Krishnapriya
Multi-faith
Kashi Foundation, USA

Growing up in a Community: How a Deeper Awareness Fosters Change in the World
A panel of youth, who have grtown up in spiritual or religious communities,will share their views on life in a community. The panel will discuss the different apects of how growing up in this type of environment creates positive attributes that will change and impact the 21st Century. There will time designated for Questions and Answers.

The panel will consist of young people who have grown up in intentional communities.

On History, Progress, and Civilization
Hiroko is contacting for Outline

Irfan has bio

Islam and World Peace
Dr. Irfan will talk to him to make the outline shorter. He has a long outline in his folder.

Dr. Maneh al-Johani, born in 1942 in Saudi Arabia, has obtained his MA and Ph.D. degrees from Indiana University -Bloomington, USA and specialized in linguistics. He was appointed lecturer and assistant professor in the English Department of the King Saudi University. Selected as Asst. Sec. General in 1983 and in 1987 as Secretary General of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, an independent International Muslim youth organization and a NGO associated with UNO. He is the author and co-author of many papers and books and has participated in many international conferences.

Economic Globalization & the Roman Catholic Social Justice Tradition
I. Introduction II. The Reality of Economic Globalization III. Immediate Responses: Forgive 3rd world debt & Form International Economic Regulatory Bodies. Iv. Methodological Shifts: Formulating a Global Ethic Reformulate Ethic of Proximity Abandon Universal Ethic Lang. for Lang. of Global Ethics. v. The Catholic Social Justice Tradition. Vi. Conclusion: Practical & Pastoral Implications.

Rev. Mark Allman is a Roman Catholic priest for the Diocese of Albany, New York (USA). Currently, he is working towards a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics at Loyola University of Chicago. He also speaks Spanish.

72 Hours
From December 31 thru January 2, people of faith around the world will be participating in an extraordinary and unprecedented act of inter-religious cooperation-72 hours of interfaith peace building at the turn of the millennium. Come hear about the wide range of specific projects that are underway at local and global levels, and explore how you can participate in this millennial gift of the United Religions Initiative.

Paul Andrews is Project Director for the 72 Hours Project, and a member of the United Religions Initiative staff.

Women in Islam (Sufi Women Organization Promoting Universal Human Rights)
The lecture will begin with a brief discussion of the historical role of women in Islam, moving on towards current conceptual issues within the Muslim world, in terms of both cultural and religious values. Looking towards the next century and the increasing opportunities for women, Dr. Angha will introduce the Sufi women Organizations (SWO), a humanitarian, non political, non sectarian organization. SWO has been laying foundations for a dialogue of creative engagement, among the Sufi women of the world, committed to promote the recognition and dissemination of universal human rights with a focus on women's rights. Being committed to a culture of equal rights, the SWO has been been successful in bringing Sufi women of the world together for the goal of promoting its universal mission.

Nihad Angha, Ph.D., is the cofounder and co-director of the international Association of Sufism (IAS), founder of Sufi Women Organization (SWO), the executive editor of Sufism : An Inquiry, (A quarterly internationally distributed journal), and the main NGO representative of the IAS to the United Nations. She is an internationally published author and one of the major Muslim Sufi teachers. She has written at least fifteen published books and has performed numerous lectures at universities and participated at conferences including The Vision for the 21st Century. She is a Broad member of the Marin Interfaith Council, Vice president of the San Francisco's Interfaith Center at the Presido Board of Directors and member of the Board of Advisors, Institute for the World's Religions.

Celebrate the Spirit of the Earth with Ritual, Dance and Song
Participants in this event will create a sacred space together with the intention of opening to the divine nature of the Earth and finding their personal connection with it. We will sing and dance together using primarily songs from the American and western European Pagan and earth-spirituality traditions and will teach all of the simple songs and dances used. No experience is necessary and people of all faiths are invited.

Director of Earth Spirit, one of the largest and longest lived Pagan organizations in the USA, has been leading public Pagan and interfaith rituals for 20 years across the United States for groups of 10-1000 people. At the 1993 Parliament she was instrumental in designing and leading the Full Moon Ritual held in Grant Park, and led a well received morning meditation during the Parliament. For over 15 years, she has been educating the public at every level about her own minority spiritual path. More recently she has been actively involved in the elementary educational system in her region helping to ensure that honoring diversity becomes an integral part of young children's education.

Neo-Pagan Communal Authorship and the Charge of the Goddess.
The most important single religious text in the Neo-Pagan movement is the Charge of the Goddess. This paper examines the Charge's unusual status as a perpetual work-in-progress, open to constant revision by many hands since its first known publication in 1898. If we use a mutable text open to new authorship as a case study, what new questions can we ask about the idea of sacred scripture? Question and Answer.

Sarah Avery is an initiated priestess in the Blue Star tradition of Wicca, and a member of Braided Stream Coven in New Jersey, U.S.A. She is also a doctoral candidate in English Literature at Rutgers University.

Lecture
Human existence is physico-psycho-spiritual being. So for physical fitness, psychic alertness & spiritual elevation triferious exercise is a must. In this regard, Sri PR Sankan's (alias Ananda Munhjee) contribution is excellent as an introduction to yoga-meditation, which is based on Bio-psychics.

Acharya Priyatosananda Avt -Yoga therapist practitioner since 30 years. Alias Kshirsagar.

Psychotherapy And Prayer: A Path Toward Spiritual Unity
As a psychotherapist in private practice it has become clear to me that psychotherapy, one process toward healing the soul, requires prayer as an essential part in the healing process. My proposal: to speak in favor of the power of prayer to be the unifying factor of the world's religions. Not one of the religious traditions can exist without acknowledging the two essentials of prayer and meditation: humility and gratitude. Humility asks us to look within ourselves and "notice the log in our own eye" as we offer compassion to the "speck in our neighbor's eye." Gratitude asks us to walk in a humble manner, seeing the Divine within every moment. Psychotherapy, the modern confessional of the Western world, has a definite place in the continuum of spiritual direction. Psychotherapy offers a unique perspective as a practice of "walking the walk" of spiritual development. One can only speak of success in therapy when a person leaves theory and ideas behind in favor of a humble and grateful life. The time together will be both informational and experiential. How can we in pragmatic terms learn to live a more humble and grateful life? We will pray together and share our deepest hope that prayer and meditation can cut across all boundaries of "religious difference."

Peter G. Azrak, MA, MSW, is psychotherapist in private practice. He has received Master's degrees in the fields of Religious Studies and Social Work. Along with his practice he offers prayer services and retreats to those interested in community prayer. His most recent presentation at Sufi Books in New York City was entitled, Judaism and Christianity: A psycho- Spiritual Search for Unity.

Now Let's All Work To End Family Violence
I. I plan to describe the various unit of families as well as the 8 types of violence that can occur in some families. II. Participants will view a 2 part award winning video. III. Question and answer period will follow. IV. Participants will be divided into 3 groups lay person, clergy, and youth. V.------ group will have topics like What Every Church ------- Do About Violence, Have A Relationship Not A Power Struggle, etc. Groups will record and report back to the whole. VI. A graph will be made of the respondents from things on handout and place ----- viewing for everyone -----. VII. Another powerful handout The Good Samaritan will be read by Charlene Smith. It is the story of an abused woman on the street who passes a clergy, a -------, a social worker, a women's church group president and none of these people ----- her pain, hurt and suffering, it is homeless woman, who really comfort--- nurtures this abused woman on the road.

Elder Barbara J. Baker, M.Ed., DTM, Moderator of Church & Society committee at Sixth Grace Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL USA, the main presenter, is also Commissioner to the Chicago Presbytery. She is an educator in the Chicago Public Schools where she has won many awards & grants for her ------ and dedication in teaching urban children. She does public speaking in the Toastmasters International and a favorite pastime is as a writer and ---- Relations Practitioner for the above-listed organizations, IBWC and ---- other organizations. She studied "Confronting Violence Against Women" under Dr. Reverend Marie M. Fortune. Charlene Smith, M.Ed and Competent Toastmaster has been a public speaker and a workshop leader for a number of years. A colleague with Ms. Baker in many speaking and workshop presentations.

Yoga as Prayer
The participants will be instructed and guided in a prayer in which a simple flow of yoga asanas is joined with the words of the Lord's Prayer. This group prayer offering will be an expression of gratitude to the tradition of Hatha Yoga, the teachings of Jesus Christ, and the many paths to the one truth. It will be an experience of prayer as defined by Hildegaarde of Bingen: breathing in and breathing out the one breath of the Universe."

Judith Baker Miller is a transpersonal counselor and yoga teacher . She is a lover of Africa who seeks a means of connecting with and being in service to South Africa. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon. She has practiced and taught "Yoga as Prayer" in classes and workshops for fifteen years. She offers the practice as an expression of love and means of knowing unity, mind, and spirit.

Dance, Drama & Conflict Resolution
Dance & Drama are more than art forms. In this experiential & interactive workshop we will explore the use of dance and drama to create a more peaceful person. You will acquire skills that turn potentially damaging conflict into peace, harmony & understanding

Masankho Banda, originally from Malawi uses music, dance, and drumming to create inner peace, foster spiritual growth, enhance inner wisdom, and build community. Masankho has been leading workshops and performances for the past 12 years, all over the USA and in Europe.

Healing Body & Spirit with Dance
Come & heal your body, nourish you soul & your spirit as you dance to music from Africa & the Carribbean. Any age and ability. Learn to express yourself full and with confidence.

Masankho Banda, originally from malawi uses music, dance and drumming to create inner peace. Foster spiritual growth, enhance inner wisdom and build community. Masankho has been leading workshops and performances for the past 12 years all over the USA and in Europe.

Becoming Earthwise
Earthwise is an experiential workshop process which enables particpants to formulate their role interacting with the earth as a living system upon which all life depends.

Dance For Peace
Deborah Testa Bennett's South African Dance Troupe, composed of sixteen youths from various ethnic religious backgrounds will present a fifteen minute program of dance and meditation that will include a prayer for peace. led by the children, the program will conclude with the entire congregation sitting in silent meditation for three minutes. The dance theme is: Drinking spiritual nectar together, at the level of soul we are all one

Deborah Testa Bennett was born in South Africa and began dance training at age three in Johannesburg. She received her BA from University of Natal, Durban , South Africa in 1980. Ms. Bennett started teaching at Fairview Academy at at sixteen. In 1982, she opened her own ballet School in Soweto. Later, she moved to America and opened her own ballet school in New Jersey. In 1994, the dance company she founded, performed at the Conference on World Religions in Queens, new York. Currently, she teaches at M&S Studio of the performing Arts, Fredericksburg, Maryland.

The Focolare Spirituality of Unity in Teaching Word Religions
The Focolare spirituality is an interpersonal praxis oriented to making oneself one with the other. It provides a framework for understanding and valuing religious and other cultural differences. As such, this spirituality gives rise to a distinctive hermeneutic of world religions that is both faith based and genuinely pluralistic.

Presenter. Constance L. Benson is a research associate at the City University of New York's Center on Violence and Human Survival, and author of God and Caesar with a foreword by Cornel West. She holds an M.Div. from Harvard Divinity and a M.Phil. from Colombia and Union Seminary in New York.

