Agenda de participación de Fiadasec, con el Dr. Ricardo Saavedra Hidalgo, en el FORUM Internacional de las culturas Monterrey 2007.

Este evento tiene una influencia a nivel mundial sin precedentes.

 

 

 

Listado de participantes al Forum

Invitation to the International Interreligious Encounter

 

 

Dear Dr. Saavedra Hidalgo:

 

Thank you for your call to Cecilia. We would like to book your ticket from

Mexico City to Monterrey. Could you tell me the dates you would like to

travel?

 

Also, here is your program schedule to date:

 

Panels

 

* Reclaiming a Sense of the Sacred: Satruday, September 22 at

9:30-11:00am

* Poverty: Saturday, September 22 at 11:30-1:00pm

* Migration: Sunday, September 23 at 9:30-11:00am

* Armed Conflict: Monday, Septmber 24 at 9:30-11:00am

 

Thank you for agreeing to be with us during these days. Please let me know

about your preferred dates of travel as soon as possible.

 

I look foward to seeing you soon!

 

All best wishes,

Dena

 

On 9/4/07.

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Dr. Saavedra Hidalgo:

 

We would like to extend an invitation out for you to participate as a

featured speaker in the International Interreligious Encounter in Monterrey,

Mexico from September 21-24. I understand that you will be in Mexico during

these days and we would be delighted to have  you with us if you are

available and interested.

 

The International Interreligious Encounter will explore the theme of "With

All Respect, In Every Respect," a consideration of identity and values,

ethical claims in facing matters of life and death and societal issues. The

event will focus on how religious, spiritual, and cultural values inform our

ethical decisions and guide our patterns of living together in the family,

society, global community and with the Earth.

 

To explore this theme the Council is inviting 50 leaders, scholars and

activists from around the world; and the event will include an estimated

5,000 to 7,000 participants.

 

We thought you might consider speaking on the following panel discussions:

 

Living Together: Reclaiming a Sense of the Sacred

Why should we care about the earth's ecology? If we knew that eventually

technological innovations could sustain human life on earth indefinitely

regardless of our impact on the environment, would we still have an

obligation to protect the natural world? Should an obligation to protect the

environment rely on a sense of reverence for nature? Or a sense of the

sacred in nature? What do our religious and spiritual traditions tell us

about our duty to the natural world? A panel of religious and spiritual

leaders, activists and educators will explore the idea that the natural

world is sacred and due human reverence.

 

Living Together: Addressing Poverty

Poverty fundamentally obstructs human flourishing; it stifles the ability of

those who suffer under it to do the sorts of things that are basic to a good

human life. We perpetuate poverty when we tolerate social alienation,

excessive income disparities, exploitative wage labor, unequal access to

education, political corruption, and non-representative government. How do

these factors relate? In this panel discussion, leaders and activists from

diverse religious backgrounds and countries will discuss their understanding

of poverty.

 

Matters of Life and Death: Armed Conflict

Speakers on this panel will examine How do diverse religious and spiritual

traditions advise us on war and peace? Is there ever a legitimate religious

or spiritual justification for war? Do religious and spiritual traditions

pursue peace without conditions? If organized violence is ever justified,

how do religious and spiritual traditions suggest that such initiatives

should be conducted? What should religious and spiritual communities do in

response to armed conflicts? These and other questions will animate this

important discussion of life and death amidst a world still at war.

 

Living Together: Migration

With current migratory trends beginning to transform how we imagine our

future societies, we are faced with questions as old as they are urgent.

What does it mean to welcome a stranger with hospitality? What does it mean

to be a respectful stranger in a new place? How do our diverse religious and

spiritual traditions prepare us to welcome strangers and to be strangers? In

this panel discussion, speakers from diverse religious and spiritual

traditions will address the causes and significance of migration.

 

 

We are currently finishing the program schedule. If you are interested

please let me know and we could include you in our program book.

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

All best wishes,

Dena

 

_______________________________________________

 

Dena Fokas

Program Coordinator

Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions

70 E. Lake, Ste 205

Chicago, IL 60601

(404) 373-2377

dena@cpwr.org