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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PROGRAM DE
Monday, December 7, 2009
munity at various international conferences, focusing on issues of peace, ecology, human rights, and interreligious dialogue. He was awarded the Mother Teresa National Award for Interfaith Harmony in 2007. As the Founder-President of the World Zarathushti Cultural Foundation, Dhalla has initiated various cultural projects for the Parsi community.
Dr Geeta Mehta received a doctorate in Gandhian Philosophy from Bombay University. She is well-published internationally and is actively associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave. She has presented at national and international Philosphical Conferences, thrice at the World Congress of Philosophy. She is the former Head of the Department of Philosophy at Maharshi Dayanand College Currently she is the Director of the K J Somaiya Centre for Studies in Jainism and President of the Indian Women Philosophers' Association.
Talking Faiths: Your Story, My Story
and Our Story, across Schools and the World Wide Web
Tim McCowan
Catherine Devine
Jan Molloy
Room 104
This interactive workshop will showcase two successful experiential programs of interfaith and intercultural dialogue occurring in secondary schools across Melbourne: Building Bridges through Interfaith Dialogue in Schools and Intercultural Cluster Socratic Circles. We will show how, with the support of the Immigration Museum, interfaith dialogue can be promoted into the wider community through the Museum's Talking Faiths exhibit and website. Both programs operate in independent, Catholic and government schools. During this workshop, participants will experience a multimedia presentation and web resources outlining each program; learn about the exhibit at the Museum; interact with students, teachers and facilitators; participate in small group discussions; experience a Socratic Circle demonstration; and learn how they can get involved.
Dr Tim McCowan is the founding director of Building Bridges, director of Reconciliation and Peacemaking at the WellSpring Centre, and lecturer in spirituality at the Churches of Christ Theological College in Melbourne. Catherine Devine has been a teacher for fifteen years. She has worked in metropolitan, regional and remote area schools in Victoria and Western. Australia and has taught English, Literacy and Religious Education. Since 2006, she has coordinated the Melbourne Interfaith Intercultural Cluster of schools. She is particularly interested in the way Socratic Circles can be employed to promote citizenship through the exploration of issues and ideas.
Jan Molloy is responsible for the development and delivery of the Immigration Museum's education programs. Prior to joining Museum Victoria in 2006, Jan enjoyed a long and successful teaching career in Victorian Government Secondary schools. Jan is a history teacher with a strong commitment to social justice. Her passionate belief in the power of education to assist in building strong communities has found a new focus since she began working at the museum.
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Reflections on the Global Financial Crisis
Dr Hans Küng
Dr Simon Longstaff Katherine Marshall Steve Killelea Room 105
11:30am-1:00pm
INTERRELIGIOUS SESSION
While nation-states, corporations and international monetary institutions struggle to restructure the global economy in light of the recent financial crisis, there are voices calling for attention to be given to ethical- even religious dimensions of the new paradigm needed to insure just and fair practices in the future. What elements of the recent crisis bring ethical concerns to the forefront? What is the appropriate role for religion if any in the discussion? How do global challenges such as poverty, the environment, and climate change, figure in the economic and moral calculus? Using the innovative 'agora forum technique, this discussion will provide theologian Hans Kung, senior business leaders, and Parliament participants all a 'seat at the table' in this vitally important conversation
Dr Hans Küng is an internationally known Christian theologian and president of the Global Ethic Foundation of Tübingen University. He has published over fifty titles, including The Beginning of All Things Science and Religion, Islam: Past, Present and Future and a manifesto; Global Economic Ethic - Consequences for Global Businesses. Dr Küng lives and teaches in Tübingen, Germany.
Dr Simon Longstaff is the Executive Director of the St James Ethics Centre in Sydney, Australia. He has also been the inaugural President of the Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics, a Fellow of the World Economic Forum and a Member of the International Advisory Committee of the Foreign Policy Association. His book Hard Cases, Tough Choices was published by Macmillan in 1997
Katherine Marshall is a Senior Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and Visiting Professor in the Government Department and the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. She leads the Berkley Center's work on faith-inspired institutions. Katherine's work in development involves a series of regional background papers and consultations with academics and practitioners and a series of reviews of development topics.
Steve Killelea is Chairman and Founder of, Integrated Research Ltd; The Charitable Foundation; Global Peace Index; Institute for Economics and Peace. Steve is an accomplished entrepreneur in high technology business development and at the forefront of philanthropic activities focused on sustainable development and peace.
John Hart
Joel Hunter Room 106
Panel Discussion
Christianity and Ecology
Bishop Geoffrey Davies
Norman Habel
The Christian tradition is just beginning to come to terms with the impending ecological crisis caused by humankind's interactions with the environment. The interrelated issues of climate change, species extinction, rampant pollution and depletion of resources are causing significant disruptions in the ecosystems of the planet. Many