Beyond Religious Apartheid: A Critique of Ernst Troeltsch on World Religions
Ernst Troelsch (1865 - 1923) is one of the most respected and renowned figures in mainstream white Protestant thought. His religious relativism is commonly considered to be a contribution to religious equality and torleance. However, this interpretation presupposes Enlightenment values that are actually foreign to the eminent thinker, who subscribed to theories that would today be called racist. In his essay, " The Place of Christianity among World Religions," (1923) Troeltsch argues that Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam are of value only for their own "races" within their respective territories, dismissing the smaller cults of African and other "primitive races" as inferior and a legitimate object of European evangelization. This view legitimized Euopean colonization of Africa and enslavement of Africans, which was being contested in Troeltsch's Germany by both Catholic and Socialist parties.

Presenter. Constance L. Benson is a research associate at the City University of New York's Center on Violence and Human Survival, and author of God and Caesar with a foreword by Cornel West. She holds an M.Div. from Harvard Divinity and a M.Phil. from Colombia and Union Seminary in New York.

Connections & Confluences Among The Meditation Paths
Note on email: Mayanne L. Krech-1@tc.umn.edu Direct personal experience of the Transcendent, whether or not given the name God, is the Source, Essence and Goal common to all religions. The processes and paths leading the realization of this source, essence and goal, are termed meditation. The presentation will give a summary of these parallels and confluences among the spiritual practices of various religions, those that are now prevalent as well as those that are now extinct

Maha-mandaleshvara Swami Veda Bharati, formerly known as Usharbudh Arya D. Litt, was raised in the five-thousand-year-old tradition of Sanskrit-speaking scholars of India. A renowned philosopher, he gave his first public lecture at the age of nine when he taught the Yoga-sutras of Patanjali and Vedas. He has been teaching and lecturing for the last 52 years. He now reads and understands 17 languages of varying degrees of fluency. From 1952 to 1967, he served various communities in Africa, South America and elsewhere as a pandit and spiritual guide. From 1967 to 1972, he was professor of Sanskrit at the University of Minnesota, USA, where he received the Distinguished Teacher Award. In 1996 he was appointed Spiritual Guide of the Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences in Dehradun, President and Spiritual Guide of the Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and philosophy in India, and president and Spiritual Director of Swami Rama's Ashram (Sadhana Mandir) in Rishikesh where he resides. On March 15, 1999, he was honored by the Swamis of India who conferred on him the title of Maha-mandaleshvara, placing him among the top 30 or so leading swamis of India.

The Seminal Contribution of Zoroastinanism to the Religions of the World
Zoroastrianism, as the mother of all monotheic religions, is the quintessence of the ecumenism that binds all religions together. This presentation depicts the enormous influence that Zarathushtra's teachings have had in the cradle of civilization - Egypt, Sumeria, Babylon, Canaan, Greece and Rome and extending to India and China. This presentation also highlights the principles that Zarathushtra articulated, in the holy text , known as "The Gathas of the Prophet" which found their way into Judaism - and through Judaism into Christianity. This presentation further asserts and will demonstrate that The Gathas is both the oldest religious literature and , at the same time, is the youngest in terms of it's applicability to modern man.

Mr. Keki R. Bhote a life long student of Zoroastrian theology and history and a pioneer in furthering Zoroastrianism in North America. A founding influence in both the Zoroastrian association of America and of the Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Chicago, he served these organizations as president and trustee respectively. Mr Bhote has chaired the 2nd Zoroastrian Symposium of North America. A much sought after lecturer, he has presented at over 100 church groups and , most notably, at athe Parliament for the World's Religion's Centennial Gathering in Chicago in 1993, as well as, at the 3rd World Zoroastrian Conference . Currently he lectures on Zoroastrianism and comparative religions at YMCA College, serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the World Zoroastrian Organization, as Vice President, Center for Ancient Iranian Studies - Boston, MA and as Chairman of the Committee on "the Future of Zoroastrianism" for the Federation of Zoroastrians of North America. He is also the President of Keki R. Bohti Associates, a consulting company specializing in Quality and Productivity Improvement.

Zoroastrianism and the Ethics of Leadership
Zarathushtra launched into this world a code of principles, ethics and leadership that has been replicated by the great prophets that followed him and by the charismatic leaders of nations and peoples. This paper and presentation lists the attributes of such leadership based upon the principles and ethics as Zarathushtra taught and practiced them. Furthermore, it compares how well the leaders of Zoroastrianism's long history and the leaders of modern industry have adhered to these attributes, but how poorly the managers - as distinguished from the leaders - of today have sullied these attributes.

Mr. Keki R. Bhote a life long student of Zoroastrian theology and history and a pioneer in furthering Zoroastrianism in North America. A founding influence in both the Zoroastrian association of America and of the Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Chicago, he served these organizations as president and trustee respectively. Mr. Bhote has chaired the 2nd Zoroastrian Symposium of North America. A much sought after lecturer, he has presented at over 100 church groups and , most notably, at athe Parliament for the World's Religion's Centennial Gathering in Chicago in 1993, as well as, at the 3rd World Zoroastrian Conference . Currently he lectures on Zoroastrianism and comparative religions at YMCA College, serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the World Zoroastrian Organization, as Vice President, Center for Ancient Iranian Studies - Boston, MA and as Chairman of the Committee on "the Future of Zoroastrianism" for the Federation of Zoroastrians of North America. He is also the President of Keki R. Bohti Associates, a consulting company specializing in Quality and Productivity Improvement.

The Resplendent Vision of Zarathushtra As Profiled in His Gathas - A World Legacy
The Gathas represent the oldest, monotheic scholarly quintessential religious literature in the world.They remain a virtual revelation by God to Zarathushtra - a Rossetta Stone for later religious leaders to decipher the universality of his message. This paper outlines 12 principles that Zarathushtra details, making Zoroastrianism a rational and non prescriptive religion - ideally suited for the yearnings fo the modern man.

Mr. Keki R. Bhote a life long student of Zoroastrian theology and history and a pioneer in furthering Zoroastrianism in North America. A founding influence in both the Zoroastrian association of America and of the Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Chicago, he served these organizations as president and trustee respectively. Mr Bhote has chaired the 2nd Zoroastrian Symposium of North America. A much sought after lecturer, he has presented at over 100 church groups and , most notably, at athe Parliament for the World's Religion's Centennial Gathering in Chicago in 1993, as well as, at the 3rd World Zoroastrian Conference . Currently he lectures on Zoroastrianism and comparative religions at YMCA College, serves as a member of the Boardof Directors of the World Zoroastrian Organization, as Vice President, Center for Ancient Iranian Studies - Boston, MA and as Chairman of the Committee on "the Future of Zoroastrianism" for the Federation of Zoroastrians of North America. He is also the President of Keki R. Bohti Associates, a consulting company specializing in Quality and Productivity Improvement.

Chaos As A Source of Creation: A Spiritual Approach
Chaos can be a stimulus toward fear and retreat, or it can be an opening into rich new possibilities which uses principles of spiritual transformation and new science teachings. This presentation will offer explanations about the true potential of chaos and how to work with it. Participants will be given guidelines for developing a simple spiritual practice to meet the challenge of rapid change and unpredictability.

Barbara Blackwill has been a transformational consultant for individuals, groups, and organizations for over 30 years. She synthesizes spiritual transformation principles and new science. She is active in CoreLight's Meditations For Peace program. She currently lives in California.

Connections: Sages and Sage Wisdom, African and Chinese
There is a renewed interest in sages evident today in various societies and scholarly research projects. The return to the tradition of ancient wisdom is viewed as an important resource for understanding individual cultural ways of thinking and living, but also more generally they offer philosophical resources that bear upon ourselves as humans and our place in the environment. Our presentations examine some major features of traditons of sage wisdom in Africa and China. Professor Presbey will profile African sage wisdom based upon her study of African worldviews and her fieldwork research in Kenya. Professor Blakely will profile Chinese sage wisdom as this is expressed in the early and middles phases of the Confucian tradition. We will then advance suggestions regarding the contemporary importance of sage wisdom traditions.

Dr. Gail Presbey, Fulbright Scholar, University Nairobi, author of several articles, a book, Nonviolence: Social and Psychological Issues, and co-editor of The Philosophical Quest. Dr. Donald Blakeley, Professor of Philosophy, California State University, Fresno, author of articles on topics in Asian and Western philosophy.

The Story of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: From Sectarian Violence to the Pursuit of Peace
The church was begun in 1830 under the leadership of Joseph Smith, Jr. in the state of New York, USA. It's sectarian and increasingly militant nature resulted in persecution, retaliation and finally the assassination of Joseph Smith in 1844. The Reorganized Church, which gathered around Joseph Smith III, son of the first prophet, has sought a more peaceful path. This is presently symbolized by its presence in 40 nations and, in 1994, the dedication of a temple for the pursuit of peace, reconciliation and healing of the spirit.

Panelists: Andrew Bolton - Coordinator for Peace and Justice Ministries at the church's international headquarters. A native of England, he taught multi-faith religious education in a Leicester school from 1985-94, completed teacher training at Westminster College, Oxford, 1994-1997, and was religious education adviser for Leicester city schools from 1997-1998. Bunda Chibwe- Associate regional administrator for the church in Africa with specific responsibility for Zambia and Lubumbashi area in the Congo. Born in Mwense, Zambia, he has worked as a minister for the church since 1982. Mary Ooko- is a missionary for the church in South Africa. Born in Kisumu, Kenya, her current ministerial work includes developing a young peacemakers club with children. Previously she trained and then worked as a teacher with children who are hearing impaired. Main Presenter: Grant McMurray- 7th President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints and the first who is not a direct descendent of the church's founder, Joseph Smith Jr. A native of Toronto, Canada he has worked since 1971 at the international headquarters of the church in Independence, Missouri, USA.

Spiritual Direction: A Christian Spiritual Practice
A. Brief presentation on the history of spiritual direction in the Christian tradition. B. Description and demonstration of spiritual direction by representatives of the Institute for Spiritual Leadership. C. A panel of Institute representatives discussing their experiences of using spiritual direction in various cultural and religious settings. D. Bibliography and resources, See Attached Sheet

1) Patricia Bombard, B.V.M., is executive director of the Institute for Spiritual Leadership, Chicago, Il, USA. She is a Roman Catholic, and is currently working on a Doctor of Ministry degree at Chicago Theological Seminary. 2) Thomas Torinus is a graduate of ISL and a former journalist and businessman. He is a member of the United Church of Christ and currently is involved in spiritual companioning, community-building work and teaching spirituality. 3) Dabula Mpako is a Roman catholic priest with the Archdiocese of Pretoria and native of South Africa. He is pastor of a parish and is involved in spiritual direction work. 4) Kathleen Bridge, S.N.D., is a Roman Catholic and member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She is a native of South Africa, and currently does religious formation work in her congregation.

Focusing: A Tool for the Inner Journey
A. History and Descriptionm of focusing, a process developed by Eugene Gendlin, PhD, University of Chicago. B. Demonstration of focusing as a tool for intercultural exploration of personal religious experience and authentic spiritual accompaniament. C. Information of training resources. - See Attached Sheet - Representatives of the Institute for Spiritual Leadership will lead a program that includes a description and demonstration of the technique of Focusing, a holistic process, which unites body, mind, and spirit. The program invites people to live in an integrated fashion.

