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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Monday, December 7, 2009
2:30-4:00pm ENGAGEMENT SESSION
Dr Yeoh Seng Guan is Senior Lecturer in Communications, Monash Malaysia. He is a Malaysian Associate of the UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations - Asia Pacific, Monash University
UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations - Asia Pacific: An Interregional Perspective on Interreligious Relations Anna Halafoff Dr Rosa Maria Guerreiro Gary Bouma Greg Barton Dr Tuba Boz Douglas Pratt Dr Zainal Abidin Bagir Dr Fatimah Hussein Dr Yeoh Seng Guan Room 213 Panel Discussion In this program, the UNESCO Chair In Interreligious and Intercultural Relations (UCIIR) - Asia Pacific staff and associates will discuss their recent and current projects in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and New Zealand. The UCIIR - Asia Pacific is an educational, research and policy activity centred in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University. UNESCO has established UCIIRS since 1995 to provide input drawn from an understanding of religious and cultural diversity to UNESCO programs and polices, to conduct research in their area and to engage in policy debates in their region. The UNESCO Chair for the Asia-Pacific was awarded to Monash University in 2004 and was launched by H E Abdurrahman Wahid, former President of Indonesia. Anna Halafoff is a researcher for the UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations - Asia Pacific and the Global Terrorism Research Centre, School of Political and Social Inquiry. Monash University Dr Rosa Maria Guerreiro is a Program Specialist, Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue, Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue, UNESCO Paris Professor Gary Bouma is the Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Monash University and an Associate Priest at St John's East Malvern. His research has focused primarily on the interaction between religion and society in Western societies including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. He is the UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations - Asia Pacific, Monash University Professor Greg Barton is Acting Director of the Centre for Islam and the Modern World and Deputy UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations - Asia Pacific, Monash University Dr Tuba Boz is a researcher for the UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations - Asia Pacific, Monash University, Professor Douglas Pratt is convenor of the Religious Studies Programme at the University of Waikato, New Zealand and Canon Theologian Emeritus of the Anglican Diocese of Waikato. He is the New Zealand Associate of the UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations - Asia Pacific, Monash University, Dr Zainal Abidin Bagir is the Executive Director of the Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies, Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He is an Indonesian Associate of the UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations - Asia Pacific, Monash University. Dr Fatimah Hussein is Professor of Islam-Christian Dialogue. Universitas Islam Negeri - Sunan Kalijaga Jogjakarta, Indonesia.
A Spiritual Audit of the World's Workplaces: Sharing Our Stories of the Human Spirit at Work Elizabeth Denton Room 215 Interactive Workshop More and more people have started to express a desire to bring their whole selves to work. We spend so much of our waking lives in the workplace, where there are innumerable, indescribable opportunities and possibili ties for personal transformation and meaningful interaction with our coworkers. Drawing on research published in A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America' (1999) and A Spiritual Audit of the World's Workplaces (forthcoming. 2010), Dr Elizabeth A Denton will present conclusions, insights and stories of how spirituality and consciousness are expressed in our global workplaces, at the individual level, within teams or work units, through organisational policies and processes, to the impact on communities and our planet. Following this initial presentation, participants will dialogue in small groups and share stories and workplace examples of spirituality consciousness, values, and expressions of basic humanity, using examples from their own experience or those they've observed. Each small group will choose two or three stories to share when the large group comes back together. Participants will learn how individuals and organisations in other countries, cultures, and traditions express their spirituality and humanity in the workplace. They will leave with multiple examples to take back and implement in their own workplaces. Dr Elizabeth A Denton is a psychologist, business consultant, author, wisdom teacher, and integrative energy practitioner based in New York City. Co-author of A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America (1999) and A Spiritual Audit of the World's Workplaces (forthcoming, 20101, Liz with leaders of large global corporations and entrepreneurial organisations to bring more consciousness, awareness, presence, values and ethics into our workplaces
The Spiritual Dynamics of Hearing/ Listening and Healing: Awakening to the Flow Within, Between and Among Us John L Hochheimer Room 216 Interactive Workshop The work of reconciliation in post-traumatic societies seeks to create the space for people to experience their common humanity in the aftermath of political violence. This work often requires the ongoing construction of safe spaces where compassionate hearing among people of differing faith/religious identities can take place. Using stories from the field and interactive group exercises, this
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