Parliament of Worlds Religion 2009 Melbourne Australia

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

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Friday, December 4, 2009
11:30am-1:00pm INTERRELIGIOUS SESSION
and spiritual purpose is an important segment in global tourism numbers. This program will present various case studies from across the world and present issues concerning ethical and practical engagement with international pilgrimage and interfaith relations. Rev Kim Cain is a Uniting Church Minister and current Director of Communications for the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania. He has been a congregational minister and is interested in communications strategy. current affairs and writing. Jeff Wild is Christian World Service Coordinator at the Victorian Council of Churches
Dr William F Vendley has served as Secretary General of Religions for Peace since 1994 and has mobilised and equipped religious communities in war-torn regions worldwide. He was a participant in His Majesty King Abdullah's historic intcrrcligious meeting in Madrid, Spain in 2008 and has been requested by the Muslim World League to serve on its Follow-up Committee. Dr Vendley is also an advisor to US President Barack Obama. Pat Walsh is Senior Adviser to the Post-CAVR Technical Secretariat. CAVR is Timor-Leste Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation It was an independent truth commission established in East Timor in 2001 under the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAETI and charged to inquire into human rights violations committed on all sides, between April 1974 and October 1999. and facilitate community reconciliation with justice for those who committed less serious offenses'. Following the dissolution of CAVR in December 2005, President Xanana Gusmao inaugurated a Post-CAVR Technical Secretariat to completo unfinished CAVR projects. Dr Abdul Aziz Naderi was born in Afghanistan and earned an MD from Kabul Medical University in 2007. As Program Manager in charge of the Community Health and Peacebuilding programs at Sanayee Development Organization in Kabul, he has helped develop the Peace Education Curriculum and has assisted in implementing the curriculum in local peace councils, or Peace Shuras, across Afghanistan. Father Leonel Narvaez is a Catholic missionary. He initially worked with the nomadic tribes in Eastern Africa and currently works in the forest of the South Amazon area of Colombia. In 2000, he established the Schools of Forgiveness and Reconciliation (ESPERE is the Spanish acronym). He was a key figure in the Goldin Institute's 2007 global gathering on the topic of reintegration of former child soldiers.
Cultivations of Solidarity: A Textual Analysis John Sheveland Prabha Duneja Rev Dr Robert Cathey Venerable Jian Ying Shifu Room 214 Academic Paper This paper envisions the connection between peace and justice as foundational to solidarity and the building of community. It analyses three sacred texts-the Bhagavad Gita, Dhammapada, and Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians-and argues that these texts can renew minds' (Romans 12:5) by transforming narrow apprehensions of personal and group identity into unitive expressions of moral solidarity focused indiscriminately on the human community as a whole.
Sharing Scarce Resources in an increasingly Globalised World Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Bhai Sukhbir Singh Rev Bill Mathew Avtar S Dhaliwal Room 216 Panel Discussion Since the early 1970s, when the Club of Rome released The Limits to Growth report on the perilous state of the world's ability to feed itself and the subsequent population explosion there has been a debate over the sustainability of water and food. This panel examines the relationship between food and faith and explores how different faiths have dealt with issues of scarcity in the past and how these legacies equip us to deal with this issue in an increasingly globalised world. This session will examine the politics of food and water in a world divided between haves and have-nots. For example, the Sikh ethic of responsibility will be explored through the unique conceptualisation of the institution of langar (community kitchen). An exposition of the Sikh's profound act of serving langar at the 2004 Parliament will be shared.
Indigenous Women: Protecting Culture, Promoting Cultural Strengths Darlene St Clair, USA: Dakota Lucy Mulenkei, Kenya: Maasai Ryoko Foose, Japan: Ainu Room 218 Panel Discussion
Pilgrimages, Tourism and Meaning Rev Kim Cain Jeff Wild Room 215 Interactive Workshop Tourism is one of the world's largest industries, and it encompasses a variety of modes and styles and raises many issues both for the visitor and the visited. As pilgrimage sites exist around the world, travel for religious
Colonisation has negatively impacted Indigenous women in many ways. Often they are forced into roles of dependency. Many continue to be victims of discrimination, violence, and exploitation in the workplace. The empowerment of Indigenous women, however, is essential to improving the lives of all Indigenous peoples. This panel will address how some Indigenous women are working together to overcome these challenges.
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