1) Patricia Bombard, B.V.M., is executive director of the Institute for Spiritual Leadership, Chicago, Il, USA. She is a Roman Catholic, and is currently working on a Doctor of Ministry degree at Chicago Theological Seminary. 2) Thomas Torinus is a graduate of ISL and a former journalist and businessman. He is a member of the United Church of Christ and currently is involved in spiritual companioning, community-building work and teaching spirituality. 3) Dabula Mpako is a Roman catholic priest with the Archdiocese of Pretoria and native of South Africa. He is pastor of a parish and is involved in spiritual direction work. 4) Kathleen Bridge, S.N.D., is a Roman Catholic and member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She is a native of South Africa, and currently does religious formation work in her congregation.

Conflict Resolution with Heart
Many who pray for peace cannot resolve disagreements in their own families, churches, and communities. This 3 hour workshop offers a practical and transformative approach to address conflicts between individuals, religious organizations, communities, and nations. It can also be used to empower individuals and groups to cooperatively address critical present time needs which confront the human community. This healing brings people together by focusing on expressing and receiving universal feelings and needs; and making clear requests (not demands). The workshop is based on the model of nonviolent (or compassionate) communication developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, founder and Education Director of the Center for Nonviolent Communication.

Presenter, Carroll Boone, J.D., M.S.W. is doing business as Coaching and Mediation Services. Carroll is an active member of the center for Spiritual Living, empowerment groups and teaches "Communication from the Heart as a Spiritual Practice." Her mediation practice focuses on organization and community dispute resolution.

Clairvoyance and One's Spiritual Life: How It Works
This presentation will offer techniques for self-guided meditation that enable one to access one's spiritual abilities, such as clairvoyance, and show how one can use these abilities in everyday life.

VRR Dr. Susan Hull Bostwick, presenter CEO, Church of Divine Man and its Seminary: The Berkeley Psychic Institute. President, Deja vu Publishing co. Managing Editer, The Psychic Reader Newspaper. Founder, Yin Yang School for Psychic Children.

Rememberance, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation
Jim Kenney has details

Marcus Braybrook is a trustee of the International Interfaith Center and president of the World Congress of Faiths as well as author of several books on interfaith work. He was co-editor of "All in Good Faith."

Religious attitudes towards Organ Transplants
The program will outline the different attitudes of people of faiths; both doners and recipients of kidney transplants. A discussion on organ tranplants will follow.

Mary Braybrook is an experienced medical social worker who has worked at the Renal Care Unit of Oxford and has made a special study of this subject. She is an active member of the World Congress of Faith and the International Interfaith Center.

Religions and Science: Is it time for Repentance?
The relationship of science and religion is basically a religious and spiritual problem. How is knowledge developed, cultivated, and used for the health and well-being of our earthly home? Conflicts between religion and science and among religious traditions arise out of limiting beliefs about reality and embrace a more inclusive vision is a pathway to repentance. Two aspects of this pathway are discussed: transformations of knowledge and religious practice growing out the mixing of traditions; and the emerging generalized cosmic-vison of the sciences.

David Breed is a consultant, teacher, and writer. He has published Yoking Religion and Science: The Life and Thought of Ralph Wendell Burhoe. He serves on the boards of The Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions and the Institute for World Spirituality.

A Solution for Humanity
A thorough study of all religions leads to the conclusion that all religions are one, not their historical accuracy or separate customs, but in their essential message: All of humanity is one common family; all religions come from one divine source; all ethics is essentially contained in the Golden Rule; divinity can be experienced and realized in the individual through prayer/meditation/contemplation; good deeds are rewarded, evil deeds are punished; etc. The noble effort of Cao Dai is to unite all of humanity through a common vision of the Supreme Being, whatever our minor differences, in order to promote peace and understanding throughout the world.

Born on 6-30-1943 in Vietnam, Medical doctor:1968 Military Surgeon of the Vietnam Army: 1969-1974 City Council at Tayninh: 1974-1975. To the USA: 1975 General Secretary of Caodai Overseas since 1993

Definition of Religion in American Law: Ambiguous Implications for Religious Diversity
Religion is defined from different perspectives. As such, the United States Supreme Court cannot take one perspective on religion if the free exercise of religion is to be respected. But how do judges even know what is a religion when they think they see it? Limiting the recognition of religion to a judicial perspective would not fare well for religion. Yet, the Court must decide cases, especially with regard to exemptions from government control of religion and distribution of benefits to religion from government. Thus, given the fact that any conception of religion will be perspectival, the Court still needs some general outline of what at least looks like a functioning religion, without passing judgment on the "truth" of religion.

Ph.D. in systematic theology from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago (1984). J. D. From Valparaiso University School of Law (Dec. 1998, awaiting state bar results). Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at both parochial and secular institutions. Former editor: Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion (1986-1995). Publications in the area of theology/ science/ ethics (Zygon, anthology on Albrecht Ritschl). President, Calumet Chapter, Indiana Civil Liberties Union (1988-present). Starting private practice of law and will continue teaching part-time at LSTC.

Scientology: Religious Solution for a Secular World
Information about and deconstruction of social betterment progress in the area of education, drugs and criminal rehabilitation. Moral rejuvenation based on the words of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard

T.B.A. Al Buttnor , director of Public Affairs. Church of Scientology of Toronto.

CAODAISM, the Third Universal Amnesty of God
What is Caodaism? How it was created? Philosophy and doctrine of Caodism How does Caodaism represent God Organizational structure of Caodaism Esotericism in Caodaism. How are spiritual disciplines implemented in Caodaism? How Caodaism interacts, with the mainline religions such as Buddhism Christianity, Confucianism, etc. How Caodaism adapts to the different social and cultural aspects of the world Persecution and repression of Caodaism in Vietnam. How to promote respect for fundamental human rights and freedom of religion or belief in Vietnam.

1) Mr. Tran Quang Canh, President, Cao Dai Overseas Missionary. Mr. Canh is a sub-dignitary and is also the head of the Cao Dai Temple of Washington DC. 2) Dr. Sergei Blagov, Associate Professor, Institute of Asian and African Studies, University of Moscow, Russia. 3) Mr. Christopher Hartney is a graduate student in World Religions, University of Sydney, Australia.

Sacred Passage: A Model for Psychospiritual Transformation
Ecopsychology is a model that interprets the human condition, both healthy and pathological, in relationship to the living Earth, known as Gaia. Sacred Passage is a contemporary experiential program that provides a safe container for radical psychospiritual transformation in an 11-day model. This experience occurs in a 108 pace circle in sacred places throughout the world. The participant is prepared for a seven-day solo experience in Silence with no distractions. The presenter will use his own experiences, and that of his therapy clients, to describe the invariant process of psychological death and rebirth that occurs in the Sacred Passage basic program.

Dr. Canterbury-Counts is a clinical psychologist and adjunct Florida Atlantic University professor. He is the founder of the Center for Sacred Psychology, a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, the Center for Jungian Studies of SE Florida, and listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. He is a spiritual student of Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati and lives with his family at Kashi Ashram, Florida.

The Black Mother: The Essential Archetype for a New Millennia
In the 1930s the psychologist Carl Jung wrote that if contemporary civilization did not rediscover the importance of the Feminine and integrate this archetype into our lives there would be no hope for the existence of humanity. Dr. Jean Houston has offered that one of the most significant events that makes this period in history unique is the emergence and honoring of the Feminine. the archetype of the Mother will be discussed with its psychospiritual implications. A particular emphasis will be placed on the Black Mother, Kali, and the wisdom She offers us. The psychological technique of the identification and integration of shadow projection is discussed as a practical means of using the "fierce love" of this Black Mother.

Dr. Canterbury-Counts is a clinical psychologist and adjunct Florida Atlantic University professor. He is the founder of the Center for Sacred Psychology, a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, the Center for Jungian Studies of SE Florida, and listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. He is a spiritual student of Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati and lives with his family at Kashi Ashram, Florida.

Experiencing Unity Through the Prayer of the Heart
The Prayer of the Heart is a spiritual meditation in which participants unite their minds with their hearts by repeating a sacred prayer word, preferably a NAME OF GOD such as Jesus, Yahweh, or Allah, to quiet the mind and experience the presence of God within. All thoughts, emotions, and images pass by without judgment. This often results in an experience of warmth and light, patience and understanding, peace and joy, love and wisdom. By practicing this meditation daily, participants experience release of stress and tension, feel more generous and compassionate, find inner peace, and feel whole and awake. In this workshop, I will explain the 'Prayer of the Heart' & then have the group experience it for themselves. 6.4

Barbara S. Carpenter is a licensed clinical social worker. She has been a regular daily mediator since 1969 and has meditated for months at a time. She founded the Network of Light in 1979, an organization that honors and celebrates all paths to the light, and which has hosted interfaith events for the Washington, D.C. area for 19 years. She has taught the 'Prayer of the Heart' workshop around the word, at a United Nations conference, at the Women's Conference in Beijing, and at Habitat II in Istanbul.

Healing Religious Wounds-Joining a Research-Action
Healing religious wounds has become an increasingly obvious need in our world. When war breaks out, religious wounds almost always contribute to the devastation. In 1996 the Interfaith Center at the Presidio made a commitment to examine the theme carefully to discover healing ways and how to implement them in a fractured world. This workshop surveys the international horizon for examples of healing religious wounds, discusses the first learnings from the Interfaith Center's projects, and offers an opportunity to participate in "The Listening Project," an international research project to discern the wisest contributions our respective faith traditions can offer in the quest to heal religious wounds.

Paul Chauffee grew up in Asia, son of Presbyterian missionaries. He is ordained in the United Church of Christ (USA), the founding executive director of the Interfaith Center at the Presidio, and member of the board of directors of the United Religious Initiative. The revised edition of his Accountable Leadership- A Resource Guide for Sustaining Legal, Financial, and Tubical Integrity in Today's Congregations (Jossey-Bass) was published in 1997.

Enhancing trust and vitality within and among faith communities
Appreciative inquiry is a methodology developed by David Cooperrider and others in the field of organizational development. It has been used as the guiding approach of the United Religions Initiative and in a variety of ways at the Interfaith Center at the Presidio. As a Founding member of both these projects, the presenter has seen appreciative inquiry at work in various settings. He has also brought appreciative inquiry to congregations and clergy for use not only in their interfaith activities but within their individual faith families and in relations with various other communities. This workshop is a practical exercise focused on the best benefit of appreciative inquiry (for this presenter) -- its ability to enhance trust and vitality within and among groups of people, beginning with our one-on-one relationships. The workshop would (1) briefly cover some basic principles and values in an appreciative approach; (2) offer time to "do" appreciative inquiry instead of just learning "about" it; (3) provide resources so people can continue learning about this discipline; and (4) leave some time for questions and to consider what's been learned before breaking up.

Paul Chauffee grew up in Asia, son of Presbyterian missionaries. He is ordained in the United Church of Christ (USA), the founding executive director of the Interfaith Center at the Presidio, and member of the board of directors of the United Religious Initiative. The revised edition of his Accountable Leadership- A Resource Guide for Sustaining Legal, Financial, and Tubical Integrity in Today's Congregations (Jossey-Bass) was published in 1997.

