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 DESC
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
students and faculty at Princeton University the opportunity to study the various intersections of religion, diplomacy and international relations. Dr Suhair Hassan Al-Qurashi is the president and CEO of Dar Al-Hekma College, one of the leading private colleges for women in Saudi Arabia. Dr Al-Qurashi received a PhD and MPE from Cambridge University, an MSc from United States International University, and a BA from Richmond College, London. She is a civic and social leader who has organised three major international conferences in the Middle East on women and development issues through the 1990s.
Dr Kao was born in Cambodia and educated in the United States of America. He currently serves as President of the University of Cambodia and Secretary of State of Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, among his several official positions. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Hawaii. His special interest is in regional affairs, and over the years, he attended many national, regional and international meetings (bilateral and multilateral; official and track-two). As a scholar and diplomat, he had made various contributions to both Cambodia and ASEAN. He also heads the Asian Faiths Development Dialogue [AFDD). Professor Banchoff is director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and Associate Professor in the Government Department and the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Professor Banchoff is editor of 'Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism' (Oxford University Press, 2007) and Religious Pluralism, Globalization, and World Politics' (forthcoming, Oxford University Press). Banchoff was awarded the DAAD Award for Distinguished Scholarship in German studies in 2003.
Dr Patrice Brodeur is Canada Research Chair on Islam, Pluralism and Globalisation for the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Montreal. He completed his doctorate studies at Harvard University. Recently, he completed a three-week tour of six Arab countries to lecture on Pluralism in Canada and in Islam. He has co-edited a book titled 'Towards a Pluralist Paradigmn: Religion and Democracy in the 21st Century'.
Towards a Shared Language of Religious Training: Interfaith Education for Religious Leaders
Mark R Lindsay
Rabbi Fred Morgan
Abdullah Saeed
Paul Beirne
Room 204 Panel Discussion
Increasingly, religious leaders are being called to speak in the public arena, where to many people they represent not only their own faith but religion in general. This session will explore the possibilities for interfaith professional development for those in positions of religious leadership. The presentation will draw on case studies from the presenters' own experience in the training of religious leaders.
Dr Mark Lindsay is a systematic and historical theologian who has long been active in interfaith dialogue and education. He currently works as Director of Research at the Melbourne College of Divinity and has previously worked in universities in Perth, Melbourne and Cambridge. where he taught history, theology and Jewish-Christian relations. He has published widely in books and journals and also has experience in congregational ministry.
Prior to his appointment as Chief Rabbi of Temple Beth Israel, Rabbi Fred Morgan worked as Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Bristol, and as Rabbi of North-West Surrey Synagogue. He is a graduate of Leo Baeck College, London, where he was made a Fellow in 1997. He is also Honorary Associate Rabbi of Sim Shalom Community, Budapest, Hungary. He currently serves as a President of the Victorian Council of Christians and Jews.
Dr Adbullah Saeed is the Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne, where he also directs the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies and Asia Institute (www.abdullahsaeed.org). He is involved in interfaith dialogue between Christians. and Muslims, and between Jews and Muslims, and is a frequent and popular lecturer. Dr Saeed has a BA in Arab/Islamic Studies from Saudi Arabia, an MA in Applied Linguistics and a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Melbourne.
11:30am-1:00pm INTERRELIGIOUS SESSION
Dr Paul Beirne holds an MA from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, a Masters in Divinity from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, a Doctor of Ministry from Chicago Theological Seminary, and a PhD from the University of Queensland. His academic interests include East Asian religions and new religious movements in East Asia, particularly the symbols immanent in these religious traditions. He has been Dean of the Melbourne College of Divinity since 2001.
Aboriginal Women - Healing the Land and its People
Aunty Lois
Aunty Pat Morgan
Min Mia
Room 207
Panel Discussion
Our land was aggressively invaded by the British, which not only traumatised our people but the land itself. This program includes the work of three Aboriginal Women, Elders and healers. Bunjalung ministers Aunty Pat and Aunty Lois work tirelessly to break ancestral curses that have been passed down from generation to generation. Aboriginal people believe that serious physical ailments can be cured at a spiritual level first and foremost, and our presenters will describe how they identify the need of their people and address it at this level. Min Mia, an Aboriginal Elder, will discuss her life's journey assisting people to understand the emotional effects that the colonisation and invasion of Australia had on the Aboriginal people over successive generations. Min will provide examples of her healing work and Indigenous ways.
Lois Roberts is the founder of Arising Ministries and has been involved with indigenous communities for the past 20 years and is the senior pastor of the Arising Ministries church in Lismore.
Pat Morgan has been a gospel singer for over 40 years, has her own ministry Pat Morgan Ministries International but for the last 3 years has teamed up with Lois to help establish Arising Ministries in Australia. Min Mia (Maureen Smith) a teacher of Indigenous lore and stories from the Waradgeri people in central NSW, Australia.
Understanding Vodun: A West African Spirituality
Robert Houndohome Hounon, Benin: Vodun Hwendo, Moderator
Room 209
Interactive Workshop
This polytheistic tradition is practised in the coastal Western African countries of Ghana, Benin and Togo. It is also practised by the Yoruba of Nigeria. Learn how these deities, born into the family, clan, village and nation, are
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