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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Symposia
Science and Religion
Food Justice and Food Safety - the Wisdom of Listening, the Power of Commitment July 11, 2004
Science and Spirituality-Case Study in the Wisdom of Listening- July 10,2004
These sessions will introduce two projects in which interfaith and religion/science perspectives have been the center of attention. The first is the Science and Spiritual Quest program, in which scientists speak of their own spiritual visions. The second is the Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Program, where scientists devote their research to spiritual transformation.
Questions about the production, fair distribution and safety of food are of interest to all people. In three sessions, this symposium attempts to create opportunities for a constructive and exploratory dialogue within and between religious traditions and scientific disciplines, informed by the best of contemporary knowledge, and the requirements of justice, compassion, and respect for persons and the natural world.
This symposium, sponsored by the Zygon Center for Religion and Science, is designed to be presented in three tracks, each of which will explore the elements of the current religion and science dialogue.
Session I: 9:30 am - 11:00 am, 22@ Room, AC Barcelona THE FOOD: Food and Biotechnology This session will present information about food science and technology and address some of the ethical issues involved.
Session I "Science and the Spiritual Quest" 9.30 - 11:00 AM, 22@ Room, AC Barcelona
Session II: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, 22@ Room, AC Barcelona THE LAND: Agri-Culture and Agri-Business This session will widen the perspective by exploring the food topic within the framework of cultural dynamics. It will draw attention to the connection between science, technology and socio-economics for the global north and the global south.
Pauline M. Rudd, Researcher in the Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. She is a member of the SSQ project.
Ramanath Cowsik, Department of Physics, Washington University St. Louis, MO. He is a member of the SSQ project.
Session II "Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Program" 11.30 - 1p.m., 22@ Room, AC Barcelona
Session III: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm, Eixample Room (Program A) and Gràcia Room (Program B), AC Barcelona THE TABLE: From Thought to Action This session will have two parallel programs, each consisting of a presentation and a group conversation aiming at reflection toward action. Group conversations will be offered in Spanish, Catalan and English as well as other languages as needed.
Solomon Katz, Professor Anthropology and director of the Krogman Center for Research in Child Growth and Development, University of Pennsylvania. He is Principal Investigator for the Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Program.
Joan Koss-Chioino, Research Professor, Psychology and Anthropology, George Washington University. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Program.
Session I 930 - 10.15 David Magnus, Co-Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Palo Alto, CA, USA. He has served as an "expert consultant" for the World Bank on food security and biotechnology
10.15 - 11.00 Geoff Tansey, West Yorkshire, UK, is a specialist in food, agriculture, development and related intellectual property issues
Session III A 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Eixample Room, AC Barcelona Conversation with Professors Rudd and Cowsik and the Science and Spiritual Quest Project.
Session III B 3 PM - 4:30 PM, Gràcia Room, AC Barcelona Conversation with Professors Katz and Koss and the Spiritual Transformation Research Project.
Session II 11.30 - 12.15 John Mugabe, Science and Technology Advisor to the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and Secretary, NEPAD's African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology He is the immediate former Executive Director of the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS).. Solomon Katz, Professor of Physical Anthropology and director of the Krogmon Center for Research in Child Growth and Development at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Symposium Coordinator: Philip Hefner, Professor of Systematic Theology Emeritus, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and Editor, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. He is a member of the Advisory Board for the Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Program
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