The Heart of our Values: Our Meeting Place
Human values open the heart and transform human nature so that life is filled with compassion and humility. Through constant awareness of inner values, a person develops the ability to discern truth and to follow the path of truth, within whichever religious frame of reference that person chooses. This workshop is an opportunity to bring into awareness and "cross-fertilize" the seeds of specific human values which make life meaningful. Participants are united on the basis of having a pure desire for and loving belief in the core values within each human being. They will experience the meeting place beyond the external differences of their religions while acknowledging the richness of each faith. They will also understand each other from the heart, where love is present, and make progress towards a better world will be possible. Two workshop coordinators will invoke the spirit of human values by presenting the core human values from an interfaith perspective, and by describing experiences of finding common ground in interfaith gatherings. This will be followed by an in-depth exchange between the presenters and participants and also among participants. The workshop coordinators will steer the discussion, offer feedback, and recognize different voices throughout the session. The workshop will conclude with time for silent reflection.

B.K. Sister Chandru has been a full-time teacher with the Brahma Kumaris since 1964, and has been teaching and practicing Raja Yoga meditation for nearly three decades. She has administered Brahma Kumaris Center in Africa, Canada, and the United States, and is currently the Director of the regional main center in San Francisco, California. In addition to her administrative and teaching duties at the San Francisco center, she is a board member of the United Religions Initiative of San Francisco, and has played an administrative role in the 1997 and 1998 URI International Conferences at Stanford University. She is also the vice chair of the San Francisco Interfaith Council, and the retreats at the San Francisco Brahma Kumaris Center.

The Korean Buddhist Ch'on'tae Order and the Avalokitesvara Meditation
Through this lecture, I would like to introduce the Korean Buddhist Ch'ont'ae Order (KBCO) to the world community and to make known its practice and social activities in Korea. The main contents are: A Brief History of KBCO, The Life of the Most Venerable Sangwol, The Found Spirit of KBCO, where KBCO stands, The Avalokitesvara Meditation as the Fundamental Practice.

Lecturer: Chong-yoon Jeon is President of the Executive Council of the Korean Buddhist Ch'ont'ae Order (KBCO), President of the Chungbuk Taekwondo Association, and Vice President of the Council of Korean Buddhist Orders. In 1966 he became a Buddhist monk as a disciple of the Most Venerable Sangwol-wongak. Particpants: Jin-soo Kim, Director of the Division of Education, KBCO Young-nam Kim, Director of the Division of General Affairs, KBCO Jong-yul Park, Director of the Division of Ethic, KBCO Young-joo Kim, Associate Director of the Division of Personnel, KBCO Ki-soo Kim, Associate Director of the Division of Instruction, KBCO Sun-Ho Kim, Assistant Director of the Division of Broadcasting, KBCO Jae-chang Lee, President of the Kumkang Buddhist College Sang-hyum Kim, Professor, Dongguk University Hwee-ok Jang, Professor, Dongguk University Sa-up Kim, Professor, Dongguk University

The River School: A Model for Education in the 21st Century
Founded by Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, the River School weaves spirituality, service and awareness along with a consciousness of non-bigotry and non-violence with a quality education in an inspirational, creative, thought-provoking environment. The River School staff and students will discuss why this model will impact education in the 21st Century and how inter-generational cooperation and embracing diversity have given these students a broader, global perspective in their lives.

Anjani Cirillo, Principle of the River School Kashi Frank, Teacher Panel of Students from the River School

Gratitude as an Interreligious Dynamic among Second-Generation Japanese Americans
The Paper will examine the importance of gratitude as a religious value in the lives of second-generation (Nisei) Japanese Americans. It will be argued that, for this group of people who identify themselves using a well-defined generational construct, gratitude serves as a key dynamic for shaping their life experiences as they grow older, regardless of whether individuals hold Christian or Buddhist faith affirmations.

Rev. Peter Yuichi Clark is an ordained American Baptist minister, a doctoral candidate at Emory University in Atlanta, and a Chaplain at St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco. His research interests are in Asian American religions and aging populations.

Creating Ritual
Bringing the sacred into everyday life. Creating live and spontaneous rituals, which mark and honor gateways and transitions in the human journey through life, will weave together all religions and cultural traditions. These rituals will include all members of the global community.

Religious science minister, Stephanie Clarke, teaches classes, facilitates workshops and writes for International publications in the field of spiritual psychology and metaphysics. She has a large private clientele as a licensed practitioner, reaching out across cultural and color lines. Stephanie is returning to S. Africa (12/99) to establish an inter-racial non-denominational ministry.

Global Ethic Ceremony Interfaith Liturgy-- Workshop
The workshops will be comprised of previously selected interfaith leaders, speakers, and musicians. These workshops would include a discussion of Global Ethic Principals and a choice of a creative project; Visual Art, Dance, Dramatization, Music, Media Outreach, Culminating Event, and sharing.

AFGE- is comprised of artists of various disciplines all currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area. We have been creating and performing works based on the Global Ethic Concepts since the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations in 1995.

The Labyrinth: Walk a Sacred Path
Experience a mystical tradition found throughout the world. Walk this path of prayer, this archetype of wholeness and unity. Through this ancient meditation tool, you will experience a sacred space that benefits body and soul. The "Labyrinth experience" is a pathway to a spiritual journey.

Sandra Comeau is a facilitator for Veriditas, a World-Wide Labyrinth Project at Grace Cathedral. She brings to the "labyrinth experience" her extensive training in ancient cultures, sacred geometry, spiritual counseling and various other healing traditions, as well as a degree in Cross-Cultural Studies.

The Labyrinth: Rediscovering a Sacred Path
Explore the history of this ancient meditation tool. Through a slide presentation we'll examine labyrinths throughout the world. This discussion includes ancient archetypes and metaphors as they relate to this mystical ritual. Emphasis is on the process of using this powerful tool for transformation of individuals and communities.

Sandra Comeau is a facilitator for Veriditas, a World-Wide Labyrinth Project at Grace Cathedral. She brings to the "labyrinth experience" her extensive training in ancient cultures, sacred geometry, spiritual counseling and various other healing traditions, as well as a degree in Cross-Cultural Studies.

Interfaith Peacemaking: The Work of the Fellowship of Reconciliation
The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) is the largest, oldest interfaith peace and justice organization in the United States and in the world. The International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), founded in 1914, has over a half million members in forty countries. The FOR "envisions a world of justice, peace, and freedom. It is a revolutionary vision of a beloved community where differences are respected, conflicts addressed nonviolently, oppressive structures dismantled, and where people live in harmony with the earth, nurtured by diverse spiritual traditions that foster compassion, solidarity, and reconciliation." This presentation and exhibit will feature some of the current initiatives of the FOR.

John Copenhaver, a university professor and United Methodist Clergy, has served on the National Council of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (USA) for three years and chairs its Interfaith Committee. He has been involved in interfaith dialogue and peacemaking for twenty years. He is the author of Prayerful Responsibility, a book examining the religious thought of Douglas Steere, a Quaker pioneer in interfaith spirituality.

Parenting and Spirituality
Parenting in this modern era is a challenge. This is a workshop that will call parents into remembering the need for balance in areas of mind, body and spirit. We need to teach our children values of tolerance, forgiveness and compassion. We can help them by pursuing our own spiritual path and understanding other faiths. We will do a balancing exercise.

Judith Costello, MA, ATR-BC is a registered art therapist. She is the creator of "Peter's Path; a journal on parenting and spirituality." The journal is circulated primarily in the USA and inspires parents to teach tolerance, awareness and compassion. It is an interfaith journal and is available at the conference. Judith is the mother of two.

Men and Earth Stewardship/Service
Structure of event still in planning stages.

Forest Craver- Writer, Social Activist. Robert Moore- International Men's Movement Leader. Philip Hazelton- Environmentalist- World Bank.

All Our Relations: Interfaith Dialogue on Human Rights
The proposed four-part dialogue session "All our Relations: Interfaith Dialogues on Human Rights" was envisioned after conversations on spirit and its relation to human rights. Has spirit expressed herself in the contemporary calling for a human rights culture that was imagined 51 years ago in the United Nations? Living spirit lives in the core of all religions and spiritual material cultures and this spirit, timeless and omnipresent, calls for all to live in dignity. "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights," the "Call To Guiding Institutions," the "Principles of A Global Ethic" and many other documents speak essentially the same truth: Life is precious.

Charmaine Crockett works as an economic and financial research analyst on a consultative basis. She is a writer and has been a human rights activist with UN affiliates for several years and has been active in the processes of globalization and its effect on spirituality, politics and compassion in the United States. Most recently, she organized a symposium on the "Soul of Human Rights" at the United Nations, New York headquarters with Yasmine Sherif, Esq, Dr. Robert Muller and herself. She is currently editing a book on human rights fiction and poetry. Kristi Rudelius-Palmer is the co-director of the Human Rights center at the University of Minnesota and the founder and director of the Human rights USA Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for human rights education materials and training. In 1992, kristi became the founding director for the Partners in Human Rights Education Program, which to date has trained more than 1,000 lawyers, teachers and community advocates to teach approximately 25, 000 youth about their human rights and responsibilities. She has presented at numerous national,, regional, and local conferences and has designed and taught primary, secondary, university and community courses on human rights education.

Peace and Human Unity in the New millennium
Meditation cuts across cultural, professional, and social boundaries. More and more people all over the world, realizing that professional success is no guarantee of personal happiness, are seeking their own transformational experience through spirituality. Dr. Czerny will speak about meditation as a way to balance personal and professional life with spiritual vision. She speaks from her experience as an internationally recognized economist and a person who ,herself ,has been meditating for many years.

Dr Czerny is an economic scientist and economic policy advisor to the Austrian government and the European union Presidency. She is head of the department of East-West Relations, infrastructure, housing policy, and comparative international economics of the Austrian institute of Economic research. She has organized conferences for OECD, World Bank, the European Union and other national and international organizations.

Healing our Hearts: Working for Interfaith Reconciliation in India
An introduction to the practical work of laying the foundations for peace. Our input focuses on the work of the Henry Martyn Institute in Hyderbad, India, particularly its work of bringing Hindus & Muslims together in violence-prone inner city areas. After an overview, we will facilitate a discussion of this aspect of building strong interfaith relationships. 6.4

Andreas D'souza is the director of the Henry Martyn Institute. He has his Ph.D. in Islamic studies from McGill, is a former Capuchin Monk, and teaches yoga. Diane D'souza is the assistant director at the Henry Martyn Institute in Charge of their practical outreach and engagements. She is involved in the academic study of religion, as well as being an artist, and a student of the Bharatnatayam Dance Form. Diane & Andreas will be co-presenters.

HAUNTED BY GOD: THE LIFE OF DOROTHY DAY and QADISHTU (SANCTIFIED WOMEN)
Haunted by God is a one-woman show about Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement. Sojourner's magazine hailed it as a "wonderfully uplifting... theater experience." This dramatic portrait tells the story of the woman The New York Times eulogized as a "nonviolent social radical of luminous personality." Dorothy Day (1897-1980) was a powerful woman of immense conviction who found herself jailed many times because she stood up for her beliefs. In New York(1933) she and French born itinerant philosopher Peter Maurin co-founded the Catholic Worker, a living movement that has been responsible for feeding and housing the homeless while maintaining a national monthly -read paper.

Anita Stenger Dacanay earned a B. F. A. in Acting from Dayton's Wright State University in 1988. She has lived and worked in Chicago as an actress, arts educator, poet, and performance artist for the past ten years, and currently serves as co-director of still Point Theater Collective. Anita is also a member of the women's performance ensemble, "The Empress Has Red clothes."

