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

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Program Descriptions Monday, July 12, 2004 INTRARELIGIOUS SESSION 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
co-chair of the Security Studies Department at the Canadian Forces College of Canada.
Works of art at the cathedrals and the monasteries at the exhibition "Christus Splendor" Josep Maria Marti Bonet
Kusumita Pedersen, PhD, is chair of the Department of Religious Studies at St. Francis College. She has been involved with the Global Interfaith Movement for the past twenty years.
Room 130 Lecture
Lecture presenting the spiritual content of pieces of arts exhibited at Santa Maria del Mar.
The application of the Bible to the current world Samuel Sais Daniel Rodríguez Xavier Alegre
Josep Ma. Martí Bonet is a Dr. in History. He works as a palaeographer, an archivist and a professor at the Theology Faculty of Catalunya. He also works for the Delegation of the Diocese of the cultural heritage
132 Panel Discussion
Lecture presenting the influence of the Bible on the Western society (values, arts, politics, laws, etc.) for believers and nonbelievers.
The Vision of a Oneness World - Sri Chinmoy's Approach to Global Love and Harmony Neree Utsahi St-Amand Vidagda Meridith Bennett Anneshan Walter Dorn Kusumita Pedersen
Samuel Sais has a degree in Classical Philology. He is a professor at the theological faculty of Catalonia, he has translated the Bible into Catalan
Daniel Rodriguez is a priest, the president of the coordination of the Assembly of Brothers of Calalonia and the vice secretary of the Evangelical Council of Catalonia.
Room 131, English Panel Discussion
Xavier Alegre is a Jesuit priest, holds a PhD in Theology and is a professor at the Theological Faculty of Catalonia and the José Simeón Cañas University of El Salvador.
This presentation is will underline some of the numerous contributions to world peace that spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy has made over the past 40 years - each one encouraging oneness and interdependence, the true seeds to a lasting peace. We expect that many participants will want to know more about Sri Chinmoy and therefore, four experts on Sri Chinmoy's vision and efforts to establish a oneness-world will serve on this panel to discuss: some of his historical background, teachings and philosophy; highlights of his 35year international contributions, awards and recognitions; an overview of his art, music and literature, and an overview of some of his most significant peace initiatives.
Mandala: the psychocosmic diagram in the Tibetan tradition Ramon Prats d'Alòs-Moner
Room 134 Lecture
Lecture about the Mandala, a flat representation of an ideal three-dimensional structure that symbolises the relation between the psychological and the cosmological order.
Neree Utsahi St-Amand, Ph.D., full Professor, School of Social Work, University of Ottawa, is the author of many books and reference articles on subjects related to spirituality in the modern world. He is Vice President of The White Dove Society, and founding member of the Canadian Spirituality and Social Intervention network
Ramon Prats d'Alòs-Moner is a Dr. in Tibetan Studies. He was professor at the Oriental Institute of the University of Naples until 1985; he worked at the New York HIAR Tibetan Documentation Centre and taught at the Columbia University; he is the author of more than 50 publications.
Vidagda Meridith Bennett, PhD, is the author of Simplicity and Power: The Poetry of Sri Chinmoy. This book constitutes a summary of her doctoral dissertation. She is currently on the staff of the Jharna Kala Foundation, established to foster Sri Chinmoy's arts worldwide
The Global Face of Judaism Rabbi Henry Sobel Ephraim Isaac Rabbi Capers Funnye Shlomo Alon Auditorium (3155), Spanish/English/Catalan
Anneshon Walter Dorn, PhD, has worked for and with the United Nations for over 20 years. He is the author of many books and articles on the subject of world peace and world harmony, and is
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