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 Saturday, July 10, 2004 LUNCH BREAK 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
John T. Pawlikowski, A priest of the Servite Catholic religious order, is president of the International Council of Christian and Jews and its abrahamic forum. He is Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies program at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago.
Rabbi David Rosen is the Director of the Department for Interreligious Affairs and Director of the Heilbrunn Institute for International Interreligious Understanding of the American Jewish Committee. Rabbi Rosen is President of the World Conference of Religion for Peace (WCRP). Rabbi Rosen is a founder of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel that embraces some seventy organizations in Israel involved in interfaith relations. He is Honorary President of the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ), the umbrella organization for more than thirty national bodies promoting Christian Jewish relation
This program will discuss the current state of comparative religious thought and how grassroots organizers, local practitioners, and lay people can utilize constructive academic work. Hear from engaged academics whose work involves but is not limited to developing a constructive comparative theology that fosters interfaith understanding and acceptance, as well as promotes greater world peace and justice. In effect, the presentation will make the argument that a more constructive analysis of religions is essential to the development of Comparative Religion as an academic field.
Dr. Perry Schmidt-Leukel is currently Professor of Systematic Theology and Religious Studies on the "Chair of World Religions for Peace" at the University of Glasgow, and Co-Director of the University's "Centre for Inter-Faith Studies."
Gunnel Borgegard is a member of the Swedish Lutheran Church and worked at the Nordic Ecumenical Council. She is currently a vice-president of the International Council of Christians and Jews.
Dr. Eboo Patel is the Founder and Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based organization working to build the international interfaith youth movement. Eboo received a Doctorate in the Sociology of Religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes Scholarship.
Morcus Braybrooke is a vicar near Oxford, England and a key figure in world interreligious affairs. He is president of the World Congress of Faiths, Patron of the International Interfaith Centre, Cofounder of the Three Faiths Forum and an International Peace Councilor. He is the author of many books including Pilgrimage of Hope, Faith and Interfaith in a Global Age, What We Con Learn From Islam/From Hinduism and three anthologies of prayers from world religions.
Rev. Dr. Richard Rose is an Associate Professor of Religion and Philosopy at the University of La Verne and serves as the pastor of Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, San Bernadino, CA. Dr. Rose's primary research is in the area of religious pluralism. His article, "Howard Thurman on Religious Pluralism: Diversity in Harmony," is found in The Journal of Religious Thought, Spring-Fall 1999. His first book, Toward a Functional Postmodern Theology will be forthcoming Fall 2004.
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Faith on Film: Investigation of a Flame - A Documentary Portrait of the Catonsville Nine Macky Alston Barbara Abrash
Hope in an Oppressed World Ramon Planes Vernedas David Suárez Llorens
Room 111 Film Festival
TBA Artistic Performance
Concert offered by the Barcelona Gospel Choir formed by 250 voices, 15 musicians and 11 dancers. They sing the most classical Negro spirituals and the most current Black Gospel. The singers of the Choir come from several ten Protestant Churches of Catalonia of different denominations.
Faith on Film Series: Investigation of a Flame - A Documentary Portrait of the Catonsville Nine (2001) is an intimate look at a ragtag band of religious activists, including the renowned brothers, Frs. Phillip and Daniel Berrigan, who broke the law in a poetic act of civil disobedience against USA involvement in the Vietnam war. It is an artful exploration of how religious conviction can lead even the most unlikely citizens to radical action. (45 min.) A discussion session with Macky Alston and a religious leader of the faith tradition in the film immediately follows.
Director of the "Gospel Choir" of Barcelona,
A Constructive Theory of Religion... Moving from Deconstructive Critique toward Constructive Understanding of Religious Thought Perry Schmidt-Leukel Ebrahim Patel (Eboo) Rev. Dr. Richard Rose
Macky Alston is the Director of Auburn Media, a division of the Center for Multifaith Education at Auburn Theological Seminary committed to cultivating, supporting and promoting engaging, responsible, balanced media about religion, spirituality and ethics
Barbara Abrash is associate director of the Center for Media, Culture and History and the center for Religion and Media at New York University where she also teaches. She is an independent documentary producer, film curator and co-editor of Personal Essay Filmmaking of the 1980's and 9-11 and After: A Virtual Casebook as well as numerous articles.
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