Religion and Secular Politics: Lessons from Panikkar
The issue of relation of religion and secular politics is usually treated in terms of church and state relations. In the United States, the argument is that the "wall of separation" between church and state must be kept "high and unimpregnable." Many other countries follow this scheme. However, Raimon Panikkar suggests a different way of looking at the issue, namely from the people's point of view. People who are religious believers are also political citizens of a state. The issue is thus how to negotiate in-side the mind and heart of people the relation between faith and secular politics.

Prof. Fred Dallmayr holds a Doctor of Law degree from the University of Munich and a Ph D. from Duke Univ. Since 1978, he is the Packey J. Dee Chair of Political theory at the Univ. of Notre Dame. He has published more than the dozen books in Western political philosophy and in cross-cultural philosophy among them Beyond Orientalism (1996) and Alternative Visions: Paths in the Global Village (1998).

Crooning Rituals: Affirming Older Women
The wisdom of elders, especially women, is not highly valued in Western society when, the experience and knowledge they have to offer is greatly needed. Women's spirituality groups are using the ritual of crooning to validate and nurture older women, and those about to become older women, in a community setting. We use the term crone to recapture some earlier positive meanings of wise woman associated with the triple goddess archetype of Maiden-Mother-Crone. We hope women will journey to a deeper, freer experience of themselves, accept their own power, and lend their strength and wisdom to the world.

Claudia Dancing practices social work in a private counseling practice, a hospital, and retirement home. She facilitates crooning rituals for individuals and groups. She is a past board member of the Central Midwest District's Women and Religion Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Association. She is a member of the Unitarian Church of Evanston (IL), serving on committees and the board of Trustees. Claudia holds LCSW and ACSW certifications and is an NASW Diplomate in Clinical Social Work.

World Tibet Day and the Interfaith Call: The making of a major worldwide annual event
The session will cover the goals and structure of World Tibet Day (WTD), as well as its rapid growth in size, scope, and impact. Having started in a few cities in the U.S. in July of 1998, WTD was observed this July in hundreds of sites aroung the world; the related Interfatith Call for Freedom of Worship in Tibet and Universal Religious Freedom was held in well over a thousand houses of worship. The workshop will be led by Brahma Das, Executive Director of WTD (and a student of Ma Jaya Bhagavati, who founded WTD). He will illustrate how this multi-faceted event was developed into a major occurrence of value and significance, despite having few initial resources and he will open discussions on restoring religious, cultural, and political freedom for the Tibetan people.

He presently serves as Media Chairman for the International Interreligious Initiative of the Parliament of the World's Religions. He is also the Executive Director of the Council for World Tibet Day. He is also serving as Media Director for two other organizations founded by Ma Jaya. He was a Pulitzer Prize nominee in History, (Across the Barricades, Lippincott, 1971) as well as a National Correspondent from the U.S. Senate for Westinghouse Broadcasting. He is now a writer, editor, and consultant on various issues. He also teaches journalism and comparative religion at the River School, a small private School in Sebastian, Florida.

Technology, Information Revolution and Lifestyle Adjustments in Families
With the rapid advances in technology, information is available to children and adults within seconds of its transmission. This has both advantages and disadvantages. This presentation will discuss what effect this technological revolution is having on family life style, family values, religious knowledge, morality, ethics, on socialization, and interpersonal relationships. The technological revolution is affecting and will continue to affect our psyche and our way of responding. What role will women as keepers of family values or transmitters of oral religious traditions have in the next decade?

Dastoor is a clinical psychologist and an Asst. Prof. Psychiatry McGill University. She is also the immediate past president of FEZANA (Federation of Zoroastrian Association of North America).

Neo Buddhism & Rising Activism for Human Rights in India
This paper describes the historical and current condition of ex-untouchables in India, who number about 200 million people. Their search for equality and human dignity has resulted in the rise of Neo Buddhism. The paper also addresses issues of increasing struggle for human rights, with particular emphasis on the role of Neo Buddhism in the success and failure of activism aimed at improving human rights for these masses in India. The writer also advocates that the rise of Buddhism creates conditions conducive for increased social harmony and peace, which today seem like a mirage and mere dreams.

The Ravelling Back Into the Text of Her Genesis: Poetry About One Woman's Way Home to the Divine Feminine
The Ravelling Back Into the Text of Genesis is an extended poem cycle about a late 20th century European/American woman and her long, difficult, ecstatic return to the Divine Feminine. She is born of family of religiously and ethnically mixed ancestry: Irish Catholic and New England Puritan. Her family was afflicted with a strong fear and hatred of feminine and the vulnerable. In other words, they are still heavily burdened, generations after the fact, with the fallout of various persecutions -- including witch-burning -- that their forebears committed or underwent in the name of an exclusively male God, largely because she is female and disabled. She is scapegoated and abused from an early age, yet she is determined to create a life and a family of her own without perpetuating the negativities in her personal and her ancestral history. Along the way, she finds joy and healing in the discovery and re-discovery that her real Source is surprisingly different from anything she had ever been led to believe. The author will read selections from the three parts of the poem cycle: I. Offering: Where to Burn, How, If II. Mercy I Desire Not Sacrifice III. Twenty-First Century Canticle of the Woman Clothed With the Sun

Buddhist/Christian religious affiliation; poet and nonfiction writer whose work has appeared in such magazines as The Roll, Fellowship In Prayer, Pudding, Utne Reader; Volunteer/ participant in the 1996 Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies conference and the Parliament's Sounds of Harmony Concert, among other interfaith dialogue events.

Let's Experience God
Everyone has experiences in life that have moved them to deeper levels of faith and belief that there is an energy--a power beyond us --that is powerful, yet loving and caring. This experiential workshop will allow participants the opportunity to find a safe space to open a discussion about those experiences.

Sister Pratima is Director of Brahma Kumaris in Chicago and is Trustee of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions. She has been a teacher in Raja Yoga Meditation for over 25 years.

The Cultural Unconscious and the Female Psyche: Religious Factors in the Liberation of the Female Self.
1) Healing the Female Psyche: The Contemporary Challenge. 2) Dynamic factors in the healing process: A psychoanalytic perspective. 3) The role of cultural and religious factors in forming and deforming the female self. 4) Engaging the pathological constructions of the feminine: Some Conclusions.

Dr. Dhanahan is a Jungian psychoanalyst and co-director of the Program in Jung and Spirituality at the Institute for World Spirituality. She teaches at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago and Chicago Theological Seminary and lectures widely on topics relating to women, psychology and spirituality.

Partnership: A Development Methodology for Equity and Community Building North & South
Katalysis' Partnership, doing international microcredit development in four Central American countries with seven nationally-based NGOs, has developed and lived the Partnership methodology presented here over the past 15 years. This is the story of development based on partnership values and community building by way of creating equity primarily for and among women through micro-financing of micro-entrepeneurs; of the 22,000 Katalysis and Partners clients 85% are women. The transfer of resources and formation of "human capital" occur at all levels of the partnership network. Both business and organizational training of women and men is rooted in creating a community of support for the micro-entrepeneurs, so that the transfer of economic resources will actually mature and become sustainable. The emphasis is on creating economic and "human capital" within the concept of community. This presentation will review the story, the evolution, and impact of this methodology, with reference to the transformation occurring for southerners and northeners.

Marget Diener, O.P., is a Dominican Sister of San Rafael, California, and Director of Administration for Katalysis Partnership, an international nonprofit committed to the economic and sustainable development of its southern partners and their clients. Margaret's efforts are directed to organizational and human resources development within the context of the larger development efforts of Katalysis. She has over 25 years' experience in education, administration and spirituality.

Between Confucianism and Christianity: Ethical Guidelines for International Business
The internationalization of business has made business people more aware of their religious differences. One of the most striking challenges of the 21st century will be to set up an inter-religious dialogue about ethical issues in international business.

Prof. Michel Dion (Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada) will conduct the workshop with assistance from Prof. Want Yi-Hua (Business School, People's University of China) and Want Jui-Xing (Academy of Social Sciences of China); and Prof. Yang Xiang Ju (Renmin University of China).

There is no Religion Higher than Truth
My presentation will be about trying to find the link to all religious beliefs, in order to bring about a true brotherhood of all religious people.

The presenter was born in Camaguey, Cuba and came to the United States as a refugee in 1961. He has been a member of the Theosophical Society since 1967. He retired from IBM in 1992, after working there 20 years. He attended the 1993 Parliament in Chicago and considers that event the highest spiritual point in his life.

Why is the Cathedral Heritage Foundation a National Model?
I. The Founding of Cathedral Heritage Foundation A. A Unique Partnership; B. An Urban Revitalization Project; C. Creation of a Spiritual Center for the Whole Community. II. The Festival of Faiths A. Concept Development; B. Four Year Progression; C. International Recognition. III. A Guiding Institution Partnership A. Working history with Kentuckiana Educational Television; B. The Media as a Partner; C. Education as Focus. IV. Future Plan A. Festival of Faiths; B. Sharing of Houses of Worship.

Christina Lee Brown is the current president of the Cathedral Heritage Foundation and serves on its Board of Directors. She is a co-founder of CHF and has taken a leadership role since its beginning in 1985. Michelle Staggs Doninger has been the Executive Director of Cathedral Heritage Foundation since 1997. Together Christy, Michelle, and hundreds of volunteers are responsible for developing and implementing the restoration and revitalization plans for CHF into one of the most significant cathedral projects in the country and an internationally acclaimed festival celebrating the diversity and unity of our faiths.

New Stratgies Developed by Indonesian Muslims and Christians in the Face of the Post-Suharto Situation
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Dancing with the Divine: The Role of the Imagination on our Spiritual Journeys
The imagination is to the soul what breath is to the physical body. What is an imagination? How is the imagination different than creativity? How do each of us use our imaginations? Do we dance with the Divine? How are we imagining the future? Through questions and participants' dialogue, it is my intent to awaken the awareness of the imagination and how it can become the sacred imagination.

Author/ Illustrator of How to Bring Angels to Earth and Angel Playtime (published1998). Co-author with Clare Buckland of Always Becoming Forever: A Journal of Conscious Dying, Soul witness to others' spiritual journeys: 1985-present. Creativity consultant 1995-present. Third year teacher training with Leslie Temple-Thurston.

Kriyayoga: The Sacred Practice for Evolving and Uniting Humanity.
The sacred practice of the Kriyayoga Teachings and Techniques embraces that particular system which imparts harmony and equilibrium to all the forces and faculties that operate for the perfection of body, mind and soul. The art of meditation taught through the practice of Kriyayoga teaches one how to actually contact God or Cosmic consciousness by the application of the science of spiritual law. The Kriyayoga methods of body and mind perfection are universally applicable, uniting, and utilizing the highest contributions of both East and West in material and spiritual realms, through a spirit of good fellowship for all-sided development.

Dr. Patricia M. Doyle has been teaching and conducting meditation and healing classes for over 20 years in the spiritual traditions. She has been associated with Amrita Foundation, Inc. since 1995, and has specifically worked as an associate with Armita Foundation's Tour Programs.

