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 ENGAGEMENT SESSION 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
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Richard Weingarten is an investment banker and financial advisor. He has done considerable organizational development and strategic planning work in the private and not-for-profit sectors with planning, monagement, and fundraising issues, and has traveled and worked extensively around the world.
The Social Tradition of Doing Good in Classic Islam Dr. Jose Francisco Cutillas Ferrer Dr. Francisco Franco Sánchez Drs. Eva Lapiedra Gutiérrez Dr. Mikel de Epalza Ferrer
Room 125 Panel Discussion
Bayse Holland-Shuey serves on the Faculty of the School of Religion at Belmont University in Nashville, TN and with the Department of Philosophy at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR, teaching courses on Understanding the Bible from a Cross Cultural and Global Perspective, and Introductory Courses on World Religions and Comparative Spirituality. Basye is Board Member and Executive Group Leader with the Huntsville/Madison County Interfaith Mission Service.
Panel discussion on the social beneficence carried out in Islam (adoption of minor children, attention to the sick people and to the prisoners, etc.)
Jose Francisco Cutillas Ferrer has an M.A. in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Arabic and Muslim Studies; he is a professor at the Universities of Alacant and Allameh Tabatabai (Iran)
Dr. Susana Salvador.Anayatin is active in peace advocacy in Mindanao, and is a guest lecturer at the Graduate School of the Mindanao State University
Francisco Franco Sánchez has an M.A. in History and is a professor of Arabic and Muslim Studies at the University of Alicant.
Eva Lapiedra Gutiérrez has an M.A. in Arabic Philology and a Ph.D. in Arabic and Muslim Studies, and she is the author of several books on the Arabic world.
The Gipsy Religious Experience as a Bridge Between East and West Sergi Rodriguez Lopez Ros Manuel Reyes Joan Muñoz Pere Garcia Rafael Reyes Juan Manual Vargas
Mikel de Epalza Ferrer has an M.A. in Philosophy and Theology and a Ph. D. in Semitic Philology; he is a professor of Arabic and Muslim Studies
Room 124 Interactive Workshop
Rethinking Martyrdom - A Sikh Perspective Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh Prof. Pal Ahluwalia Dr. Arvind Pal Mandair Dr. Chris Hewer Prof. Gurharpal Singh Room 129
Although its community has followers of Christianity, Islam and Judaism, the Gipsy religious tradition has many similarities with practices of Hinduism. This presentation by members of the Gipsy community in Spain offers an overview of the Spanish Gipsy community and its teachings.
Sergi Rodriguez Lopez Ros is a journalist. He is preparing a Ph.D. with a thesis on Gipsy identity. He is a member of the Gipsy Secretary to the Archbishop of Barcelona.
Martyrdom and the role of martyrs figures prominently in all the major religions of the world. In December 2004, Sikhs will commemorate the 3ooth anniversary of the Martyrdom of the sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. This seminar examines how and why Sikhs and non-Sikhs represent their history as a history of persecutions and martyrdoms. It aims to clarify the concept of martyrdom within a Sikh context.
Manuel Reyes is a social mediator. He had been a torero for 20 years before discovering Buddhism.
Joan Muñoz is a student of Theology and member of the secretary of Gipsy affairs for the Archbishop of Barcelona,
Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh is the Chairman of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha in Birmingham, United Kingdom. He is both a patron and member of several interfaith organizations, and serves as an advisor to the Sikh Heritage Trust.
Pere Garcia is a social mediator and founder of the Gipsy Youth Coordination in Catalonia, Rafoel Reyes is a singer and member of the Evangelical Church of Philadelphia
Pal Ahluwalia is Professor of Politics at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and a volunteer of the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha.
Juan Manuel Vargas Guitarist and teacher of guitar in Catalonia.
Dr. Arvind Pal Singh Mandair is Assistant Professor in the Bindra Chair in Sikh Studies at Hofstra University.
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