The International Jin-Gang-Dhyana Association Net

Today from Cape Town, South Africa -

Sunday, December 5, 1999

Presenters for the Day and their Programmes:

Ghulam-Haider Aasi

Qur'an and Religious Pluralism

Swami Sivanandhi Adikalaar

Saivism Into the Next Millennium

Richard Afnan-Holmes

A Spiritual Framework for the Global Village

Anis Ahmad

Jihad and Human Rights in Islam

Manila Soni Amin

Exploring Religious Education in Curriculum 2005

Angels of God Choir

Injongo

Zafar Ishaq Ansari

Human Rights and Obligations: The Qur’anic Perspective

Dastoor Kersey Antia

An Explanation of Navijote: A Zoroastrian Initiation Ceremony

Muthiah D. Appavoo ; Giani Swaran Singh; Pandit Prameya Chaitanya; Yasuo Izumi; Srinath Prasad Dwivedi ; Irfan Ahmad Khan

Towards the Establishment of an Interfaith Clergy Professional Organization

Rebecca Armstrong

Why Myths Matter: Joseph Campbell

Robert Arnett;

India: Glimpses of Eternity

Ingrid C. Askew; Myrna Munchus-Bullock; Timothy Leon Bullock

Photographic Memories

Aijaz Aslam

Islamic Approach to Interfaith Relations

Judith Baker Miller

Yoga as Prayer

Rita Baptista

A Kaleidoscope of Christian Spirituality: Franciscan Spirituality as a Spirituality for All Times and All People.

Willa Boezak

The Khoi-Khoi, Christianity, and Land – A Serious South African Dilemma

Patricia M Bombard, BVM; Kathleen Bridge, SND; Thomas Torinus; Dabula Mpako

Our Spiritual Journey in an Unfolding Universe

Marcus C. R. Braybrooke

Testing the Global Ethic

Herb Bronstein

The Faith of Modernity and Traditional Religions: Conflict or Creative Engagement

Lawrence W. Brown

Translating Faith... Approaching Hinduism from the West

Mary S. Caesar

Gender and HIV/AIDS - Responding to some of the Priority Issues

Douglas Canterbury-Counts, Ph.D., MDiv

Sacred Passage: A Model for Psychospiritual Transformation

Barbara S. Carpenter

Experiencing Unity Through the Prayer of the Heart

Rolf C. Carriere; Monica Sharma; Jon E. Rohde

The State of the World’s Children at the Millennial Turn

Mustafa Ceric

Quest for Peace and Cooperation among Faith Communities: Case of the Balkans

Jerry C.L. Chang

Youth Ambassadors from the World

Chidananda Saraswati

Foundations of Hinduism

Carolina Churba

Biodanza: The Celebration of Human Encounter

Jonathan Condit

Cooperation Plus Tolerance Equals Peace: A New Universal Moral Law

Charmaine C. Crockett; Kristi Rudelius-Palmer

All our Relations: Faith Action in Human Rights

Rati Manjara Dasi

God is One

Dolly Dastoor

Technology, Information Revolution and Lifestyle Adjustments in Families

A. R. De Lange; Margaret Legum; Wayne A. M. Visser

A SANE Society: Personal, Community, Spiritual and Religious Perspectives

Pratima Desai

Let's Experience God

Elinore Detiger

The Special Role of Women in a Multi-Faith World

Hospice Djohoun; Phyllis Trollip

How to Master Change in Your Life

Luis M. Dolan, C.P.; Andr?Porto ; Bernardo Jorge Nante

Current Problems Encountered in Interreligious Work in Latin America and the Caribbean

Farid Esack

Beyond Dialogue – Interfaith Solidarity for Reconstruction and Reconciliation

Fatima Essop

Muslim Personal Law and Constitutionalism

Hagitte Gal'ed

Amen--A Spiritual Approach to Peace as Creation

Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi

Religion, Freedom of Expression, and Blasphemy Laws

Jonathan Granoff (Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen)

The Forgotten Why

Jonathan Granoff (Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen)

Sufi Meditation - The Method of the Continual Remembrance of God (Zikr)

Ethne Bertram Gray

The Spirit in Psyche and Image, Transforming Faith and Culture

Linda Groff

Trends, Models, Paradigms of Change: Preparing for Life in the 21st Century

Mthobeli Guma

Culture and Medicinal Herbs: The Place of the Gallbladder and Succulent Plants in the Healing Traditions of AbaNguni of Southern Africa

Iftekhar A. Hai; Ataullah Siddiqui

Interfaith Cooperation: An Assessment and Agenda for the Future

Saiyid Hamid

Muslim Perspectives on Educational and Economic Situations in India

Bernadette Hanks

The Dreams of the Mother Earth

Balwant Singh Hansra; Irfan Ahmad Khan

Muslim and Sikhs : Learning from the Past and Directions for the Future

Judith Grove Harris

Witches in the United States and South Africa: A Nuanced Comparison.

