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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global community. Examples will be identified that illustrate that marginalized groups can pose as a stumbling block to
peace.
Ms. Ntloedibe-Kuswani is a lecturer at the Centre for Continuing Education. Her area of research is African Religions at the Edinburgh University (UK).
Cleaning the Amazon in Ecuador and the U.S. Steve Harms
Margareta Dahlin Johansson
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Indigenous tribe members (Cofan, Siona, Huaroni and Secoya) from the Oriente of the Amazon of Ecuador appealed to ChevronTexaco to clean up an environmental disaster caused by oil drilling in their home territory. They journeyed to Chevron Texaco corporate headquarters near San Francisco, CA last November. When denied conversation with the CEO, they asked local religious and civic leaders for support. At the bequest of the indigenous people, a delegation was formed to tell their story to the world. The workshop will focus on how we as spiritual leaders can assist in mediating global conflicts.
Rev. Steve Harms is the former president of the Interfaith Council for San Francisco Bay County. Rev. Harms serve as pastors at Peace Lutheran Church in Danville, California.
Rev. Margareta Dahlin Johansson, ordained in 1981, is a former Chaplain at the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm. Her ministry has focused on ethics and women's and children's issues. Rev. Johansson serve as pastors at Peace Lutheran Church in Danville, California.
The Contribution of Protestantism to the Dignity of Women
Suzanne Storck
Room 130 Lecture
The Bible says "the priesthood of all believers", but a Evangelical women Priests are rare. Is there an evolution of opinion in the Catholic Church? What are the implications for Christian women?
Suzanne Storck is Pastor of the Evangelical Church of German Language in Barcelona; she has studied theology at Heidelberg, Edinburgh and Bonn.
The Bahá'í Concepts of Life and Death Talieh Farzanejad
Room 131 Other
Program Descriptions Tuesday, July 13, 2004
ENGAGEMENT SESSION 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Audiovisual program related to the topic of the concept of life in this world and in the future world according to the Holy Scriptures of the Bahai. The following topics will be addressed: how does life begin and what is life?; the aim of our life; the nature of soul and its condition after death; the soul needs the help of the messenger of God; the appropriate attitude towards the current conditions of our lives.
Talieh Farzanejad is President of the Bahá'í Community of Barcelona.
A Catalan Good Practice of Training of Religion at Schools
Raquel De Blas
Teresa Guardans Miquel Martí
Room 132 Panel Discussion
Panel discussion that wants to present good practices of interreligious education in Catalonia. The organizers will use the materials written during the Seminar on Teaching Religions, which was organized in the frame of the Associated Schools of Unesco from 1999 to 2003.
Raquel De Blas is a teacher of a primary school with pupils of 27 countries and 8 different religions.
Teresa Guardans is a teacher of Judaism at the Center for the Study of Religious Traditions ("Centre d'Estudi de les Tradicions religioses") and expert in pedagogy of religions.
Miquel Martí is national coordinator of the schools associated with the UNESCO Center of Catalonia.
A String and a Prayer Eleanor Wiley
134, English Interactive Workshop
This interactive workshop takes the ancient tradition of the mala/rosary, the use of beads as a tactile support for practice and counters of prayer, to a personal, contemporary plane that can be used by people of all ages, faiths and cultures. Together we explore traditional and personal prayer practices, discover how we can bring ancient practices into the present and give them everyday meaning. Each person will make an individual prayer strand to be used as a tactile reminder to come into the present moment.
Eleanor Wiley, B.S., M.S., is a self-taught, internationally known artist. She is author of A String and A Prayer: Creating and Using Contemporary Prayer Beads. Eleanor sits in meditation with both a Christian community and a Buddhist community, practices yoga and has studied with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and David Steindl-Rast, O.B.S.
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