Events

Regional and International Events Sponsored by
the Global Ethics and Religion Forum
 

Upcoming Programs

          2009:

• An Evening of Art and Environmental Awareness
  Sunday, July 26 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Home of Jim and Susie Yedor 1622 Sierra Alta, Santa Ana, CA

  
   

Past Programs

        2007:

• Jewish Perspectives on Medical Ethics: A Lecture by Leading Jewish Ethicist Elliot Dorff, Ph.D.
  Hosted by Congregation B'nai Israel, Tustin, CA:  April 25, 2007
  (Click here for more information)
   

• Parliament of the World's Religions: 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures
  Monterrey, Mexico, September 21-26
   

• American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting
  November 17-20, San Diego, California
  (Click here for more information)
   

• Documentary Film Series: "Patterns for Peace: India as a Model for Peace in a Multi-religious Society
  Projected release: 2007

        2008: 

• International Conference
  Revising Just War Theory for the 21st Century (Part III):  New Criteria
  Marquette University, April 2008
   

•  International Conference in association with the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation
  Leadership for Peace
  Cape Town, South Africa
   

• Documentary Film Series: "The Sacred Planet"
  Projected release: 2008

        2007 - 2009:

• International Consultation
  Spiritual Health & Physical Health: the Compatibility of Modern Medical Scientific Approaches to End of Life with Traditional Asian & Western World Views
  China, England and the USA
   

•  Documentary Film Series: "Global Voices for Human Rights"
  Projected release: 2009

        Spring 2006:

• Lecture by Asa Kasher (Tel Aviv University), Co-Sponsored by the Forum
  "The Military Ethics of Fighting Terror: An Israeli Perspective"
  (click title for more information)
  Congregation B'nai Israel, Tustin, California, April 6, 2006
  
  Fall 2006:
   
• 3-Day Symposium
  Religion and War:  Revising Just War Theory for the 21st Century (Part I)
  (click title for more information)
  Montreal, Canada, World Congress, "The World's Religions After September 11th," September 11-15, 2006
   

• Forum Benefit Concert for Peace
  Mark Corey Lee Band, Camille Davila, Sambajah and More
  (Click here for more information)
  September 30, 2006, Orange, California
   

• International Conference Series
  Pain and Terminal Illness: the Ethics of Medical Care in Multi-Religious Perspectives
  Southern California, October 20, 2006, St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, California
  8 Hours Continuing Medical Education Credit Available for Physicians:  Pain Management/End of Life Care
  (Click here for further information)
   
• International Consultation
  Revising Just War Theory for the 21st Century (Part II):  Critical Issues
  (click title for more information)
  Cambridge University, November 2006
   
• American Academy of Religion Additional Meeting Session
  Just War for a Just Peace:  Religious Contributions to Revising Just War Theory
  (click title for more information)
  Washington, D.C., November 18, 2006
   

        Spring 2005:

• International Conference Series
  Ecology and Global Health
  (click title for more information)
  Southern California (May 13, 2005) and Cambridge University, England (May 31-June 2)
  This conference will together scientists, ethicists, philosophers, scholars of religion, international law specialists, and medical practitioners for an open public discussion of ecological issues and their impact on global health, taking into account both human rights and the resources the world religions can offer for addressing environmental and  health solutions.

        Fall 2005:

• International Conference collaboratively planned with Marquette University
  Vocation, Justice and the World Religions
  Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: September

• American Academy of Religion Additional Meeting
  Teaching to Kill, Teaching to Live:  Educating for Peace
  Philadelphia, November 2005

        Spring 2004:

• International Conference Series
  Medical Ethics: Global Issues and Multicultural Perspectives
  (click title for more information)
  Southern California and Cambridge University, England
  This conference brought together scientists, ethicists, philosophers, scholars of religion, international law specialists, and medical practitioners for an open public discussion of ethical issues surrounding medical treatment and technological advances as well as multicultural perspectives on healing.

        Summer 2004:

• Fourth Parliament of the World's Religions
  Barcelona, Spain: July 7-13, 2004
  Symposium on Human Rights
  (click title for more information)
  July 10-11, 2004
  The Forum convened a four session symposium entitled “Religion and Human Rights: Towards a Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World’s Religions” as a part of the Parliament. The symposium was inaugurated by a video presentation filmed by the Forum with Executive Director Joseph Runzo interviewing His Holiness the Dalai Lama, followed by two roundtable discussions exploring how humanity’s religious traditions can enrich human rights discourse; a set of simultaneous smaller "breakout" discussion sections focusing on Islamic, Chinese, and a combination of Hindu, Buddhist and Baha'i perspectives, and a closing address by Arvind Sharma.
  Panel-July 9, 2004
  Restorative Justice and Exploratory Faith:
  A Model for Intercultural Peace and Cooperation
  (click title for more information)
  Panel-July 12, 2004
  Religion in a World at War;
  The Transformation from Hate to Love of Our "Enemies"
  (click title for more information)

• Documentary Film
  Patterns for Peace: India as a Model for Peace in a Multi-religious Society
  (click title for more information)
  The Forum finished production on a documentary film exploring India's heritage of nonviolence and peaceful co-existence in a multi-religious society. Original footage was shot primarily on location in Gujarat and Rajasthan, India, in January of this year and also includes an interview with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.  Interviews with Hindu, Zoroastrian, Sikh and Jain leaders were filmed at the Fourth Parliament of the World's Religions.
  Projected Release:  2007
   

        Winter 2003:

• International Conference on World Peace Co-Sponsored by the Forum
  World Peace: Problem of a Global Era
  (click title for more information)
  University of Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India: December 29, 2003 - January 2, 2004
  Philosophers, scholars of religion, sociologists, economists, defense experts, and psychologists came together for this conference to explore the causes of disharmony and violence in our world today and solutions that can foster increased harmony and peace in our global community. As a major sponsor of the conference, the Forum sponsored the participation of international scholars and organized the following three panels: "War and Cosmopolitanism," "Hinduism, Islam, and Peace," and Religion, Terrorism and Politics." The conference was opened by the President of India and closed by the Deputy Prime Minister.
   

• On Location Shooting of Documentary Film
  Patterns for Peace: India as a Model for Peace in a Multi-religious Society
  (click title for more information)
  Gujarat and Rajasthan, India
  The Forum is currently in the post-production phase a documentary film exploring India's heritage of nonviolence in a multi-religious society. Much of the film was shot on location in Gujarat and Rajasthan, India, in January.  The film's projected release will be in 2006.
   

        Summer 2003:

• International Conference Co-Sponsored by the Forum
  Religion and Globalization
  (click title for more information)
  Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand: July 27- August 2, 2003
  Organized by the Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture at Payap University, this conference is designed to explore the place of religion in the face of globalization. The Forum will sponsor two major panels on (I) The Transformation of Religious Traditions in Global Interreligious Encounter and (II) Religion and the Globalization of War.

        Spring 2003:

• International Conference Series
  War and Reconciliation: Perspectives of the World Religions
  (click on each university below for more information)
  Chapman University, Orange, California: April 1, 2003
  California State University, Northridge, California: April 3, 2003
  Cambridge University, England: May 26-28, 2003
  This conference series will bring together scholars with expertise in ethics, military history and religious traditions with military experts and world religious and political leaders to discuss religious perspectives on war and on reconciliation.

        Fall 2002

• Festival/Conference
  Mirabai: Hindu Saint for a Global World
  (click title for more information)
  Southern California, October 3-8, 2002

        Spring 2002

• Week of Events
  Violence and Human Dignity in the World Religions
  (click title for more information)
  Southern California, April 29, 2002 - May 3, 2002