Conference Introduction
Joseph Runzo, Executive Director, Global Ethics & Religion Forum and
Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge University
Nancy M. Martin, Associate Director, Global Ethics & Religion Forum
and Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge University
 

Opening Remarks
Geoffrey Hawthorn, Vice-President, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK
 

“Is Reconciling Politics and Religion the Way to Reconciliation?”
Paul Fletcher, Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies,
Lancaster University, UK
C. Ram-Prasad, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies and Director of
Postgraduate Research, Lancaster University and Life Member,
Clare Hall, UK
John Vattanky, S. J., Professor of Philosophy, De Nobili College, INDIA, and Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK
 

Session on “Literature and War”
Nancy M. Martin, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Chapman
University, USA and Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK

“Sad Sacks, Grunts, and Ball Turret Gunners:
         The Poetry of Experience in World War II”
Matthew Schneider, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of English
and Comparative Literature, Chapman University, USA

“The Listening Watch: Australian Memories of Viet Nam”
Trudi Tate, Fellow, Clare Hall, and Member, Faculty of English,
Cambridge University, UK
 

Lunch Break
 

“Revenge and Reconciliation”
Philip Towle, Reader in International Relations, Centre of International Studies, Cambridge University, UK
Joseph Runzo, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Chapman
University, USA and Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK
 

Chair
 

"Peace through Unity:
        A Baha'i Perspective on War and Reconciliation"
Brian Lepard, Associate Professor of Law, University of Nebraska, USA;
Formerly International Human Rights Law Specialist, United Nations Office of the Baha'i International Community
Philip Rossi, S.J., Professor and Chair of Theology, Marquette University, USA
 

“War and the Soul of Humanity”
Joseph Runzo, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Chapman
University, USA and Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK
Julius Lipner, Reader in Hinduism and the Comparative Study of Religion,
Faculty of Divinity, and Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK
 

Dinner Break
 

Evening Presentation
Opening Remarks
Ekhard Salje, President, Clare Hall, and Professor and Head, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University, UK

“Trade Brings Peace”
John Graham, Professor of Marketing and International Business, Graduate
School of Business and Management, University of California, Irvine, USA
Nancy M. Martin, Associate Professor of Religious Studies,
Chapman University, USA
 

Introduction
 

Session on “War and Reconciliation in Christianity”
Michael Banner, Professor of Moral and Social Theology, Kings College,
London and Associate, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK

"War and Reconciliation in Roman Catholic Social Teaching"
R. Scott Appleby, Professor of History and Director, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA

“Can Christian Theology Continue to Warrant
                         a Theory of ‘Just War’?”
Philip Rossi, S.J., Professor and Chair of Theology, Marquette
University, USA
 

“Isaac and Ishmael as Conflicting Hosts:
        Abrahamic Hospitality and the Muslim Ethics of War”
Timothy Winter, University Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Faculty of Divinity, and Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK
Margie Tolstoy, Tutor, Westcott Theological College and lecturer on Jewish/Christian Relations, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University, UK
 

Lunch Break
 

“The Way to Peace and Reconciliation—
         A Confucian Perspective on War”
Xinzhong Yao, Reader in Religious Studies and Ethics and Chair of Department, University of Wales, Lampeter and Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK
John Graham, Professor of Marketing and International Business, Graduate
School of Business and Management, University of California, Irvine, USA
 

Session on “Buddhism, War and Reconciliation”
Julius Lipner, Reader in Hinduism and the Comparative Study of Religion,
Faculty of Divinity, and Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK

“Narrowness of View Hardens the Heart:
         A Buddhist Reflection on Delusion, Fear and War”
Peter Harvey, Professor of Buddhist Studies, University of Sunderland, UK

“War and Reconciliation: A Tibetan Buddhist Perspective”
Thupten Jinpa, Director, Institute of Tibetan Classics, Canada, and
English Translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
 

“An Engaged Buddhist Perspective on War and Reconciliation”
Sulak Sivaraksa, President, International Network of Engaged
Buddhists, Thailand
Thupten Jinpa, Director, Institute of Tibetan Classics, Canada, and
English Translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Joseph Runzo, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Chapman
University, USA; Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK
 

Introduction
 

“War, Justice and Religion”
James Kellenberger, Professor of Philosophy, California State University, Northridge, USA
Xinzhong Yao, Reader in Religious Studies and Ethics and Chair of Department, University of Wales, Lampeter and Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK
 

“The Possibility of Reconciliation:
         Sayyid Qutb’s Critique of the West”
Lawrence M. Hinman, Professor of Philosophy and Director, The Values
Institute, University of San Diego, USA
Judith Mayotte, Visiting Professor, Marquette University, USA
 

"The Cosmopolitanism Answer to War"
Louis P. Pojman, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Department of English,
United States Military Academy, West Point, USA
Joseph Runzo, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Chapman
University, USA and Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK
 

Lunch Break
 

"War and the Evolution of Justice”
Nathan Tierney, Professor and Chair of Philosophy, California Lutheran
University, USA
Jim Council, Professor, University of Maryland, European Division, and Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK
 

“Nuclear Deterrence Policy”
Edward Jarron, Bursar and Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, and
Retired Air Commander, Royal Air Force, UK
David Gosling, Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge University UK
 

Closing Session: Looking Past War

“War Refugees: Disposable People?”
Judith Mayotte, Visiting Professor of Theology, Marquette University;
Member, Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation Board and Operating Committee; Member , Visionaries Institute at Suffolk University; Former Special Advisor on Refugee Issues and Policy, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. State Department (Clinton Administration).
Nancy M. Martin, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Chapman
University, USA and Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, UK
 

All sessions of this conference are free and open to the public. 
Seating is limited, and if you would like to reserve a place at any of the sessions (morning, afternoon or evening) on any of the days,
or if you would like further information regarding the conference,
please call 01223-332368 or e-mail jdl36@cam.ac.uk.
 

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