Plater College, Oxford

Summer School

 

27th July to 3rd August, 2002

 

An International Conference

on

“An Inter-faith Perspective on Globalisation”

 

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PROGRAMME

 

Saturday, 27th July, 2002

 

 

From  2.00pm                           Arrivals and Registration

 

6.30 – 7.15pm                          Dinner

 

 

There will be the opportunity to meet in the Student Common Room every evening.

 

 

Sunday 28th July, 2002

 

 

8.00 – 8.45am                                     Breakfast

 

 

9.00 – 9.45am              Opening Ceremony

 

9.45 – 10.15am            Plenary Session

                                    Sir Sigmund Sternberg   A Businessman Looks at Interfaith Dialogue

 

10.30 – 10.50am                                  Morning Coffee / Tea

 

 

11.00 – 12.30pm         Building Global Inter-faith Consensus for Peace

                                    Moderator:        Fred Harrison

 

Revd Ed Mullins            )The World Sabbath: A Means of Building a World Interfaith

                                     Consensus for Peace

                                     Revd Rod Reinhart       )          

 

12.30 – 1.30pm                                   Lunch

 

 

2.00 – 3.30pm             Islam and the West

                                    Moderator:        Dr Peter Heslam

 

Prof  H. Amirahmadi     Globalisation & Dialogue among Civilisations: Islam & the West

                                    Prof  James Piscatori     Globalisation:  A View from Islam

 

3.30 – 3.50pm                                     Afternoon Tea

 

 

4.00 – 4.45pm             Science and Spirituality

                                    Moderator:        Dr Tatyana Roskoshnaya

                                  

                                    Jay Lakhani                             

 

6.30 – 7.15pm                                     Dinner

 

Monday 29th July, 2002

 

8.00 – 8.45am                                       Breakfast

 

 

9.00 – 10.30am             Faith, Hope and Property Rights

                                    Moderator:  Professor Philip Hanson

 

Fred Harrison                            The Sacred Rule:  How to Remove the Globe

                                                     from Globalisation.

                                    Academician Dimitry Lvov        Globalisation, Property Rights and the Social Market

 

10.30 – 10.50am                                    Morning Coffee / Tea

 

 

11.00 -12.30pm             Religious Co-operation or Confrontation? 

                                    Moderator:  Dr Josef Boehle

 

                                    John Clark                                Civil Society and International Co-operation

                                    Jehangir Sarosh                         Religions Working for Peace

                                    Bhai Mohinder Singh                 A Sikh Perspective on Religious Co-operation

                                                                       

12.30 – 1.30pm                                     Lunch

 

 

2.00 – 3.30pm               Sacred Earth and Social Development

                                    Moderator:  Professor Brian Ray

 

                                    Prof. Ulrich Duchrow                The Common Good and Property

                                    Sir Kenneth Jupp                       The Covenant with God and the Gospel to the Poor

Dr T. Roskoshnaya                   Spiritual Renewal & Public Revenue:

                                                Towards the Common Good

 

3.30 – 3.50pm                                       Afternoon Tea

 

 

 

4.00 – 5.30pm               Psychology of Religion, Media and Globalisation

                                    Moderator:   Dr Raymond Hamden

 

                                    Daniel Opacic               )           Globalisation: A Model for Humanitarian Media

                                    Dr Sherrie Raz              )          

                                    Emma Shackle                          Why we Need Psychology of Religion in an Age of Globalisation

 

6.30 – 7.15pm                                       Dinner

 

 

8.00 – 9.00pm               Workshop 1:                                                                         Workshop 2:

                                    Theology, Economics and Property Rights                       Psychology of Religion in the

                                                                                                                                Global Age

Moderator:  Canon Peter Challen                                        Moderator:  Dr. Raymond Hamden

                                                

 

 

Tuesday 30th July, 2002

 

7.45 – 8.30am                                       Breakfast

 

 

8.45 – 10.30am             Ethics and Globalisation

                                    Moderator:  Dr Philip Goodchild

 

                                    John Bunzl                                Solving Destructive Global Competition through Practical

                                                                                          International Co-operation: the Simultaneous Policy

                                                                                           as a Basis for Inter-faith Action

                                    Prof. John Dunning                    The Moral Imperatives of Global Capitalism

                                    Dr Lorna Gold                           Oases of Communion at the Heart of the Global

                                                                                           Economy: the Focolare Movement’s Economy of Sharing

                                    Dr Peter Heslam                       Sustainable Capitalism: A Contradiction in Terms?