The Ethical Limits of Interreligious Dialogue
The lecture will discuss an important issue in interreligious dialogue, whether there should be ethical guidelines to limit the practice of interreligious dialogue or whether such dialogue should be open-ended. It will be argued that some ethical limitations are indeed needed in dialogue and I will suggest how such limitations could be plausibly and respectully formulated in a multireligious world.

Scott Dunbar, B.A., M.A., PH.D (ABD), Professor, University of Sakatchewan (Canada). Scholar of Hinduism and interreligious dialogue.

The Problems, Challenges and Rewards of a Christian-Sikh Wedding
In this presentation, my wife and I will share with the audience our experiences and reflections of our own interfaith wedding. Such a presentation can be helpful to other couples contemplating an interfaith marriage. We intend to point potential obstacles and hazards along the way; yet at the same time reflect on the rewards that such a marriage could bring.

Mr. Scott Dunbar, Christian Ms. Sumita Bawa (Sikh) Both Canadian citizens. Married in Winnipeg, Canada

The Moral Imperatives of Global Capitalism
The paper discusses the costs and benefits of global capitalism and argues that if it is to succeed, it needs a strong moral underpinning and that virtues specific to the demands of global capitalism need to be fostered

Professor Dunning has been researching into the economics of international direct investment and multinational enterprise since 1950s. He has authored and co-authored or edited 35 books on this subject. Professor Dunning is Emeritus Professor of International Business at the University of Readings, U.K., and State of New Jersey Professor of International Business at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA. He has honorary doctorates from the University of Uppsala in Sweden, the Autonomous University of Madrid and the University of Antwerp. [More in file.]

Can Another Religion Really Contribute to My Faith?
If we can shift our relationship to other faiths from threat to value, and find grounding in our own faith tradition, we can look at a model for encountering religions that produce deep enrichment. In this workshop, we will look at a model which views each religion as a unique access to the Divine or Ultimate or Real. Looking at the access granted by Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Judaism in particular. How does each religion speak to basic human experiences of being lost and being found, being time-serving or time-transcending, being divided or whole? How does each address questions such as: what is worth living and dying for? What constitutes sin (misdoing, mistakes, mischief)?

The Rev. Eileen L. Epperson (Presbyterian) Interim Ministry specialist, yoga teacher. Engaged in interfaith ministries in school, hospital and parish settings and interfaith dialogue for 30 years. She is committed to global interfaith partnerships and the sustainable end of all religious violence by 2020.

Braghid Meditation to Welcome the Day (or night)
Using guided imagery, meditation and poetry, we will welcome the day (night) grounded in the ancient Realms of Land, Sea and Sky under the blessing of the Great Goddess, Brighid.

Rowan Fairgrove is a Wiccan Priestess, and Elder of Covenant of the Goddess and a Daughter of the Flame. Dotf is an international order of Priestesses dedicated to keeping Brighid's Flame alight in the world.

Suffering is Not the Enemy: How the Shared Wisdom of Buddhists and Christians Can Humanize Modernity
As societies modernize, they fall in love with "progress." It is the driving myth of every modern society that "progress" is our chief goal, and we assume that progress will eventually heal us of everything from illness to inconvenience. Though this drive for progress brings much good to the world, it also teaches us to fear suffering. Suffering is a ubiquitous feature of our human experience, wherever we live, and whatever our circumstances. Yet suffering is the challenge to our technical mastery of the world. When we think like modernists, we are threatened by suffering. We cannot abide it, so we ignore it, flee from it, make it invisible.

Presenter holds degrees from The Catholic University of America and the General Theological Seminary. The presenter is a Ph.D. candidate at Emory University, with expertise in Christian theology, social ethics and Buddhist-Christian comparative Theology. He is a priest in the Episcopal Church, USA ,with ten years of experience in parish ministry. He is married with two children.

Global Brotherhood: Building an Internet Church
Part I will be a brief overview of interfaith spirituality, and the importance of respecting and supporting spiritual diversity. Part II will be a demonstration of the strands to different links available on the World Wide Web, for example: sermons, newsletters, spiritual networks, resources, etc. Part III will offer a discussion of how to use the full benefit of what is already available. Part IV will discuss how the Internet can be used to take the place of, or as an adjunct to, a physical church for a fraction of the cost.

Honora Finkelstein, Ph.D. , and Susan Smily, M.A., are both writers, teachers, healers, and interfaith ministers. They are also Reiki teachers/masters and certified "Oneness" facilitators. They are qualified to teach this workshop because of their combined experience of teaching workshops and giving lectures internationally (with over 55 years of combined experience) and the development of a website of over 1000 pages (www.sunweaver.com).

Promoting Dialogue and Education in a Grassroots Inter-religious Organization: The Long Island Multi-Faith Forum
The purpose of this lecture and videotape presentation is to present information about, and reflection on, the work and experience of the Long Island Multi Faith Forum, an example of a young, grass roots organization created to facilitate mutual understanding among the religiously diverse members of the forum, and to educate local groups about Long Island's religious diversity and about the importance of promoting tolerance of, and appreciation for these religious communities. The lecture will be in five parts; (1) overview of the structure and activities of the Forum; (2) internal activity of the Forum; (3) external activity of the forum; (4) reflections from the experiences of the Multi Faith Forum, (5) discussion and Q& A. 6.4

Matthew Foster, An American Christian, presently teaching religion and ethics at Molloy College. Raised by missionary parents in Japan. Member of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and of the Long Island Multi-Faith Forum's Education Project. Doctorate from the University of Chicago Divinity School, and author of Gadamer and Practical Philosophy. Scholarly interests in : the practice of dialogue, the meaning of religious diversity, environmental ethics, and religion and science. Robert Reber , Assistant Presenter. An American Christian, presently Dean of Auburn Theological Seminary and organizer of it's Continuing Education Programs, including many on interreligious topics. One of the original organizers of the Long Island Multi-Faith Forum, and Chairperson of the Education Project of the Forum. Doctorate from Boston University ; formally Ex. Dir., Thompson Conference and Retreat Center (St. Louis), and Prof. of Adult Education, Scarritt College( Nashiville).

Spirituality & Service in the 21st Century - A Model for Caring
The River Fund is a service organization founded by Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati. The presentation will focus on "hands on service" and how the River House, a spiritual environment for people with life challenging illnesses, is changing the way people are cared for in the 21st Century. The River Fund provides educational and AIDS awareness programs, volunteer outreach and is the Central Florida Chapter of Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Main Presenters: Bina Frank, Executive Director of the River Fund and Chandra Devi, Head Nurse Practitioner.

Sekem Egypt: Gift to the World
1) Introduction: Human Encounter As Sacrament of the Future : Bio dynamic agriculture, sacrament of the soil. (2) Sakem where a sacred encounter of man, earth, art, science, religion, meet. (3) How this gift can brought to the rest of the world.

Studied Art and Design, pioneered Design dpt. at PTA University. Co-Founded the PTA Waldorf School on Bio Dynamic Farm. Taught and trained teachers for 24 years. Started Support work and design for Sekem 1996.

What is Wicca (Neopagan Witchcraft)? An explanation of the beliefs and practices of Neopagan Witchcraft or Wicca by several Elders of the Covenant of the Goddess (COG), the largest Wiccan religious organization in the world. Although Wicca is one of the fastest growing religions in the U.S., it is often misunderstood. This talk will introduce the basic concepts of the Craft and dispell some common myths. Frew has served two terms as president of COG and five as Public Information Officer. He is a COG's National Interfaith Representative. He will be joined by other members of the Covenant of the Goddess. Deborah Ann Light served COG as a member of the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders at the 1993 Parliament. Frew and Light are COG's National Interfaith Representatives. They will be joined by other members of the Covenant of the Goddess. Neo-Pagan/Wicca

Amen--A Spiritual Approach To Peace As Creation
Amen--A Spiritual Approach To Peace As Creation Is: A spiritual inquiry of the Hebrew word-root "A.M.N," how it brings into convergence such notions as: "Faith," 0"Creation/Art/Craft", "Education," "Covenant/Treaty," "Truth" and "Trustworthiness." 6.4

Hagitte Gal'ed, M.A., A.B.D has extensive experience in art, education production and research. Hagitte teaches at the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, and is the founder of "Garden of Peace International."

The Jain Principle of Anekant and Human Survival
Human history is replete with violent feuds conflict and wars. Ironically enough most wars have been fought in the name of religion which is meant to be used as an instrument for individual purification and spiritual elevation. The Jain principle of Anekant, however, has in it the potential to end all quarrels and conflicts. It stresses the unity of all religions and excludes disputation or refutation of other beliefs from its periphery. Anekant advocates non-absolutism and teaches us to respect different viewpoints and beliefs. If the Anekant approach is adopted in our day-to-day dealings we can still hope for survival, or else fanaticism may annihilate human civilization all together.

Dr. S.L. Gandhi, the former Vice-Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, is the Dean of the Faculty of Peace and Nonviolence Studies, at Intercultural Open University, Opeinde, the Netherlands. He is the Project Director of the Institute of Jainology UK and has written, and edited, several books relating to Jainism and ahimsa.

The Original Exercises Taught By Daruma-Founder Of Zen Buddhism
It is generally accepted that around the year 527 AD, an Indian Monk named Bodhidharma (Ta Mo in Chinese) came to the Shaolin Monastery in Henan Province, China to spread the teaching of Buddha and became the founder of Zen Buddhism. It is also accepted that he taught a set of exercises based partly on Buddhist Yoga, fitness art, and his own observation of animal behavior in nature to strengthen the body of his disciples, stretch their muscles and tendons, and drain the energy channels to withstand the long meditation periods. The author would like to present these exercises that have long been kept secret, offer it to the Zen community, and to anyone who practice Zazen (sitting Meditation).

Dr. Gasper Garcia, MD main presenter, Vice- President World Academic Society of medical Qigong-Highest representitive of the Luohan System in the West. Has been practicing Chinese disciplines for more than 25 years. Expert in Bodhidharma's excercises "The Hands of the 18 Luohans."

Microcredit, Transformation and Role of Religious Organizations
The workshop will involve a lecture, followed by discussions. With some case studies, the presentation/workshop will analyze and discuss the following: 1. The dynamics and essentials of microcredit; 2. its role in alleviating poverty and transforming the lives of the poor in the 2nd/3rd world; 3. the meaning and indicators of transformational development; 4. the challenges and constraints faced by microcredit institutions; 5. strategic recommendations for guiding the future; and 6. the role to be played by religious organizations in responding to the needs of the poor and those who serve the poor through microcredit.

Dr. Makonen Getu, currently Deputy Regional Director of the Opportunity International Africa Office. He has worked for about 20 years in the field of development in Ethiopia, Lesotho, Zambia, Australia and Zimbabwe with such organizations as UNDP, SIDA and World Vision. He has also served as a lecturer in development economics at the University of Stockholm. Professor Paula Payne Hardin is an author whose work includes the acclaimed book What Are You Doing With the Rest of Your Life? She spent several years as founder and director of a midlife consulting center. Along with her late husband, David Hardin, she has been a donor and volunteer leader in support of micro enterprise development programs around the world.

Sacred Psychology: A Tool to Enhance the Spirituality of All Faiths.
The optimal resolution of suffering is spiritual transformation. By recognizing this higher potential of the human quest, a spiritual psychology can be a potent force helping individuals find true transformation and a deepening commitment to their faith. This lecture will outline steps of how individuals can be assisted toward a deeper recognition of their innate spirituality and toward the expression of their potential for compassionate action.

