Calendar
Regional and International Events Sponsored by
the Global Ethics and Religion Forum
Upcoming 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
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Documentary Film Series: "Patterns for Peace: India as a Model for Peace in
a Multi-religious Society
Projected release: 2007
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
Past Programs
Spring 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
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:
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:
Spring 2003:
Fall 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
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