 AM–12:00 PM IN ENGINEERING 1.22 The Path to God is Strewn with Leaves: Nature as a Means to Self-Realization Ms. Maheshvari Naidu This presentation will explore our awareness of nature and the possibilities of using Nature as our guide to what we may refer to as Presenice. The presenter will explore how mountains. trees, and rivers can be seen as the most natural of teachers, which can help participants peel away the many layers of accrued personality that separates them from experiencing oneness with the world. Ms. Maheshvari Naidu earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Religious Studies. She is a Lecturer at the Centre for Religious Studies at the University of Durban Westville, where she has been lecturing for the past five years.
2:00 PM2:45 PM IN ENGINEERING 3.56 Culture and Medicinal Herbs: The Place of the Gallbladder and Succulent Plants in the Healing Traditions of AbaNguni of Southern Africa Dr. Mthobeli Guma This lecture will introduce the uses of the gallbladder and the centrality of succulent plants in African cosmology. It highlights the necessity for religious bodies to preserve African medicinal plants, for their botanical, social and healing significance. Aba Nguni experience in the use of succulent plants, such as the aloe, demonstrates that herbal medicines in this society are appreciated for their social meaning as intrinsic embodied powers inseparable from a person and his universe. This relationship constitutes the cultural meaning of medicinal plants and their preservation. Dr. Guma is a Medical Anthropologist, trained in Maternal and Child Health, and is a practicing indigenous African Healer. Dr. Guma also specializes in health and illness, professionalization of indigenous healers, African therapeutic systems, religion and politics, culture and health promotion, and cultural diversity and management.
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