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 LUNCH BREAK 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Ties that Bind (2004) documents a local project in Metropolitan Chicago that brings together women spiritual leaders from the Black Evangelical, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim and Hispanic Protestant communities to share their music and personal stories, work together to create a vision of how the world can be and guide their communities to move this vision forward. The extraordinary spiritual leaders profiled in this film include Cantor Deborah Bard, Rev. Addie Wyatt, Sr. Kathy Sherman, Amina Saeed and Rev. Annie Gonzalez. (50 min.) A discussion session immediately follows.
Dr. Hans Küng is an internationally known Christian theologian and president of the Global Ethic Foundation of Tübingen University. He has published over fifty titles, including Does God Exist?, Christianity and World Religion, Paths to Dialogue with Islam, Hindusm and Buddhism, Christians and Jews, Global Responsibility, In Search of a New World Ethic, and edited, Yes to a Global Ethic. Dr. Küng lives and teaches in Tübingen, Germany.
Song of Peace Fei Hong-Kuei
Theater (2:30 PM - 3:30 PM), English/Spanish/Catalan Artistic Performance
Ann E. Feldman, Ph.D. (producer), founder and artistic director of Artistic Circles, is currently a Visiting Scholar in Gender Studies at Northwestern University and a Rhodes Scholar for the Illinois Humanities Council in the USA. She has written, produced and hosted nationally syndicated radio programs, public events and CDs, for which she has received several awards.
Emmy and NEH award winning videographer Jan Thompson created the Hidden-Journeys program (Hidden Chino, Hidden Mexico, Food for the Ancestors, Hidden Korea), which were broadcast on PBS, Asia TV and REI as well as The Music Masters, profiling Daniel Barenboim.
Inspired by her daily devotation, Ms. Fei's ancient Chinese zither music (guzheng) is powerful in healing the pain of a wounded heart, calming the irritated mind and encouraging the desperate. She integrates songs related to Buddhism and folk songs to express graciousness to the earth, loving kindness to all beings and harmonious co-existence. Songs include Praising the Buddha, Song of Fa-Hwa, Inspiration from the MiTou, High Mountain and Gentle River Runs and Music of the Peace Era.
For three years, Dr. Hassan served as the National Fundraising Chairperson for Unity Productions Foundation. She is a member of the Visiting Committee, Chicago Theological Seminary; the External Advisory Board, International Human Rights Law Institute; and the National Board of the Cardinal Bernadin Center of the Catholic Theological Union
Fei Hong-Kuei (Taiwan) plays a guzheng, an ancient Chinese zither and holds the honorific title of "Best Zither Performer in the East." She is both founder and current leader of Hungyun Zither Music Orchestra and leader of Lu-Yuan Chinese Music Orchestra. She has given recitals all over the world including the USA, Australia, Japan, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Beijing and Shanghai. She has recorded five tapes and 6 CDs. Ms. Hong-Kuei is an associate of the University of Hawaii Department of Music, a graduate of the Far East Fine Arts Academy and of the East-West Music Senior Research Class
Clash or Conversation: A Dialogue of Civilizations Shirin Ebadi Hans Küng
Auditorium (3155), English/Spanish/Catalan
ENGAGEMENT 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Are the cultural and historical differences between Christian and Muslim communities in the world too wide to reconcile? Are we doomed to a "Clash of Civilizations," or are there alternatives through creative dialogue? In this discussion Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi of Iran and distinguished theologian and author Prof. Hans Küng of Germany will explore the difficulties and challenges in creating meaningful dialogue and will make recommendations on how to break down cultural barriers.
Secularity and Religions: Suggestions for a New World Julio Gisbert Quero Ignasi Boada Mari Angels Roqué Maurice Halimi Teresa Guardans Room 111, Spanish/English/Catalan Panel Discussion
Ms. Shirin Ebadi is the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Ms. Ebadi, born in 1947, is an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist. She received a law degree for the University of Tehran. In the years 1975-1979 she served as president of the city court of Tehran, one of the first female judges in Iran. After the revolution in 1979, she was forced to resign. She now works as a lawyer and also teaches at the University of Tehran. With Islam as her starting point, Ebadi campaigns for peaceful solutions to social problems and promotes new thinking on Islamic terms. She has displayed great personal courage as a lawyer defending individuals and groups who have fallen victim to a powerful political and legal system that is legitimized through an inhumane interpretation of Islam.
This will be a panel discussion that seeks to come up with proposals for a new world order, based on respect and shared experiences.
Julio Gisbert Quero is General Secretary of the secular Association "Espacios del Hombre" and Chair of the Peace Space in Madrid.
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