 

10.30 – 10.45am                                    Morning Coffee / Tea

 

 

10.50 – 12.40pm            Religion and Capitalism

                                    Moderator:   Professor John Dunning

 

                                    Dr Philip Goodchild                    The Price of Piety:  Capitalism and Religion

                                    Wayne Green                            From Globalisation to Exclusion

                                    Larry Klein                               Ecological Agriculture

                                    Rolando Modina                        Globalisation, Poverty and Civil Society Response in

                                                                                           Southeast Asia

                                    Nigel Sykes                               Envisioning, Enabling and Enacting: Metamorphosing the

                                                                                           Enterprise in a Changing World

 

12.45 – 1.45pm                                     Lunch

 

 

2.00 – 4.00pm               Monetary Justice, Fair Trade and Globalisation

                                    Moderator:   Dr Lorna Gold

 

                                    Mrs G. Allison                           The Effects of Unfair Trade on Africa with Reference to

                                          Malawi and Zambia

                                    Canon Peter Challen                  Debt, Globalisation and the Urgent Need for

                                                                                          Monetary Justice

                                    Dr Frances Hutchinson              The Tree of Life: Reclaiming a Rich History

                                    Ann Pettifor                              Global Capital Markets as Gigantic Engines of Inequality

                                    Rodney Shakespeare                 Debt, Globalisation and the Urgent Need for

                                                                                           Monetary Justice

 

4.00 – 4.20pm                                       Afternoon Tea

 

 

4.30 – 5.15pm               Globalisation and Militarisation

                                    Moderator:  Emma Shackle

 

                                    Bruce Kent                               Globalisation, Militarisation and Faith

 

6.30 – 7.15pm                                       Dinner

 

 

8.00 – 9.00pm               Workshop 1:                                                                  Workshop 2:

Religion, Ethics and Globalisation                Monetary Justice, Fair Trade, Debt Relief and

                                                                        Globalisation

                                    Moderator:    Professor David Loy                   Moderator:    Dr Lorna Gold

 

 

Wednesday, 31st July, 2002

 

 

8.00 – 8.45am                                       Breakfast

 

 

9.00 – 10.30am             Inter-faith and Globalisation

                                    Moderator:     Professor David Loy

 

Revd Marcus Braybrooke          How can Interfaith Organisations Address Global Problems

                                    Prof. Dr J. Lähnemann  Spirituality and Ethical Education in Projects of Inter-religious Peace Education –

                                                                                                Perspectives of the Peace Education Standing Commission of ‘Religions for Peace’ /

                                                                                                The World Conference on Religion and Peace

                                    Rabbi Norman Solomon             Globalisation and The Plurality of Values

 

10.30 – 10.50am                                    Morning Coffee / Tea

 

 

11.00 – 12.30pm            Religious Traditions and Globalisation

                                    Moderator:    Dr Farhang Jahanpour

 

Dr Raymond Hamden                Muwahhiddun Druze: Global Re-Thinking

                                    Jay Lakhani                              Interfaith and Hinduism

                                    David Loy                                 Clash of Civilisations – Buddhist Perspective

 

12.30 – 1.30pm                                     Lunch

 

 

2.00 – 3.30pm               Global Dialogue and Global Co-existence

                                    Moderator:   Professor Peter Millward  SJ

 

Timothy Glazier             From Wanderer to Settler – the Change of Mindset with which

                                          Humankind has yet to Come to Terms

                                    Terry Graham               The Relevance of Sufi Teachings in the Global Coexistence

                                    Dr Farhang Jahanpour   The Clash or Dialogue of Civilisations

                                    Dr Mustafa Yayla         Islam and Human Rights in the Age of Globalisation

 

3.30 – 3.50pm                                       Afternoon Tea

 

 

3.45pm                         Depart for Waterperry Park:  Art, Philosophy and Spirituality

 

7.30 – 8.15pm                                       Dinner

 