Ram Giri, Ph.D. has been a student of the legendary Neem Karoli Baba and Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati for three decades. He integrates his experience of mystical Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism with his work as a psychotherapist, healer and spiritual mentor. He has been a member of Kashi Ashram since its inception and holds advanced degrees in counseling and transpersonal psychology.

Meditation Workshop: Letting Your Spirit Soar
People all over the world are meditating today: some for physical health, some to improve the quality of their lives, and some for spiritual reasons. This meditation workshop has something for everyone. It is filled with exercise and techniques for concentrating our attention within, learning to live more consciously, and recognizing who we are as spiritual beings. It is based on the theory of Sant Mat, or meditation on the Inner Light, and will include several opportunities to meditate.

Sandy Glassman is a freelance writer, editor and photographer, whose articles and photographs have appeared in national and international print media. She also develops and coordinates seminars, focusing on spirituality, meditation and related subjects. She has been a devoted disciple of Sant Kirpal Singh and is currently studying with Sant Rajinder Singh. She has been meditating for over twenty five years.

Either panel or dialogue on religious traditions facing racism or Historical Patterns of US religious communities facing racism.
Option 1: I would be glad to be part of a panel, or part of a dialogue, or conversation, about religious traditions and spiritualities facing racism and the legacies of racism, either in the general context of human rights, or in an exploration of how other communities can appropriate aspects of the South African transformation in their efforts at healing suffering caused by racism. Option 2: I would give an academic paper on historical patterns of religious communities in the US facing the challenge of racism from slavery through segregation and into the post Civil Rights era. The range of religious communities would be broad and the focus would be on how fully traditions have in interracial inclusiveness and in political witness against.

Will Gravely has been on the faculty in Religious Studies at the U. of Denver since 1968, and part of a Ph.D. faculty exploring religion and social change since 1985. He has published articles, chapters and books on abolitionism, lynching, African-American religious traditions, and topics affecting religion and race in the US.

A New Buckle on the Bible Belt: Interfaith Dialogue in Central Florida
This presentation will describe and assess formal and informal activities in Central Florida in recent years that have contributed to interfaith cooperation and dialogue. In a rapidly changing religious environment, with a proliferation in the number of immigrants and religious centers, a major challenge for existing interfaith organizations and other institutions has been to embrace these new communities. As an affiliate of Harvard University's Pluralism Project, the Rollins research team has been conducting field work into the new religious demography in Central Florida, mapping out new religious centers and documenting the changes in demographics that are taking root in our community.

Dr. Yudit Kornberg Greenberg has been a professor of religious studies at Rollins College for the past 13 years. A native of Israel with academic specialization in Jewish studies, women's studies, and cross-cultural concepts of the body, Dr. Greenberg has been a very active voice and presence in the religious and spiritual life of the Central Florida community. Lynette Mayo is a junior at Rollins College majoring in religious studies. During the 1998-99 school year she was privileged to participate in Harvard University's Pluralism Project. Inspired by this project, she became founder and president of The Religious Pluralist Party, an organization with similar themes on Rollins' campus. She is also a volunteer for the local public school system to aid in literacy efforts. Lynette plans to attend graduate school and pursue a doctorate in the field of religious studies. Johanna Leslie is a junior student at Rollins College and a religious studies major. She is a researcher of the Pluralism project, with a focus on women in the local Islamic Center. She is a founding member and vice president of The Religious Pluralist Party on campus. Her interest in religion touches cultures all over the world, and she feels responsible to explore these cultures and religions.

Desiring the Kisses of his Mouth: Transfiguring the Body in Midrashic and Kabbalistic Commentaries to the Song of Songs.
The embodied yet sublime poetry of 'Song of Songs' express not only the desire and longing for intimacy between lovers, but also the sensuality and perfection of their bodies set amidst nature's beauty and delight. Such fecundity as represented in the Song holds great promise for contemplating the divine embodiment in the physical form. This would be especially true in light of the meaning of the 'Song' as the speech of love and intimacy between the devotee and the divine. However, we find the Midrashic and Kabbalistic commentaries to the 'Song' a transfiguration of the body and the textualization of erotic desire. In this paper I select several commentaries to the verse, " May he kiss me with the kisses of the mouth" and trace the hermeneutical moves of these commentaries in conceptualizing the signification of the mouth and the kiss. I explicate how the body is abstracted and conceptualized as the language of the Torah, and how Eros is contextualized in the Talmud. Finally, I discuss the implications of such semiotics for the body and sexuality in the Jewish tradition.

Dr. Yudit Kornberg Greenberg has been a professor of religious studies at Rollins College for the past 13 years. A native of Israel with academic specialization in Jewish Studies, and cross-cultural concepts of the body, Dr. Greenberg has been a very active voice and presence in the religious spiritual life of the Central Florida Community.

PROJECT: S.H.A.L.O.M.-Students Holding Hands Across Lines Of Multiculturalism
Recognizing that as the world becomes smaller and their schools become more culturally diverse, the chances of interpersonal conflict, prejudice, and misunderstanding become more likely; the students in Qiryat Gat, Israel and Highland Park, Illinois (USA) decided to join hands and minds in order to do something about the problems of intolerance that exist between the various cultures, socioeconomic groups, religions, and races in their two very different schools and nations. Over a two year period, they communicated over the Internet. Sharing concerns, and brainstorming solutions, the students gained a deep understanding of each school and each nation's particular situation and difficulties.

Suzanne Greenwald was born in Chicago and teaches 11-14 year olds at Elm Place Middle School in Highland Park, Il. She has taught Future Problem Solving classes for over 15 years, engaging students in community service and social activism. She believes that "when children get involved; their self esteem soars, adults pay attention, children learn they can make a real difference, and society benefits." Her students have organized celebrity trash shows to save the ravines, changed local laws to prevent teen smoking, helped to feed Chicago's hungry, and most recently joined hands with Israeli Problem Solvers in creating Project: SHALOM. Suzanne is an active participant in Common Ground and the Aitz Hayim Center for Jewish Living. Miriam Sharon was born in Morocco and moved to Israel at the age of seven. She is an English teacher and the 12th grade coordinator at the New High School in Qiryat Gat. She has taught elementary grades and high school for over twenty five years. In 1997, she introduced "Community Problem Solving" to Israeli students for the first time. She has three children and enjoys handicrafts and art in her free time. She feels strongly that "teaching problem solving, multicultural understanding, and tolerance should be at the center of the interest of every society."

Emptiness (Sunyata and Kenosis) and Depth Psychology in Interreligious Dialogue: Toward a Personal Model for Bringing It All Home
As racial, cultural, religious and national identities increasingly encounter each other and overlap, dialogue becomes less a meeting between people with clearly-defined differences, and more an inner and interpersonal conversation about sorting through both tradition and new ways of being to decide what to hold onto and what to let go of. The creative result can be a transformation of persons and cultures that will empower the development of greater consciousness and responsibility for the future. An examination of emptiness in both Buddhism and Christianity, along with insights into the meaning of being a person from depth psychology, can assist this process of transformation.

Rev. Robert W. Gunn, Ph.D. teaches at Union Theological Seminary and the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health in New York. He is in private practice of psychotherapy there, is ordained and served pastorates in the United Church of Christ, and is a practicing Zen Buddhist. He is the author of Journeys Into Emptiness, Paulist Press.

Partisanship: The Antitheisis of Spirituality
The great founders of all religions have considered all mankind, even their opponents, as their brethren. They have proclaimed and practiced "Equal Justice For All". However, historically, people who have called themselves religious have often acted in a partisan manner, leading to incalculable harm to the concept of spirituality and to the image of religions as peace-makers. Partisanship is an evil to be guarded against by all truly spiritual people, especially those who aim to participate in interfaith work- it is indeed the antithesis of spirituality. With quotations and incidents from the lives of the founders of all religions, the author exemplifies these important issues.

Dr. Hamid Abdul Hai is an Islamic scholar, writer and speaker and also a physician. He received his Islamic education in India. He was Chairman of the Islamic Group at 1993 Parliament. He has been active in Interfaith work for many years.

The Interfaith Work of Prophet Muhammad
It is not widely known that Prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him) was an advocate and a practioner of interfaith work. The author has reviewed authentic hadith (i.e. recordings of the words and deeds of Prophet Muhammad) and has derived from this study the basic principles of Interfaith work. This review is an inspiration for all of us to pursue interfaith work with sincerity.

Dr. Hamid Abdul Hai is an Islamic scholar, writer and speaker and also a physician. He received his Islamic education in India. He was Chairman of the Islamic Group at 1993 Parliament. He has been active in Interfaith work for many years.

Perspectives on Islamic Medicine in Golden Age and Modern Times
Islamic Medicine is considered one of the most noble branches in the natural, philosophical, scientific and technical (occupations, skills, crafts, professions or specialties). It stands among the highest professional callings in the theoretical and practical healing arts within Islamic framework and under its banner together with other religious associations, partnerships or involvements whether being Muslims, Christians or Jews in symbiosis, benevolent and amiable togetherness. It originated as well from many cultures, ethnic groups and communities such as: Indian, Syriac, Persian or Greek. The latter, however, had been the foremost, the profound, dominant, all embracing and effecting form of togetherness.

Born 2/2/25 in Madaba-Jordan, migrated to USA on April 1952 Ph. D. 1959. Served 1959-77 Smithsoniam Institution, Washington. Prof-Teacher 1978 to present, published 24 books in history of medicine, pharmacy and ethics will be back to USA for good from May 1999, dialogue on Islamic medicine and Christian symbiosis.

Muslim Perspectives of the Educational and Economic Situations in India
Educational/Economic situation in India with special reference to Muslims; there is a need to change the scenario. Efforts are currently being made by All India Educational Movement. 6.4

35 years in Indian Civil Service, worked with Central and State Governments. Worked with various Ministries and Planning Commission. Vice-Chancellor of Aigarh Muslim University. Voluntarily working for development of Education for the last 15 years. Chairman All India Education Movement & Co-Chairman of Trust for Promotion of Higher Education.

A Course In Miracles Through Songs
This is a musical introduction to principles and practices of A Course In Miracles. Tom will play guitar and sing original songs which will give participants the feeling of ACIM Teachings. He will also explain the meaning of each song. Tom regularly performs at conferences, seminars, churches, and special events.

Tom Chanson is a song writer/singer/guitarist who performs songs about inner and outer peace. He is an author of a course in miracles, an attitudinal healing facilitator and author of mathematical and spiritual books. He has a Ph.D. in education and was a US peace corps. A volunteer in Liberia, West Africa, from 1964-1966.

The Sikh Scriptures and the Environment
A three phase presentation will be made. First, a brief introduction to Sikh scriptures will be made. Second, environmental issues will be discussed. Third, solutions to save our environment based on Sikh scriptures will be discussed.

Professor of Physical Sciences at City Colleges of Chicago; Past President, Sikh Religious Society of Chicago; Trustee of CPWR, Vice-Chair of CPWR; Chair of IIPC CPWR.

Foundamentals of Sikhism
The following aspects will be discussed: 1. Social, political and religious environments at the time of Guru Nanal's Birth. 2. Highlights of the lives of Sikh Gurus and their contributions toward improving the spiritual, social, political and economic conditions in India.

