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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Saturday, December 5, 2009
2:30-4:00pm ENGAGEMENT SESSION
Pastoral Responses to HIV/AIDS from the Global to the Local Perspective Antje Jackelén Margaret Hayes Adam Breasley Room 211 Seminar
Zabrina Santiago is Deputy Executive Director and Partner Cities Director for the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions. She brings over 15 years of experience in executive leadership, strategic planning, and relationship management to the Council. She is recognized for her work in over 25 international cities in developing the Partner Cites Network of the Council. The Partner Cities Network serves to connect organizations, guiding institutions, and religious and spiritual communi ties in cities around the globe who are working toward creating more just cohesive, and sustainable communities. Zabrina, an active leader in the Presbyterian Church (USA), holds a Masters in Theology from McCormick Theological Seminary.
Alisa Roadcup is Outreach Director and Development Associate for the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions. She brings seven years of non-profit experience in strategic communications, programming and development to the Council Alisa holds a BA in Humanities, an MA in Religious Studies and wrote her thesis on Thomas Merton's Theology of the Self as Influenced by Christian Mysticism and Zen Buddhism. She went on to study contemplative Social Action at Naropa University
This program features pastoral responses to HIV/ AIDS from the Bishops Conference of Sweden and the Melbourne Church of Australia. The Bishops' Conference of the Church of Sweden published a pastoral letter on HIV in the Global Perspective. This letter offers suggesLions for the religious communities to work with politicians, international organisations, health care providers and pharmaceutical providers around the world. The Melbourne Church has taken pastoral care initiatives with people suffering with HIV/AIDS and will look at programs that the Catholic HIV/AIDS Ministry offers to address the practical issues that people living with HIV/AIDS face. Together, these prominent institutions will discuss an issue that must be addressed and brought to the attention of people from all faiths. Rev Dr Antje Jackelén is Bishop of Lund in the Lutheran Church of Sweden, the first woman bishop to be popularly elected the Church of Sweden, She was previously a professor of systematic theology/religion and science at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago and director of the Zygon Center for Religion and Science. She is the author of 'Time and Eternity (2005) and numerous articles in a variety of languages Currently, she serves as president of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology Marg Hayes coordinates Catholic HIV/AIDS Ministry in Melbourne. She is a trained social worker and holds a degree in theology. Marg has been privileged to work at Catholic HIV/AIDS Ministry for eight years and is often challenged and humbled by the situations many people living with HIV/AIDS confront on a daily basis. Adam Breasley is a graduate student in Human Rights at Australian Catholic University
The Street Theology of Anger and the Logic of Dying to Win Abdul Malik Mujahid Dr Muhammad Shafiq Room 213 Panel Discussion This panel will look into the discourse of anger in the world and the strategic logic of suicide terrorism. It will examine how traditional Islamic concepts and terminology are being used in new meanings to justify the fight against real or perceived injustice, as well as the internal and external enemies of Islam and Muslims. It will also compare Indian Naxalites with the Pakistani Taliban to see how poverty and socioeconomic injustice are contributing to armed insurgencies against governments in South Asia. The panel will interweave sociological and empirical evidence to increase our understanding of social movements, rebellion and theology. Abdul Malik Mujahid is the founder of Sound Vision Foundation and executive producer of the daily Radio Islam show. He served two terms as the Chairman of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago and is currently Vice Chair of the Council for a Parliament of World Religions. As national coordinator of Bosnia Task Force, USA, he successfully led efforts in collaboration with the National Organization of Women INOW) to declare rape a war crime. Dr Muhammad Shafiq is executive director of the Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue ICISDI, professor of Islamic and religious studies at Nazareth College and Imam of the Islamic Center of Rochester Dr Shafiq has written several books, including Interfaith Dialogue: A Guide for Muslims. His latest article is Abrahamic Faiths: Models of Interfaith Dialogue in the United States IA Case Study of Rochester, New York'. published in Peace-Building By, Between, and Beyond Muslims and Evangelical Christians
International Partner Cities and 2009 Ambassadors Reception Zabrina Santiago Alisa Roadcup Room 212 Networking Event This special networking reception will honour Legacy Partner Cities, 2009 Parliament Ambassadors and Pre-Parliament Event hosts from over 70 cities around the world. This unique event provides an opportunity for the Council to recognize those who have made unique contributions in support of the 2009 Parliament, and to set in motion the expansion of Partner Cities Network over the course of the next five years..
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