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 Monday, December 7, 2009
2:30-4:00pm ENGAGEMENT SESSION
LUNCHTIME PROGRAMMING 1:00-2:30pm
representatives, staff and students. People sat opposite each other, holding wet plaster between their hands and making conversation until the plaster hardened. The cast handshake forms were then recorded and boxed to be used in the mould for the commissioned sculpture. In light of the heartfelt responses and encouragement from people involved in the process, it was decided to continue as Let's Shake, an ongoing project promoting cultural connection and dialogue through public events and artworks. Karen Casey is a respected Meibourne Indigenous artist with a longstanding commitment to promoting environmental awareness and social harmony through her art. She has worked on numerous community, public art and urban design projects and in 2003 was appointed Artist-in-Residence for the City of Melbourne. She has recently been involved in Arts Education Curriculum programming and was a participant in the 2020 Summit at Parliament House, Canberra in 2008.
ENGAGEMENT 2:30-4:00pm
Global Ethics and Religion Forum - World Religions Perspectives on Justice, War and Peace - Panel I Rev Dr William Lesher, Moderator Rabbi Dr Elliot Dorff Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven Leif Stenberg William O'Neill SJ Hans Ucko Room 110 Symposium This is Panel #5 in the 'War and the Role of Religion in a Just and Sustainable World' Symposium. Rev Dr Bill Lesher, Chair of the Parliament of the World's Religions Board of Trustees, has been active in the Parliament since its centennial gathering in Chicago in 1993, serving as an Ambassador for the Council in preparation for the 1999 Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa and as the convener of the 2004 Parliament in Barcelona, Spain. Dr Lesher has worked with communities and institutions across the globe in various responsibilities for church bodies. He currently serves as a Trustee of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia and as a member of the Board for the Global Ethics and Religion Forum Rabbi Elliott Dorff is Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at American Jewish University, USA. (Judaism) Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven is Director of the Institute for Theology and Peace, Germany. (Roman Catholic tradition) Leif Stenberg is Director of the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Lund, Sweden, (Islam William O'Neill is Associate Professor of Social Ethics at Jesuit School of Theology Berkeley, USA. (Africa) Hans Ucko is a past Program Executive for Interreligious Relations and Dialogue for the World Council of Churches, Sweden.
Let's Shake Karen Casey Room 215 Artistic Performance Let's Shake is a participatory art event encouraging people to extend a hand beyond their comfort zone and make a genuine connection with another person. The process involves casting the inside of a handshake while people communicate with each other. The resulting forms are intriguing, shell-like objects imprinted with a record of each person's palm and the memory of the encounter. The project came about during the development of a permanent artwork promoting reconciliation, commissioned by the University of Adelaide. Inspired by the notion of the space contained within a handshake, the idea was conceived by Melbourne artist Karen Casey and developed in collaboration with public sculptor Darryl Cowie. For the initial phase of the project, the University hosted an event with the artists, inviting Indigenous and non-Indigenous
Spanish Language Session 1 of 2 Ruth Broyde Sharone Room 101 Interactive Workshop Esto es para nosotros, gente de habla español, un simposium interactivo dedicado a los participantes de Latinoamérica que se encuentran en el Parlamento de Melbourne. Este simposium, en nuestro idioma, nos brindará oportunidades de conocernos y de conectarnos. Vamos a examinar detalladamente los desafíos particulares de America Latina en el campo interreligioso, y vamos a contemplar como se podría realizar el gran potencial de nuestras comunidades, ciudades, y países. Recién empezamos pero ya vamos forjando nuestro proprio camino. Somos gente de imaginación y de talento y ha llegado el momento de reconocer que tenemos mucho que contribuir al movimiento interreligioso global. La primera parte del simposium será para mejorar la comunicación entre nosotros, país con país. Compartiremos nuestras experiencias hasta hoy día, los éxitos y los casi-éxitos. Exploraremos como se puede desarollar una red extensiva de actividad interreligiosa entre nosotros mismos, una red que nos puede fortalecer y enriquecer. Facilitará este simposium Ruth Broyde Sharone, la representante de la Red de Ciudades Hermanas, que el Parlamento mando para alentarnos y apoyarnos. Ella ya visitó cuatro países de America Latina este año: Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia y Argentina. Nuestra amiga que nos apoya, Ruth pidió y logró crear este simposium en Melbourne especialmente para nosotros. These two Latin American networking sessions will be conducted in
sh, and arrangements can be made for translation into English upon request. Please email programsparliamentofreligions.org or visit the Program Information Desk by Saturday, December 5th. Ruth Broyde Sharone is a documentary filmmaker, journalist and public speaker. She travels frequently to college campuses to lead interfaith programs and screen her popular film 'God and Allah Need to Talk. CoChair of the Southern California Committee for the Parliament, Ruth also currently serves as a Partner Cities Associate. She is also Co-Director of the Rodet Shalom School for Peace, with Jerusalem peacemaker Eliyahu McLean. Her new book, 'Minefields and Miracles: Adventures In Interfaith will be published in 2009
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