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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Commission for Religious Affairs
Dr. Faizel Randera, Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner
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Ms. Welikazi Sokutu, Umtata Women's Group
5 December, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The Two-Thirds World has AIDS: Deconstructing the Politics of Health and Medicine
HIV/AIDS is wreaking havoc across Africa and much of the developing world. It confronts health care workers and religious people with complex cultural, sexual, and moral questions, intensified by globalising political and economic forces.
Ms. Nomsa Hani, Research Institute of the University of Cape Town
Mr. Chris Mbude, Job Creation for HIV Positive People
Ms. Sarojini Nadir, Chair of the Centre for Study of Religion at the University of Cape
Town
Dr. Manto Tshabala-Msimang, Minister of Health
Ms. Bongi Zenele, Thandanani AIDS group in KwaZulu Natal 5 December, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Magicians of the Market
Professor Bernard Lategan, Chair of the University of Stellenbosch
The triumph of the market economy has been hailed by some and criticized by others. Can the market really solve our problems and enhance our life-worlds? This is an issue religions cannot afford to ignore.
Mr. Jeremy Cronin, South Africa's Communist Party Professor Pieter Le Roux, University of Western Cape Reverend Caesar Molebatsi, Television presenter
Mr. Neville Gabriel, South Africa Director for Jubilee 2000 5 December, 4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
African Renaissance
A powerful panel discussion of one of the most important ideas now shaping the future of the continent, which finds particular expression in the Presidency of Thabo Mbeki.
Panelists to be announced.
7 December, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Interfaith Participation in the Transformation of Society Despite the attitudes of ingrained conservatism of many religious and political practitioners, and interfaith and interdisciplinary cooperation is emerging in the quest to transform society. In this presentation, many distinguished panelists will share the stories of projects that are working to transform society in South Africa.
Dr. Kyalushi Koka, Kara Heritage Institute
Reverend Cedric Mayson, Commission for Religious Affairs for the African National Congress
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S Y M P OSIA
Professor Martin Prozesky, Unilever Research Institute at the University of Natal
Melanie Verwoerd, Member of Parliament in South Africa
WORLD S RELIGION S
SCIENCE
AND RELIGION
AT HOME IN THE UNIVERSE
a symposium on the developing dialogue between science and religion:
1. The Universe Story: Science at the New Millennium,
II. The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology, and
III. Science and Religion: Resource and Challenge for Each Other in the Coming Millennium.
Sessions will be held at the University of Cape Town, Leslie Building, on December 2,3,4,5 from 10:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. daily (with a lunch break from noon to 2:00 P.M.).
I. The Universe Story: Science at the New Millennium begins on
Thursday, December 2, 1999
Origins, a whole-day dialogue of current ideas on the origin and evolution of matter, life and mind.
10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
Our Universe in Space and Time
Eric Carlson, Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum, Chicago
11:00 a.m.
The Origin of Life on Earth
Clifford Matthews, University of Illinois at Chicago
12:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Earthdance: Living Systems in Evolution Elisabet Sahtouris, Living Systems Design
3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
The Appearance of Humankind Matt Cartmill, Duke University
4:00 p.m. 4:45 p.m. Searching for Our Ancestors
Ronald Clarke, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain Terrence Deacon, Boston University
Friday, December 3, 1999
The Universe Story continues with Questions Arising? concerning cultural evolution, consciousness and creativity, with presentations by:
KORAN RAJA OBALA (MARS (95)
10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
Science and Faith
George Johnson, the New York Times, author of Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith and the Search for Order
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cosmology and Religion
George Ellis, University of Cape Town, co-author of On the Moral Nature of the Universe: Theology, Cosmology and Ethics
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