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 Tuesday, July 13, 2004 ENGAGEMENT SESSION 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Global Responsibility: A Reason for Hope Jonathan Granoff Jane Goodall
meaning. The Politics of Meaning (or what he sometimes calls Emancipatory Spirituality) seeks a New Bottom Line, or a new definition of productivity, efficiency and rationality which is not only measured by the maximization of money and power, but also interested in maximizing our capacity to be loving and generous, ethically and ecologically sensitive, and teach us how to overcome a utilitarian approach to other human beings and nature.
Auditorium (3155), Spanish/English/Catalan
Lecture
Dr. Jane Goodall, the world renowned primatologist, and United Nations Messenger of Peace, and Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, will present inspiring messages integrating the deepest love of life with insights into effective action.
For decades, Jonathan Granoff has served as an advocate for peace and human unity, with a focus on interfaith dialogue, the rule of law and nuclear disarmament. He is President of the Global Security Institute, and serves on numerous governing and advisory boards, such as the Bawa Muhoiyaddeen Fellowship, Global Dialogue Institute, Jane Goodall Institute, Lawyers Alliance for World Security, NGO Committee on Disarmament in the UN, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, the Temple of Understanding, TIKKUN, International Association of Sufism, and Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. He has studied with the Sufi Master Bawa Muhaiyaddeed since his youth, and is honored by receiving his namesake, Ahamed Muhaiyaddeen. Mr. Granoff is also an author and an award-winning screenwriter (The Constitution: The Document that created a Nation).
Rabbi Michael Lerner studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City and was mentored by noted scholar Abraham Joshua Heschel. He received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley in 1972 and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Wright Institute in 1977. Michael Lerner serves as the rabbi of Beyt Tikkun, and is the editor of Tikkun Magazine and author of numerous books, including Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation. He founded the Institute for Labor and Mental Health, and for many years served as a psychotherapist for middle-income working people. Pilar Vallugera i Balañà is the Councillor of Women and Civil Rights at the Barcelona City Council.
Shirai: Vibrational Music Concert for Body and Soul Javier Bellón
Theater (4:30 PM–5:00 PM), Spanish Artistic Performance
In 1965, Jane earned her Ph.D. in Ethology from Cambridge University. Dr. Goodall's work in primatology was groundbreaking; she worked in Tanzania and established the Gombe Stream Research Centre. In 1977, Jane founded the Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation to provide ongoing support for field research on wild chimpanzees. Today, the mission of the Jane Goodall Institute is to advance the power of individuals to take informed and compassionate action to improve the environment for all living things. In April 2002, Secretary-General Annan names Dr. Goodall a United Nations "Messenger of Peace," and in 2003, Queen Elizabeth II named Dr. Goodall o Dame of the British Empire, the equivalent of a knighthood. Today, Jane spends much of her time lecturing, sharing her message of hope for the future, and encouraging young people to make a difference in their world.
Shirai group tries new ways to catch the existence and the essence of being through sounds, melodies and rhythm. This group of Barcelona wants to reach harmony and communion with attenders through music in a kind of collective meditations. Here music is also therapeutic and spiritual. 10 players will be directed by the holistic therapeuts Sandra Orús and Javier Bellón.
Javier Bellón has worked with quartz music instruments for more than 8 years.
The Politics of Meaning Rabbi Michael Lerner Pilar Vallugera i Balañà
Tradition of Conchera's Dances Emilio Fiel Jareño
Cabaret (4:30 PM–5:15 PM), Spanish Artistic Performance
Multiuse (1800), Spanish/English/Catalan
People have a need for meaning and purpose in their lives - a need that is every bit as important as their need for adequate material compensation. Rabbi Lerner was a psychologist working with the AFL-CIO (American labor movement) researching the causes of why many working-class people were moving politically to the Right. What he found was that these people were in crisis in their lives not because they had been "left out of capitalism's success, but because those material successes were inadequate to compensate for what they perceived was a work life wasted because it no longer had
Coming from the Mexican-Aztec tadition, more concretely from Doña Lupita Jiménez de Sanabria, the tradition of Conchera's dances started in 1992 in Spain. Nowadays there are more than 200 dancers in Spain. Conchera's dances are sacred circular dances where Mexican-Aztec tradition melts with popular Christian tradition.
Emilio Fiel Jareño is founder of Arco Iris community. Coordinator of the Ascent School Chrisgaia. He has organized several commun pilgrimages to Santiago of Compostela.
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