C. K. Harris

Interfaith Concord

Luann Hatane

HIV/AIDS – Partnership of the Wolrd's Religions

Neil Henderson

How Religion Impacts Women Who are Abused

Ingo Herrmann

The Spiritual Forum- An Architectural Approach

David Hoffman

Intra Jewish Dialogue – Is It Possible?

Benjamin J. Hubbard; Maura O’Neil

A Rationale and Methodology for Interreligious Dialogue at the Local, Non-Specialist Level

Peter A. Huff

The Challenge of Fundamentalism: The End of Modernity and the Future of Interreligious Dialogue

James Hurtak

Meeting of Heaven and Earth: Symbols of Unity

Igzaibher; The Branch

Unity in Action

Karen Ingvoldstad

Holistic Health Ministry and Parish Nursing in Your Community of Faith

Mariko Inori

Universal Principle of Life in the Go-game

Mark Jacobs

Organizing Faith Communities to Protect the Environment: The North American Experience

Niraj Jain

Concept of Aparigarha in Jain Thought

Bawa Jain; Jim Kenney

Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders

Frank Gard Jameson, Jr.; Marvin Gawryn

The URANTIA Book & Our Guiding Institutions

Jerome & Christine Whiterabbit Jendrisak

Misappropriation of Native American Spirituality

Carol A. Johnson

Sexual Orientation and Acceptance in Our Spiritual Communities

Timothy Jolley

A Kaleidoscope of Christian Spirituality: The Benedictine Way: The Joy of Being Ordinary

Cleve Jones; Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

Voices into the Millennium: the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt

Yogini Sri Chandra Kaliprasada Mataji

The Role of the Guru in Spiritual Practice

Pualani Kanaka ‘ole Kanahele

Sacred Traditions of Hula and Kahuna

Shiva Singh Khalsa

Shabd Guru- The Technology of Spiritual Integration in the New Millennium

Shiva Singh Khalsa

Five Hundred Years of nonviolence & Peacemaking- The Other History of the Sikhs

Andrew Komane

Biblical Cultural Renaissance

Ines Lawler

Sâvita – The Sun of Gâyatri Chhañdam of the Sages of the East

Dan Lieberman

Sacred Initiations of the Congo Rainforests

Clark Lobenstine

Pilgrimage: A Way to Inter-religious Understanding

Nepal Lodh

How the Hindus Define "Soul" during Lifetime and after Death

Ashraf Mahomed

Islam, Muslims, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Leonard Marks; Juliet Hollister

How to Start a Multifaith Organization

Wendy Mashologu

Religion and its Role in Africa at the Turn of the Century

Tahirih Matthee; Gregory P. Matthee

Baha'i Prayer and Meditation

J. Gordon Melton; Rosalind Hackett; Abdulkader Tayob; Abdullahi An-Na’im

Interfaith Perspectives on Religious Freedom: African Perspectives

Nokuzola Mndende

Liberation Theology and Freedom of Religion in Postcolonial South Africa

John Morton

Spiritual Warrior - The Art of Spiritual Living

Maheshvari Naidu

The Path to God is Strewn with Leaves: Nature as a Means to Self-Realization

Mpunki Nakedi; Mokone Nakedi

Religion, Spirituality and the Critical Issues Confronting the World at the Beginning of a New Century – the Baha'i Perspective.

Ngqoko Singers

Music of Ngqoko

Rashied Omar

African Renaissance: the Role of the Religious Communities

Patti Ovenstone

Building Sustainable Community – Integrating the Principles of the Black Madonna

Wolaganatha Pillay

Saivism: A World Faith

Marie Pillay

Thirumurais – Tamil Literature

Paramahansa Prajnanananda

Poverty Alleviation: A Spiritual Outlook

Mujahidul Islam Qasmi

The Qur’anic Concept of Universal Principles

Weishuang Qu

Critical Issues in Development: Values and Integrated Development Analysis

Victoria Radel

The Spiritual Rhythm of Relaxation: How to Thrive on Stress in Today's World

S.N. Subha Rao

The Beauty of all Religions

Ebrahim Rasool

A New Religious Discourse for a Rapidly Changing World

Robert Reber; Joan Kirby ; Joan Kirby ; Joan Robinson Thorne; Joan Robinson Thorne