8.45 – 9.45pm              Moderator:   Dr Farhang Jahanpour

 

                                   Yehuda Stolov              The Human Globalisation: A View from The Holy Land   


 

Thursday, 1st August, 2002

 

 

8.00 – 8.45am                                       Breakfast

 

 

9.00 – 10.30am             Africa and Globalisation

                                    Moderator:  Dr Philip Goodchild

 

                                    Gerry Cleaver                   )

                                    Professor Oliver Furley      )       Conflict, Conflict Resolution and Peace Keeping in Africa  

                                    Simon Massey                   )      

 

10.30 – 10.50am                                    Morning Coffee / Tea

 

 

11.00 – 12.30pm            Values and Religious Responsibility

                        Moderator:   Professor J. Lähnemann

 

Sharif Abdullah                         Globalisation and the Transformation of World Consciousness

                                    Jehangir Sarosh                         Religions’ Responsibility: Zoroastrian Perspective

                                    Revd Ruth Scott                        Searching for the Lost Coins of Common Currency:  

                                                                                    A Christian Perspective

 

12.30 – 1.30pm                                     Lunch

 

 

2.00 – 3.30pm               Cultures and Globalisation

                                    Moderator:  Reverend Ruth Scott

 

David French                            Learning Across Cultures – The Role of the Commonwealth

                                    Prof. Peter Milward, SJ             The Globalisation of Shakespeare

 

3.30 – 3.50pm                                       Afternoon Tea

 

 

4.00 – 4.45pm               Social Inclusion, E-Democracy: The Role of Public Libraries 

                                    Moderator:  Christine Allen

 

                                    Steve Salmons   Social Inclusion: the Role for Public Libraries to Deliver

                                                            E-Governance and E-Democracy in the Age of Globalisation

                                               

6.30 – 7.15pm                                       Dinner

 

 

8.00 – 10.00pm             Inter-faith Music Gala

 

 

Friday, 2nd August, 2002

 

 

8.00 – 8.45am                                       Breakfast

 

 

9.00 – 10.30am             What Globalisation has Done to and for Us

                                    Moderator:  Revd Rodney Reinhart

 

                                    Introduction:  David Forbes

                                    Paul Nsio, Refugee from the Congo                 )

Zeinab Malik, Refugee from Sudan                 )       Why are We Here?

                                                                          A View from Three Refugees to Britain

                                    Muhsen Abdulla, Refugee from Iraqi Kurdistan )

 

10.30 – 10.50am                                    Morning Coffee / Tea

 

 

11.00 – 12.00pm            Conflict and Globalisation

                                     Moderator:   Christine Allen

 

                                     Dr Kevin Clements                   Globalisation & Conflict        

 

12.30 – 1.30pm                                     Lunch

 

 

 

2.00 – 4.00pm               Open Forum:  Religion, Spirituality, Ethics and Globalisation:

                                                                 The Way Forward

                                    Moderator:   Dr Kamran Mofid

 

4.00 – 4.15pm                                       Afternoon Tea

 

 

7.00pm                         Reception

 

7.45pm                         Conference Dinner

                                    After-dinner speaker:                Don Maclean, MBE      Humour in Religions

 

 

 

 

 

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List of Speakers

Muhsen Abdulla                                  Refugee from Iraqi Kurdistan

Sharif Abdullah                                   Founder and Director, Commonway Institute, USA

Christine Allen                                   Executive Director, Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR), England

Mrs Gabriel Allison                           Volunteer for CAFOD and OXFAM

Prof. Hooshang Amirahmadi            Director, Middle East Centre, Rutgers University USA; President, American-Iranian Council

Dr Josef Boehle                                  Research Fellow, Department of Theology, University of Birmingham, England  

The Revd Marcus Braybrooke          President, World Congress of Faiths; Patron, International Interfaith Centre, Oxford, England

John Bunzl (Barrett)                          Director, International Simultaneous Policy Organisation, London

Canon Peter Challen                          Chairman, Christian Council for Monetary Justice, London, England

John Clark                                           Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics; Lead Social Development Specialist, World Bank

Gerry Cleaver                                     African Studies Centre, Coventry University, England

Dr Kevin P. Clements                         Secretary-General, International Alert, London, England

