Parliament of Worlds Religion 2004 Barcelona

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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Program Descriptions Thursday, July 8, 2004 INTRARELIGIOUS SESSION 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Dr. Jaswant Singh Neki is an author and is the Honorary General Secretary of Sahitya Sadon, New Delhi.
The Future of Christianity in the Spanish Young People Felix Ortiz Jaume Galobart Duran Miquel Calavia Room 132, Panel Discussion
Gurtej Singh has been a college professor, worked as an administrator, and also as a high functionary of a political party. He is the author of six books, and a number of articles for newspapers and magazines. Dr. Gursharan Singh Sandhu is the Chairman of the Department of Philosophy at Punjabi University, Patiala. Dr. Sandhu has published numerous books and articles on philosophical topics and guided seven students for Ph.D degrees. Dr. Nirmal Singh Nelvi works with the Guru Nanak Academy in the United States
Panel discussion in which Catholics and Protestants can develop a dialogue about the current situation of youth and the perspectives for the future.
Felix Ortiz has a B.A. in History and a Master in Christian Education from the Southwestern Theological Seminary (Texas); he is a professor at the Spanish Baptist Theological Seminary
Religious Mandala Mireia Montserrat Viñes Roig
Jaume Galobart Duran has a B. A. in Medicine.
130, Spanish Interactive Workshop
Miquel Angel Calavia is Director of the Don Bosco Center for Religious Studies in Barcelona. He is also a teacher of Phenomenology and Pedagogy of Religion.
Workshop consisting in creating a Tibetan mandala. The objective is to learn to know the deep meaning of mandala, that is, the symbolism of universe and divinity, and the interior harmony that makes it possible.
Diversity of Traditions in Eastern Christianity Prof. Sebastià Janeres Vilaró
Mireia Montserrat has been practicing Buddhism since 1985 and she is a disciple of Ven Kalu Rimpoché. She is the director of the Center Kagyu Do. Ngak Cho Ling in Palma de Mallorca and is in charge of the monastery of Hosca, Dag Shang Kagyu.
Room 134 Lecture
Ramon Llull: A Model Bridge between Cultures Dr. Carles Llinàs Puente Dr. Ignasi Roviró i Alemany Joan B. Martínez María Laffitte
This presentation will offer an overview of the diversity of "Eastern Christianity" which includes Middle East and all the countries related to the Byzantine empire. Sebastià Janeres Vilaró is a Doctor in Ecclesiastic Sciences and a professor at the Theological University of Catalunya. He is the director of a well known series of translated works of Christian authors: "Classics of the Christianism" (in Catalan).
Room 131, Spanish Panel Discussion
Panel discussion introducing Ramon Llull as a bridge between cultures, as a meeting and reflexion point about what shall be a real intercultural dialogue. It will include three lectures and one artistic performance.
Lovingkindness Overflowing: Rebuilding a Consciousness of Compassion Barbara Fields Bernstein Br. Wayne Teasdale His Holiness Dalai Lama
Auditorium (3155), Spanish/English/Catalan
Carles Llinàs Puente is a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and expert in the figure of Ramon Llull. He is a professor at the Department of Philosophy at the Ramon Llull University. Ignasi Roviró i Alemany is a Professor at the Department of Philosophy at the Ramon Llull University.
In both imagination and application, the deep contemplative disciplines within Buddhism and Christianity might offer new hope to a global society that, by many accounts, is spinning quickly out of control -- no matter how sophisticated the state of our sciences and social architecture. Will guidance be found in our return to the timeless spiritual practices of prayer and meditation that cultivate and demonstrate the power of consciousness to affect and transform circumstances in our lives and around the planet?
Joan B. Martinez is a Professor of Philosophy at the Ramon Llull University. He currently manages the group "think and live together", a meeting point aimed to promote and practice interreligious dialogue, especially between Catholics and Muslims.
Maria Laffitte is a singer specialized in ancient music and in medieval poetry.
Barbara Fields Bernstein is Director, Synthesis Dialogues I, II, III with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and Co-founder-Director of Gandhi King Season for Nonviolence. She is a participant in the UNESCO
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