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 ENGAGEMENT SESSION 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Fr. Gerald P. O'Rourke was ordained in Ireland in 1950. He is the Emeritus Director of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs for the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco and served os Romon Catholic Advisor for the Competition.
Designing Interfaith Sacred Space: Lessons from the First International Interfaith Sacred Space Design Competition Elder Donald Frew Nahid Angha Rev. Paul Chaffee David Ponedel (Rt. Rev.) Vivek Anand Fr. Gerald P. O'Rourke Suzanne Morgan Bryant Alcantara Katice Helinski Jeff Riley
Suzanne Morgan represented the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions on the Jury. She has been a professional interior designer and architect, and completed a four-year course in theology through the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
Bryant Alcantara is one of the winning designers. He is at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. Katice Helinski is one of the winning designers. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Room 131, English/Spanish Panel Discussion
Jeff Riley is one of he winning designers. He led a team from Centerbrook Architects and Planners in Centerbrook, Connecticut.
The voice of different religious traditions on cultural diversity Joan Hernández
The Interfaith Sacred Space Design Competition Jury and Advisors looked at over 150 designs submitted by architects and others from 17 countries, all trying to answer the questions: Is genuine interfaith space possible? What might a space designed to accommodate the needs of all faiths look like? The competition was sponsored by the American Institute of Architects, San Francisco; EURIMA (Expressing the United Religions Initiative in Music and the Arts); and the Interfaith Center at the Presidio; in partnership with the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions and the United Religions Initiative. This presentation and panel discussion will address the challenges in designing interfaith sacred space and share the insights and design principles revealed by the competition process.
Room 132, Spanish Other (audiovisual presentation)
Audiovisual presentation on the symbols that are a prominent expression of religious diversity. Participants will be introduced into a number of religious symbols and then encouraged to engage in a discussion on the meaning and use of symbols for the human being. In this presentation, Joan Hernandez will lead a panel of presenters are members of the Working Group on Religions and Cultural Diversity (UNESCO Center of Catalonia)
Don Frew is the founder and Director of the Lost and Endangered Religions Project (LERP). He has been active in interfaith work for 18 years, and serves on the Global Council of the United Religions Initiative and the Board of the Interfaith Center at the Presidio
Joan Hernandez is the coordinator for the Univeral Forum of Culture's relations to religious, spiritual and interreligious organizations.
Nahid Angha, Ph.D., is co-founder of the International Association of Sufism (IAS), and founder of the Sufi Women Organization (SWO). An internationally published scholar and human rights activist, Dr. Angha is the main representative of the IAS to the United Nations (NGO/DPI).
Protestantism in Spain and its engagement with society Mariano Blázquez
The son of Presbyterian missionaries, Paul Chaffee grew up in Asia. He is ordained in the United Church of Christ, the founding Executive Director of the Interfaith Center at the Presidio, and member of the Board of Directors of the United Religions Initiative.
Room 134 Lecture
Rt. Rev. David L. Ponedel is a Bishop in the Church of Divine Man and a founding board member of the Interfaith Center of the Presidio, San Fransisco. He celebrated this ceremony of the Cape Town Parliament in 1999.
This lecture presentation will offer an overview of the Protestant communities in Spain, and their contribution to Spanish society.
Mariano Blázquez has a B.A. of Law, is working as a lawyer and a priest
Vivek Anand has a B.Arch. from the Academy of Architecture, Bombay, and an M.Arch. from Virginia Tech. He works as a Project Designer and Project Manager at Tsang Architecture. Vivek also writes, is a photographer, and is a student of Hindustani classical singing, Yoga, Vedanto, Raja Yoga and Taoism.
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