Professor of Physical Sciences at City Colleges of Chicago; Past President, Sikh Religious Society of Chicago; Trustee of CPWR, Vice-Chair of CPWR; Chair of IIPC CPWR.

An Illumination of Towards A Global Ethic and A Call to Our Guiding Institutions
I propose to create a body of fine art works based on the Parliament's documents Towards a Global Ethic and A Call to Our Guding Institutions . This collection of artworks is meant to illuminate and celebrate these documents, as well as aid in the dissemination of the ideas contained in them. I propose the creation of two "sets" of documents; the first to be sent to the 1999 Parliament of the Worlds Religions convergence in Cape Town, South Africa. It is a gift to the Parliament, to be exhibited during the gathering, and then the individual pieces gifted to those present, to be dispersed around the world. The second set will be kept in Denver, Colorado. It may be sent near or far to be exhibited, published or sold. Any monetary profits generated beyond the initial costs of the project will be used to expand the documents' dissemination, or given to the Parliament for additional outreach.

Protestant Christian Mystic Spirituality in 20th Century America
This presentation will begin with a definition of mysticism and a brief explanation of its nature. Next, there will be a consideration of factors as to why mysticism has not been a major development in Protestantism. Two conservative Protestant denominations, however, have had a significant mystical focus: the Quakers, and The Christian and Missionary Alliance. They both had a strong spiritual outreach, under girded mystically. Since mid-century, however, the Quakers have focused on issue of social justice. The Christian and Missionary Alliance was founded in 1887 by A.B. Simpson, born in 1843 on Prince Edward Island, Canada, with ancestors who came from the Highlands of Scotland.

Presented at 7 international conferences. Recent scholarly book on mystical spirituality. A.B., A.M. , UNIV OF CHIC; PH.D., New York Univ.; M.Div., No. Baptist Seminary; D. Min., Chicago Theo. Sem. Prof. Emerita, Univ. Illinois. Listed in "Who's Who in the World." Ordained, 1987.

Are We Beyond The Limits To Growth?
This is an update of "Beyond the Limits", which will be published in '99-2000. The original computer study "Limits To Growth" in 1972 (which sold over 9 million copies in over 30 languages) predicted that trends in world population, food production, industrialization, and pollution continued the limits to growth on this planet would be reached within the next 100 (now 70) years. These projections have proven correct.

Mr. Harris has spent the last 30 years giving his time and money to organizations in the environmental, population, energy efficiency, agriculture and peace fields. Mr. Harris has has served on some of the Boards of Directors, and occasionally chaired these groups.

Witches in the United States and South Africa: A Nuanced Comparison.
We will begin with a brief presentation on the growth of Paganism in the U.S., which includes Witchcraft in feminism and other contexts. Then we move to identity issues and comparison to the construction of witchcraft in the South African context. Who are contemporary witches and what do they see themselves as doing? What is their social role?

Grove Harris has researched Paganism in the U.S. for the pluralism Project at Harvard University. Her work appears on the CD-ROM "On common Ground: World Religions in America." She is a Priestess of Feminist Wicca and received her M Div. from Harvard in 1996.

Caring For Creation: Ecology and Spirituality
In planning process

Forest Craver- Writer, Social Activist. Robert Moore- International Men's Movement Leader. Philip Hazelton- Environmentalist- World Bank and specialist in rain forest reclamation.

Moving Faith Into Action: Strategies for Building a Just World
There are a variety of strategies for developing local faith communities' capacity to deal effectively with social issues. Building on the book, "Moving faith Into Action," Dr. Mary Heidkamp will share successful models for faith communities engaging in local and international issues which bring about dignity and justice. She will also present models for religious institutions to impact public policy.

Dr. Mary Heidkamp is the Co-Director for the Office of Peace and Justice in the Archdiocese of Chicago. A native Chicagoan, she has been an overseas missionary in Japan and India and spent all of her high school years in south Africa. She is the co-author of Moving Faith Into Action. (Paulist press, 1990) and regularly contributed articles to a variety of periodicals. She Is the joint recipient with her husband, Jim Lund, of the Fagan Award for contributions in Social Action. She is the mother of two children: received her Doctor of Ministry in 1993 from McCormick Seminary. While in South Africa for the World Parliament, I plan to learn about efforts to combat violence and also plan to meet with organizations that are promoting economic development. In addition , I plan to spend some time with the south African Grail, an international Christian lay women's organization who work on the development of women, reconciliation among all people and justice. I first met The Grail in 1964 in South Africa and have been a member ever since.

Spiritual Forum- An Architectural Approach
The advancement of technology and globalization changes our perception of the world. All people and cultures move closer together. This brings about many points of conflict and collision but it also contains the possibility of dialogue and exchange. Contemporary science by theorizing its own limits is going beyond logic and reasoning. Scientific investigation in human nature, language, culture and knowledge itself reveals belief systems and faith as necessary and inherent to human life. Holistic approaches to global ecology bring humans back into the natural world fabric and show the artificiality and the limits of our current cultural and economical models.

I grew up in east Berlin, Diploma of Architecture at Dresden University of Theology. I received a Master degree in Architecture at Pratt Institute New York with specialty in German Academic Exchange Service-Investigation and architectural design. Currently working in Berlin on solar architecture projects.

A Guided Meditation for Africa
A guided meditation for people of all faiths, to share in prayer, healing and visualization for the spirit, land and people of Africa.

Hin is a mystic and a renowned instructor and counselor of comparative religion, mysticism, and peace. She has traveled and taught internationally as the founding president of the White Rose Foundation, an American Educational non-profit dedicated to harmony and unity at the heart of all religions.

Appreciative Interviews-Offering A Foundation of Friendship
What exactly is it that happens in the intimacy of an appreciative inquiry interview that creates momentum for change often beyond peoples' expectations? Appreciative interviews create opportunities for people to speak from the heart about what is meaningful in their lives. The AI interview has proven extraordinarily successful as a way to build friendships among people from different backgrounds and to release the highest vision of what is possible. This workshop will invite people to experience an appreciative interview and reflect upon its value in creating a safe place for inter-religious cooperation.

Mr. Godwin Hlatshwayo. Ph.D. candidate at the Weatherhead School of management at Case Western University serving as the URI Africa Regional Coordinator. Sally M. Ackerly, Project Manager for the URI serving in the area of organizational development.

Ancient Wisdom Confronts Modern Science
The ancient wisdom from the west is the seedbed from which modern science has originated. By rerooting it with the Greek and Medieval soil, from which it was developed,modern science could become an integral part of the rich wisdom of the west. Instead of being in conflict with religion, such a science would be a part of an enriched culture calling for full feminine equality as crucial to restoring a basic commonsense knowledge of nature's wisdom.

Adrian M. Hofstetter OP, Ph.D., is a Kentucky Dominican Sister and environmental scientist. She is author of "The Organism,"Biogenesis" and "Spontaneous Generation" in the New Catholic Encyclopedia and of numerous other articles in scientific and philosophical books and journals.

Awakening to Change - a guide to transformation and self empowerment in the next millenium
The 1990s are a time for change. The world is changing so fast that it is hard to cope. Constant warnings of ecological disaster, economic collapse, epidemics and increasing world instability make us feel helpless and out of control. In "Awakening to Change" Soozi helps us to overcome our fear of change. She enables us to understand what is happening and why, and suggest ways -- from meditation, dream interpretation, drawing, the use of sound, colour and visualization to aura cleansing, chakra balancing, spiritual nutrition, exercise, breath control, balancing male/female and left/right sides of the brain -- to heal mind and body, spirit and emotion, and move into the future.

Soozi Holbeche was born in Sri Lanka, grew up a Buddhist, educated at a Roman Catholic convent in the UK, became a Sufi, and then became assistant to Paul Solomon (minister and metaphysical teacher in the USA). Spent time with the Findhorn Foundation and gave seminars at the Edgar Cayce summer school. Has traveled world-wide as a teacher, healer and counselor and worked with Aboriginals, Native Americans, and Africans in South Africa. Works with the chronically poor and deprived in the townships around Cape Town. Soozi is an intuitive diagnostician and author of a number of books. She is regarded as a key spokeswoman in the human potential movement.

Spiritual Foundations of the Twelve Step Recovery Programs
Spirituality is central to the popular and successful twelve-step programs used for recovery from drug abuse (including alcohol abuse) and other types of destructive behavior. Mr. Holmes, an expert facilitator of twelve step programs, will talk about how the program's spiritual core helps people turn their lives around. He will also present meditation as a shortcut for recovery.

Ray Holmes received his BS from the University of Maryland and as a senior paralegal supervisor with the US Department of Justice. During his twelve years in the US Army, Mr. Holmes was a senior paralegal specialist in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. For the last twenty-two years, Mr. Holmes first studied meditation on the inner Light with Sant Darshan Singh. He now studies with Sant Rajinder Singh, head of Swan Kirpal Ruhani Mission/ Science of spirituality.

Report on Interreligious Cooperation within the Religions Consultation Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics
Dr. Hubbard will report on the work of the Religions Consultation, which brings scholars of diverse faiths together to cooperate in producing innovative research on the interrelated topics of population, ecology, reproductive health, women's rights, and ethics. He will be joined by several scholars who have participated in the Religions Consultation's activities.

1) Dr. Benjamin Hubbard chairs the Department of Comparative Religion at California State University-Fullerton. He co-authored America's Religions: An Educator's Guide to Beliefs and Practices (Libraries Unlimited, 1997) and is currently working on Whose Religion is True? An Introduction to Religious Diversity. 2) Dr. John C. Raines teaches in the Department of Religion at the Temple University in Philadelphia. He received his Ph. D. from Union Theological Seminary in 1967. He has written several books, including Islam and the West: a Coming Clash of Civilizations? (Petaling Jaya, 1995) and Modern Work and Human Meaning (Westminster Press, 1986). 3) Rev. Marvin Ellison teaches at Bangor Theological Seminary in Portland, Maine. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He is the author of the Erotic Justice: A Liberating Ethic of Sexuality (Westminster/ John Knox Press, 1986). 4) Dr. Farid Esack is a Commissioner for Gender Equality in the South African government and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Religion, Identity and Culture at the University of the Western Cape. He is a Muslim theologian who has studied in Pakistan, the United Kingdom and South Africa. 5) Dr. Tavivat Puntarigvivat teaches in the graduate program of Comparative Religion at Mahidol University in Thailand. His expertise is Buddhism. He books include the way of Mahayana Buddhism (Sukkhapapjai, 1989) and Sages and Buddhadasa Bhikku (Paramita, 1987).

The Challenge of Fundamentalism: The End of Modernity and the Future of Interreligious Dialogue
Along with the rise of global interreligious dialogue, fundamentalism has been one of the most significant religious developments of the twentieth century. At the end of the century, it energizes millions of people in their various religious commitments and identities while serving as a radically transforming force in all of the major religious traditions of the world. Yet fundamentalists are rarely represented in celebrations of interfaith encounter. Indeed, fundamentalism is often branded as the prime threat to international spiritual harmony and understanding.

Peter A. Huff (Ph.D., Saint Louis University) is Assistant Professor of Historical Theology and Director of Catholic Studies at Saint Anselm College (USA). He is author of "Allen Tate and the Catholic Revival: Trace of the Fugitive Gods" (Paulist, 1996) and co-editor of Knowledge and Belief in America: Enlight