Prof. Ulrich Duchrow                         Professor, Systematic Theology, Heidelberg University, Germany

John H. Dunning                                 Emeritus Professor of International Business, Universities of Reading, England & Rutgers, USA

David Forbes                                         Counsellor, West Midlands Refugee Council, Birmingham, England

David French                                        Chief Executive, The Commonwealth Institute, London, England

Professor Oliver Furley                    Formerly Makerere University, Uganda & African Studies Centre, Coventry University, England

Timothy Glazier                                  Writer and Counsellor, England

Dr Lorna Gold                                      ESRC Research Fellow, Department of Politics, University of York, England      

Dr Philip Goodchild                            Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Nottingham, England

Terry Graham                                      Literary Editor, The Sufi Magazine

Wayne Green                                       Student, Sussex University, England

Dr Raymond Hamden                          Clinical & Forensic Psychologist, UAE

Professor Philip Hanson                   Director, Centre for Russian & East European Studies (CREES), University of Birmingham, England

Fred Harrison                                      Director, Centre for Land Policy Studies, London, England & Editor ‘Geophilos’

Dr Peter Heslam                                 Director, Capitalism Project, London Institute for Contemporary Christianity;

                                                                Tutor, Ridley Hall, Cambridge

Dr Frances Hutchinson                     University of Bradford

Dr Farhang Jahanpour                      Former Professor, University of Isfahan, Iran & of the BBC Monitoring Service

Sir Kenneth Jupp, MC                       Former High Court Judge, Queen’s Bench Division, England

Bruce Kent                                           Chairman, Movement for the Abolition of War, London, England

Larry Klein                                          Member, Madonna House Community, USA, Canada & England

Dr J. Lähnemann                                Professor of Religious Education, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany   

Jay Lakhani                                         Chairman, Vivekananda Centre, London, England

David Loy                                              Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Bunkyo University, Japan

Dr Dmitry Lvov                                    Academician-Secretary, Russian Academy of Sciences (1996-2002), Russia

Don Maclean, MBE                             Author and Broadcaster, England

Zeinab Makik                                      Refugee from Sudan

Simon Massey                                      African Studies Centre, Coventry University, England                                                                

Professor Peter Milward, SJ            Director, The Renaissance Centre, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

Rolando Modina                                   Asia Regional Manager, Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR), England

Father Ed Mullins                              Rector, Christ Church, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA & Co-founder The World Sabbath

Paul Nsio                                              Refugee from the Congo

Daniel Opacic                                      Consultant to Holland Press Association, Serbia

Ann Pettifor                                         Director, The Centre for International Finance & Governance, London, England

James Piscatori                                   Professor, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, England

Professor Brian Ray                          Former Principal, Newman College, Birmingham, England

Dr Sherrie Raz                                    Clinical psychologist & Founder of International Assn for Psychology & Performing Arts, Florida, USA

The Revd Rod Reinhart                      Rector, Nativity Episcopal Church, Michigan, USA & Founder, The World Sabbath

Dr Tatyana Roskoshnaya                  Institute for Ecological Security, St Petersburg, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Steve Salmons                                      Chief Executive Officer, Windsor Public Library, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Jehangir Sarosh                                 Moderator, World Conference for Religions & Peace (WCRP), Europe

Revd Ruth Scott                                   Writer & Broadcaster on Interfaith Dialogue, London, England

Emma Shackle                                     Lecturer in Psychology, Plater College, Oxford, England

Rodney Shakespeare                          Former Councillor, Lambeth.  Economist and Lawyer, London, England

Bhai Mohinder Singh                         Chairman, Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha, Birmingham, England

Rabbi Norman Solomon                     Patron, International Interfaith Centre, Oxford, England

Sir Sigmund Sternberg                     Patron, International Council of Christians & Jews; Co-founder, Three Faiths Forum;

                                                                Director, Sternberg Foundation

Yehuda Stolov                                       Director, Interfaith Encounter Association, Jerusalem, Israel

Nigel Sykes                                          Centre for Small & Medium Sized Enterprises, Warwick Business School, England

Dr Mustafa Yayla                                Formerly Centre for Islamic Studies, Istanbul, Turkey

 

 

 

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