Peace Through Religion: 2nd Congress on the World's Religions after September 11
Most people remember where they were and what they were doing when they first heard the news of the aerial assault on the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2001.
The ground may not have shifted under our feet at the moment but the very concept of religion underwent a paradigm shift for many of us. Instead of standing for virtue and piety, and peace and harmony, the word religion was launched on a semantic trajectory which would make it a byword for evil, aggression and terror.
On September 7, 2011, His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, will be joined by Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, world-famous author Deepak Chopra, Professors Tariq Ramadan, Robert Thurman, Steven T. Katz and Gregory Baum and Swami Dayananda Saraswati who will speak on the theme "Peace Through Religion".
The conference will include:
- A keynote address by the Dalai Lama
- Talks given by the other participants
- Panel discussions on the importance of inter-faith education and co-operative action
- Discussion of a proposed Universal Declaration of Human Rights by The World's Religions
You may register by calling 1-855-790-1245 or visiting http://gcwr2011.org/index.htm.
The student price is $70.00, and a 25% discount is available on the purchase of group tickets.
With active cooperation of McGill University and the Université de Montréal, and in partnership with The Dalai Lama Foundation Canada, Circle of Peace, Canadian Centre for Ecumenism, The Montreal Council on Foreign Relations, and LEARN Quebec.