The situation was described in the opening address
of the conference by the Archbishop of York.
One of the main purposes
of this conference should be the regulation of the use of satellites under international control for radio broadcasting and television communications.
Many of these ideas were episcopally appropriated in the documents
of the conference of Latin American bishops at Medellín in 1968, three years before Gutiérrez's landmark book appeared — especially those on «Justice» and «Peace,» in the composition of which Gutiérrez played a part as one of the official periti at the conference.
The differences in methodology and goals thus established between Ogden and Lamb were in the background as John Cobb spoke on the final day
of the conference.
«Because the stakes are so high, we will not cease from our effort to assure that healthcare for all does not mean freedom for few,» Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president
of the conference, said in a statement.
Pope Benedict was there for the opening
of the conference, driving home the imperative of evangelization and the indispensability of personal encounter with God in Christ.
In 1993, Kathleen Richardson was elected president
of the Conference, becoming the first female head of the Methodist Church and one of just a handful of British denominational leaders who are female.
Although formally a statement of the president
of the conference, the bishops at their November meeting also approved a statement on Iraq.
Whilst Fr Edward Holloway, founder of Faith movement, argues that such is positive evidence for God, Stoeger caught the mood
of the conference by simply saying it was not inconsistent with there existing - above and beyond science - a «theological teleology, a reason for it all», and thus it was not inconsistent with the existence of God.»
Meanwhile, no one is confirming the main name buzzing out there - Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook, a very prominent New York City pastor with a powerful resume, including: being past president
of the conference representing all historically black denominations, developing some faith - related policy for President Clinton, former chaplain of the New York City police department, faculty member at Harvard.
The first speaker
of the conference was Dr Stephen Dingley, tutor of Theology at St John's Seminary, Wonsersh, UK.
We gave an overview
of the conference in the May 2009 instalment of this column.
The theme
of this conference is «Tending the Garden.»
The latest instance is a pastoral letter approved by the administrative committee
of the conference, Always Our Children: A Pastoral Message to Parents of Homosexual Children and Suggestions for Pastoral Ministries.
So the approach
of the conference was to try to hear the message Muhammad recited and to listen in it for a word of God to those of another community of faith.
The assumption was that these three groups of radical theologians had shared concerns, but there was no effort to identify these agreements in advance
of the conference.
The last three days
of the conference included a Buddhist - Christian dialogue among a group of theologians under the leadership of John Cobb of Claremont.
Küng gave the opening and closing addresses
of the conference, and participated in discussions throughout the week.
One of the major achievements
of the conference was that it supplied some of the scholarly research necessary for interfaith dialogue.
Drawing heavily on the documents of the preparatory committees, Ibrahim Fall, Secretary General
of the conference, produced a working document that would form the basis for the Vienna meeting.
The most outstanding feature
of the conference was the absence of promiscuous eclecticism.
(One of the ironic events
of the conference was the rude verbal assault launched by a group of Latin American radicals against Jimmy Carter, the former «human rights President,» to prevent him from speaking.
I am grateful to the organizers
of this conference for their kind invitation to me to give the opening talk at this conference of Biblical scholars on the mission of the church in India's pluralistic context.
Kenneth Burke, «Fact, Inference, and Proof in the Analysis of Literary Symbolism», in Symbols and Values: An Initial Study Tenth Symposium
of the Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion; New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954), p. 283.
The Anglo - Catholics are not alone in this by any means, but their cause was greatly discounted by such an unreasonable protest, which looked as if it was the last chance, coming at the close
of the conference, and they wanted to make use of that chance.
The personnel
of the conference was of unusual interest.
The moving spirit
of the conference and of the study (to which I was a not very helpful advisor) is Rabbi Pinchas Stolper.
But the results
of the conference exceeded the expectation of many.
The following text was presented as part
of a conference on World Mission and the Role of Korean Churches, held in Seoul, Korea.
The positions alternate between skepticism and affirmation, questioning and doubt, and this is how it should be, given the nature
of the conference at which these papers were delivered.
They changed the time
of the conference so that I could attend it on my way home in January.
The Church of England should carefully considering the consequences for Middle Eastern Christians and Jews
of a conference like the one the Vicar of Christ Church attended in Tehran Continue Reading»
In an overview essay introducing the published volume
of conference papers, Robert Haveman, a distinguished student of anti-poverty policies, declared that «the day of income poverty as a major public issue would appear to be past.»
Though Murdock's critique resonated with many of my own reservations about how we frame Christian engagement with culture (including conference - culture), my experience of Q is completely vicarious, so modesty requires me to withhold or temper my own evaluation
of the conference.
Like many
of the conference speakers, I was planning on sharing a meditation about Hebrews 12:1 - 2.
The talks
of the conference have sought to explain what it means to say we have faith in God by looking at the evidence for His existence and his eternal plan to found the Church as man's true environment in which he comes into contact with his creator.
[This spirit of sisterhood can be summed up in one of the highlights
of the conference: On Friday afternoon, Emily Scott told a story about how her high school band director, surprised that she had chosen as «unfeminine» an instrument as the trombone, tried to keep her from closing her eyes and swaying to the music by literally pulling her shoulders back and standing on her feet as she played.
He tells the story
of a conference he was at where he asked a Catholic priest what Jesus meant by «unless you hate your mother and father you can not be my disciple» and the priest waffled and said he wasn't prepared to answer such a difficult question.
Could his share
of conference revenue be assigned to someone else?
In a recent interview regarding America, Israel, and the wider Middle East, Malcolm Hoenlein, the long - serving head
of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, spoke out unequivocally against the persecution of Christians around the world and the West's....
The subtitle
of this conference speaks only of justice and sustainability.
Roberts, whom CT interviewed on his «glocal» church movement, and others tweeted highlights
of the conference under #Marrakesh2016.
The Director of The Institute of Ismaili Studies, Professor Azim Nanji, who chaired the conference, said: «the purpose
of the conference was to explore how music enables a deeper understanding and appreciation of the parallels and exchanges among the three traditions.»
She also describes the place of the presentation in the context
of the conference as a whole.
How anyone could support, minister with or be a part
of any conference or publishing / blog with your ex husband, who writes about a «legal wife and a spiritual wife,» is beyond me.
A son of missionary parents who spent most of his life and career in Latin America, he had served as president
of a conference in the American South for the past five years.
Apparently, the creators
of this conference are part of the Renew Community, which seems to be some sort of network of house churches.
With the aid
of conference circuits, it can even make possible collective intervention in a discussion by physically remote groups.
The main plenary speakers from America, Cornel West, Barbara Ehrenrich, and Robert Reich reinforce the ideological direction
of the conference, and conservatives might ask why the organizers couldn't find a figure on the Right to balance out the opinions and promote real debate.
Nothing from Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, former president
of the conference and the first black man to hold the office.