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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Sants Room
Interfaith Education for World Peace
Ela Gandhi, University of Natal, South Africa
Interfaith Education in Action: A Young Adult Perspective Morse Flores, Philippines, & Ramola Sundram, U.K., Religious Freedom Young Adult Network
Eixample Room
Tools for Conflict Transformation in Interfaith Dialogue Janice Marie Johnson, Educators for Social Responsibility, U.S.
Interfaith Education in Regions of Conflict:
A facilitated dialogue among participants to share curriculum, explore specific challenges and network with colleagues
Gracia Room
Beyond Hate: Living With Our Deepest Differences in Northern Ireland
Sr. Deirdre Mullan, RSM & Carol Rittner, RSM, Mercy Global Concern, Ireland
Interfaith Education in Regions of Coexistence: A facilitated dialogue among participants to share curriculum, explore specific challenges and network with colleagues
3:00-4:30, Sagrada Familia room, AC Barcelona Hotel Interfaith Education in a Violent World, Panel & Dialogue
Panelists:
Sheik Abu Bakarr Conteh, Sierra Leone. Sheik Conteh is the Chief Imam of three mosques in Freetown, Sierra Leone, as well as a Senior Lecturer in Religious and Moral Education at Freetown Teachers' College.
Danielle Celermajer, Australia. Celermajer is a fellow at Columbia University's Center for the Study of Human Rights and former director of policy with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission in Australia.
Toh Swee Hin, Australia. Prof. Toh is the founding Director of the Griffith University Multi-Faith Centre in Brisbane, Australia, a consultant for UNESCO and the Asia-Pacific Center of Education for International Understanding, and recipient of the 2000 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education.
July 10, Day 3: The Wisdom of ListeningInterfaith Education & Transformation
On this day, we address the contemplative aspect of interfaith education and the role of personal transformation. We explore the challenges that experiential pedagogical practices pose, ask how the experience of another religious tradition influences one's religious identity, and consider the risks and rewards involved.
8:00 - 9:00
Room 117, CCIB Yoga Prayer: Embodied Christian Spiritual Practice with Fr. Thomas Ryan, U.S.
Fr. Ryan directs the Paulist North American Office for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations. He is the co-founder and former director of Unitas in Montreal, an ecumenical center for spirituality and Christian meditation.
Symposia
9:30-11:00
Room 117, CCIB
Keynote address: Raimon Panikkar, Spain.
Dr. Panikkar holds doctorates in philosophy, chemistry, and theology. Among his major books are The Vedic Experience; The Unknown Christ of Hinduism; Myth, Faith, and Hermeneutics; The Cosmotheandric Experience; and Blessed Simplicity.
Respondents:
Rita M. Gross, U.S. Gross is Professor of Comparative Studies in Religion at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the author of numerous articles and essays on women and religion.
Ibrahim Abdil-Mu'id Ramey, U.S. Ramey, coordinator of the Peace and Disarmament program of the Fellowship of Reconciliation is the 2002 co-recipient of the first Better World Award for activism from the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation.
Mark Larrimore, U.S. Larrimore is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Eugene Lang College, New School University in New York.
11:30-1:00, Sants, Eixample, and Gràcia Rooms, AC Barcelona Hotel
Interactive Best Practice Session: The Challenges and Rewards of Experiential Interfaith Education
Sants Room
Education in Europe: Interfaith Dialogue in the Classroom. Jenny Banks Bryer, GERFEC, U.K.
Primary Education for Peace, Human Unity and Harmony Among Peoples. Kiran Vyas, Tapovan/Adi Shakti-Center of Integral Yoga & Ayurveda, France
Eixample Room
Youth Interfaith Education Initiative. Dr. Eboo Patel, Interfaith Youth Core, U.S.
Building Bridges through Multi-faith Education. Stacy Fagan & Rajinderjit K. Singh, Long Island Multi-faith Forum, U.S.
Gracia Room
The Dilemmas of Interfaith Studies in a 'Secular' University. Dr. David Cheetham, University of Birmingham, U.K. Values, Ethics, Religion and Spirituality: What Are We Talking About? Pilar Queta Colomina, Spain, & Diane Tillman, U.S., Living Values Education
3:00-5:00, Sagrada Familia room, AC Barcelona Visioning for the Future: Where Do We Go from Here? One World: A Celebration of Global Values through Interfaith Education The symposium closes with the Taiko Drums and sacred music by Carman Moore. Alison Van Dyk and Dr. Karan Singh, present the 7th Juliet Hollister Award to:
Dr. Hans Kung.
Dr. Kung is a Professor of Ecumenical Theology, University of Tubingen, and the President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic.
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan.
Pir Vilayat is the eldest son and successor of Hazrat Pir-o-Mursid Inayat Khan, founder of the Sufi Order in the West
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