God and World Peace
This God and World Peace conference considered the claim that ultimately world peace requires that we be rightly related to God. It is not only religious leaders and religious institutions that ought to be guided by the right understanding and right relationship to God, but also individuals and institutions representing fields such as government, business, education, the media, culture, civil society, etc. In sum, the core thesis and affirmation put forward for consideration at this meeting was the essential need for God as our moral and spiritual center and axis, if we are to establish true and lasting peace.
Contents
Preface
INTRODUCTION
OPENING REMARKS
Dr. Thomas G. Walsh
WELCOME REMARKS
Rt. Hon. Hamilton Green
Imam Mohammed Ali Elahi
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Rev. Chung Hwan Kwak
SESSION ONE: OPENING PLENARY
God, the Foundation of World Peace
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
Dr. Neil Albert Salonen
WE THOUGHT THE EMPIRE OF EVIL WAS GONE
H. E. Stanislav Shushkevich
PEACE MUST BE WON AS FREEDOM WAS
H.E. Rodrigo Carazo
GOD IS THE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH AFRICAS PEACE
Hon. Dorothy Motubatse
LONELINESS IS LIKE A CANCER
Mr. Jim Towey
THE FAMILY IS WHAT ENDURES
Hon. Dr. Danny K. Davis
GOD AND A UNIFIED WORLD OF PEACE
Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon
SESSION TWO: PART ONE
God, Interreligious Relations, and a World in Crisis: Challenge and Opportunities
DESPITE ECUMENICAL PROGRESS, RELIGIOUS MILITANCY CONTINUES
Dr. Frank Kaufmann
THE ABRAHAMIC FAITHS ARE FROM ONE ORIGIN
Grand Imam Sayyed Mohammed Musawi
RELIGION AND THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS
Dr. Richard L. Rubenstein
BEYOND THE CROSS: BRIDGING THE THEOLOGICAL DIVIDE BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM
Dr. Andrew Wilson
GOD AND PEACE IN ISLAM: REFLECTIONS ON ORIGINAL SOURCES
Imam Dr. Abduljalil Sajid
SESSION TWO: PART TWO
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
Dr. Frank Kaufmann
THE POWER OF PRAYER
Rev. Junsei Terasawa
GOD AS THE WELLSPRING OF HARMONY, PEACE, AND JOY (AN EAST-WEST RHAPSODY)
Dr. Thomas W. Selover
DO RELIGIONS WANT THE WORLD TO CONTINUE?
Dr. Hycel B. Taylor, Jr.
SESSION THREE: PART ONE
God, Political Leadership, and Governance
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
Ms. Karen Judd Smith
WHAT HAS GOD TO DO WITH PERCEPTIONS OF PEACE? HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PERCEPTIONS OF GOD, AND SECURING PEACE
Dr. Kathy Winings
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND RELIGIOUS COOPERATION
H.E. Dr. Ravan A. G. Farhadi
THE NEW PARADIGM FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THE ROLE OF GOD IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
Dr. Guillermo Reyes
SECULAR CONCEPTIONS OF GOVERNMENT HAVE FAILED
H.E. Ousmane Moutari
SESSION THREE: PART TWO
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
Mr. Taj Hamad
MALFEASANCE, FRAUD, AND MISCONDUCT
Dr. Tay Keong Tan
THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF FAITH IS GOD
Rt. Hon. Hamilton Green
HUMAN RIGHTS AND GODS RIGHTS
Ms. Karen Judd Smith
WE MUST INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT AND SPIRITUALITY
Dr. Theodore T. Shimmyo
GOD IS THE SOURCE OF DIVERSITY
H.E. Isaac C. Lamba
SESSION FOUR:PART ONE
God, Educators, and Educational Institutions
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
Dr. Neil Albert Salonen
REFLECTIONS ON THE ROLE OF GOD AND EDUCATION IN THE CULTURE OF PEACE
Dr. Thomas J. Ward
AMAZING FAITH, THE DOCTRINE OF NATURAL GOODNESS, AND ITS INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN EDUCATION
Dr. William Kilpatrick
CLASHES ON TRADITION AND MODERNITY: CHINESE WOMEN IN TODAYS SOCIETY
Dr. Yanmin Yu
SESSION FOUR: PART TWO
CAN CORE VALUES BE TAUGHT WITHOUT VIOLATING CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS?