Spirituality and Different Religious Traditions

Gene Reeves

The Worldly Spirituality of the Lotus Sutra

Jeremy Routledge; Nozizwe Madladla-Routledge

Peace Making: The Roles of Government and Religion

John Roux

Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophy and the Development of Humanity

Thomas Patrick Ryan CPS

Meditation and Yoga as Christian Spiritual Practice

Stephen Peter Salmon

The Modern Mystic: Mahdi Messiah Maitreya

Murugananda Saraswathi

An Interior Pilgrimage: Remedy for the Year 2000 and Beyond

Gurumaa J. Saraswati

The Concept of Hanuman in Vedas

Audrey Savage

The Tarot as a Guide for Your Spiritual Journey

Lorato Scherpenhuyzen

Spiritual Gospel, Afro Gospel, Zulu Dances

Peggy Sebera; Ronita Johnson

Becoming: Women's Circles, Women's Lives

Fatima Seedat

Islam, Muslims, and Religious Pluralism

Pravin K. Shah

Jainism: Understanding Karma Philosophy and its Application

David Sherman

Searching for God in an Age of Secularity

Shinji Shumeikai/ Shumei Taiko Ensemble

Sharing Spiritual Traditions from Japan

Mohammad Ahmadullah Siddiqi

Islam, Muslims, and Media: Bridging the Gap

Dennis E. Simmons

The Family In Today's Society

Balwant Singh

Integration of Individual and Social Values in Sikhism

Hakam Singh

Sikhism the Beacon of Human Rights

Surinder Kaur Singh

Women in Sikhism

Ram Jee Singh, PhD, D.Litt; Sahi Swamiji Maharaj; Swami Chaturanandji Maharaj; M.R. Agrawal; Pradeep umar

Universal Man and Universal Religion

M C Solwa

Clinics: the Gift of the Islamic Medical Association

Arthur Stein; Omie Baldwin; Wayne Teasdale; Ernestina Thomas; Achahn Phangcham; Robert V. Thompson Andrew Vidich

New Perspective on Nonviolence: An Interfaith Dialogue on Prayer and Meditation

Sarita Stern

In Love... Will Our Tolerance Be Found

Allison Stokes; Theresa Anne O'Keefe

Connecting Women in Ministry: the Story of the Women's Institute in the Berkshires

Walking the Way III: Five Aspects of Buddhist Practice

Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami

Vedanta and the Role of Humankind in the Cosmos

Dharma Master Hsin Tao; Marcus C. R. Braybrooke; Elizabeth Espersen; Eugene Imai; Roland R. Ropers, Ph.D.; Maria Reis-Habit

Interactive Religious Space

Abdullkader Tayob; L.W. Mazamisa; Chirevo Kwenda

Religion and Modernity

Michael Terrien; Craig Dobkin

Play for Peace Planning Session

Michael Terrien; Craig Dobkin

Play for Peace

The Themba Music Project

Brass Ensemble

Ernestina Thomas

Spirituality and the World of Business

Robert Traer

Our Interfaith Challenge: At the Beginning of the 21st Century

Sipho Tshelane

Celebrating the Witness of Ethiopian Christianity

Pramilla Vassen

Hatha Yoga: Integrating Body, Breath, Mind and Spirit

Marietjie Venter

New Thought: By Altering your Attitude and Mind, You can Alter your Life

Wilhelm Verwoerd

Our Winds of Deep Change Toward Justice, Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa

Fierdousa Waggie

Women in Islam and within the South African Muslim Community

Michael Wetzler

The Tree of Life: the Central Symbol of the Kabbala

Eleanor Wiley

Contemporary Prayer Beads: A Metaphor for Life

Shamila Wilson

Tradition, Constitutionalism and Gender Equality

Jim Wolf

Storytelling - A Tradition for Knowledge and Spirituality

Mkheseni Xulu

The Spirit of Relatedness and Connectedness in the African Culture

Michael York; J. Gordon Melton; Richard H. Roberts

1993 and 1999: Assessments and Suggestions from a Sociological Viewpoint

Osamu Rosan Yoshida

True Significance of Religion

Aaron Zerah; Katherine O’Connell

Interfaith Ministry: A New Way of Service