Rev. Jack Corley
THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE EDUCATION OF VALUES
Dr. Mark K. Setton
UNIVERSAL VALUES ARE NOT ONLY RELIGIOUS VALUES
Dr. Shireen T. Hunter
TRUE LOVE AS THE CORE VALUE OF EDUCATION
Dr. Keisuke Noda
SESSION FIVE: PART ONE
God, the Media, and Mass Communications
MEDIA AND RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE: A CLASH OF ALIEN CULTURES
Mr. Larry R. Moffitt
MUCH BIAS IS BASED ON IGNORANCE
Mr. Paul Crespo
THE INTRINSIC RELATIONSHIP OF MEDIA AND RELIGION
Mr. Maynard Eaton
SESSION FIVE: PART TWO
REPORTERS SHOULD SEEK THE TRUTH
Mr. Patrick Hickey
THE MEDIA AS THE CONSCIENCE OF SOCIETY
Amb. Phillip V. Sanchez
SPIKING THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
Mr. John OSullivan
PEACE IS EITHER CLOSENESS TO GOD OR THE TIME BETWEEN TWO WARS
Dr. Muazzam Gill
SESSION SIX: PART ONE
God, Marriage, and the Family
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
Ms. Alexa Fish Ward
MARRIAGE SHOULD BE A SACRED INSTITUTION
Dr. Josephine Hauer
MARRIAGE IS BETTER FOR THE CHILDREN
Hon. Doug Hart
IF NOT US, THEN WHO?
Mr. William T. Devlin
MARRIAGE IS PART OF A COMMUNITY
Hon. Larcenia Jean Bullard
STRENGTHENING MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THROUGH GRASSROOTS AND NGO INITIATIVES
Archbishop George Augustus Stallings, Jr.
SESSION SIX: PART TWO
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
Ms. Alexa Fish Ward
STATEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL VOICE FOR YOUTH (IVY) AND UNITED FAMILIES INTERNATIONAL
Miss Brooke Christensen
FOUR THINGS TO HELP YOUR FAMILY
Mr. Tom Christensen
RENEW FAMILIES THROUGH EDUCATION BASED ON GOD
Hon. Vera White-Reynolds
SOCIETY MUST PLACE THE FAMILY IN THE CENTER
Dr. Tyler Hendricks
SESSION SEVEN: PART ONE
God, Business, and Economic Development
THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ECONOMY
Dr. Gordon L. Anderson
THE ETHICAL THEORY OF RIGHT AND WRONG: A DEFENSE AND PROPOSAL
Dr. Harold B. Jones, Jr.
LIBERTY: THE CONTEXT FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND MERCY
Dr. Paul A. Cleveland
SESSION SEVEN: PART TWO
GOD AND THE ECONOMY
Dr. T. Patrick Burke
CAPITALISM AND CHRISTIANITY: THE UNEASY PARTNERSHIP
Dr. Doug Bandow
ADDRESSING CORPORATE SCANDALS THROUGH BUSINESS EDUCATION
Drs. Kenneth R. Gray and George W. Clark
SESSION EIGHT: PART ONE
God, Science, and Technology
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
Dr. Frederick A. Swarts
HOW IS THEOLOGY RELEVANT TO TECHNOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION?
Dr. Noel Brown
GENETIC RESEARCH POSES RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS
Dr. Audrey R. Chapman
RELIGION, SCIENCE, AND THE CURRENT STATUS OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
Dr. Frederick A. Swarts
SESSION EIGHT: PART TWO
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
Mr. Gregory Breland
GOD INSPIRES SCIENTISTS TO CREATE PEACE AND PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN WELFARE, NOT WAR AND DESTRUCTIVE WEAPONS OF WAR
Dr. Norge W. Jerome
GOD, NATURE, AND ARTIFICE: A UNIFICATION PERSPECTIVE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Dr. James R. Fleming
THE SEPARATE MAGISTERIA OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION
Dr. Bulent I. Atalay
SESSION NINE: PART ONE
God, the Arts, and Culture
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
Mr. David Eaton
MUSIC AS A MORAL AND ETHICAL FORCE IN SOCIETY
Mr. David Eaton
TOWARD AN AGE OF LOVE: A NEW RENAISSANCE ON A GLOBAL SCALE
Dr. Tsing Fang Chen
SESSION NINE: PART TWO
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
Dr. David Eaton
TEN POINTS ON ART AND CULTURE
Dr. Lloyd Eby
WE ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
Mzuri
ART TAKES YOU TO NEW VISTAS
Rev. Kene Holliday
SESSION TEN
God and Diplomacy
GOD IS THE FOUNDATION OF DIPLOMACY
Senator Richard Lugar
SESSION ELEVEN
An Overview of Rev. Moons Work
REVEREND KWAK IS LIKE JOHN THE BAPTIST
Dr. Jameson Kurasha
AN OVERVIEW OF REVEREND MOONS WORK
Rev. Chung Hwan Kwak
SESSION TWELVE
Closing Plenary
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
Dr. Thomas G. Walsh
THE SUMMIT OF MUSLIM LEADERS
Mr. Taj Hamad
THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE INITIATIVE
Dr. Frank Kaufmann
THE UNITED NATIONS INITIATIVE
Ms. Karen Judd Smith
PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Gordon L. Anderson
PUBLICITY
Ms. Nadine Andre
INTERRELIGIOUS PEACE SPORTS FESTIVAL
Rev. John W. Gehring
WOMENS FEDERATION FOR WORLD PEACE
Ms. Alexa Ward
IIFWP NORTH AMERICA
Mr. Antonio Betancourt
CONFERENCE AFFIRMATION
Rt. Hon. Hamilton Green
CONNECT WITH GOD, THE ORIGIN OF TRUE LOVE
Rev. Chung Hwan Kwak
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