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Beyond Violence

May 5–7, 2003 | University of Southern California

Beyond Violence

Conference Schedule

Monday, May 5, 2003

5:00pm

  • Registration, Town & Gown, Patio

6:00pm

  • Reception, Town & Gown

7:00pm:

  • Fr. James L. Heft, S.M., Ph.D., Conference Moderator, Welcome & Introduction to the Conference
  • Donald E. Miller, Ph.D. "Beyond Violence?: Reflection of a Hopeful Realist"

Panel Response by:

  • Dr. Aslam Abdullah, Minaret & Muslim Observer
  • Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, HaMifgash
  • Bonnie Boswell, Reporter/Commentator
  • Pastor Louis Chase, O.S.L., Hamilton United Methodist Church
  • Dafer M. Dakhil, Omar Ibn Al Khattab Foundation
  • Eisha Mason, Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence

Tuesday, May 6, 2003

8:00-9:00am

  • Continental Breakfast & Continued Registration at Davidson Conference Center, USC

9:00-10:00am

  • Keynote: Rabbi Irving Greenberg, Ph.D. "Violence & Power, Repentance & Reconciliation: A Jewish Perspective"

10:15-10:45am

  • Small Group Reflections

10:45-11:15am

  • General Discussion with Rabbi Irving Greenberg, Ph.D.

11:30-12:30pm

  • Keynote: His Eminence Dr. Mustafa Ceric, the Grand Mufti of Bosnia Herzegovina

12:30-1:45pm

  • Discussions over Lunch

2:00-2:45pm

  • General Discussion with His Eminence Dr. Mustafa Ceric, the Grand Mufti of Bosnia Herzegovina

3:00-4:00pm

  • Keynote: Prof. Emeritus Charles M. Taylor, Ph.D., "The Sources of Violence"

4:15-4:45pm

  • Small Group Reflection

5:00pm

  • Concluding Conversation with Keynote Speakers

Wednesday, May 7, 2003

8:00-9:00am

  • Continental Breakfast & May 7th Registration

9:00-9:30am

  • Rabbi Reuven Firestone, Ph.D., "Judaism on Violence and Reconciliation: An Examination of Key sources"

9:30-10:00am

  • Panel Discussion and Response with Prof. R. Scott Appleby, Ph.D. and Prof. Mohamed Fathi Osman, Ph.D.

10:00am - 12:00pm
Breakout Session I

  1. "Women's Cry for Justice: Japan After 50 Years Beyond Violence" (HIROTA)
  2. "Life Under Occupation -A Muslim Palestinian Perspective" (JABR)
  3. "Jewish Values Facing the Test: The Case of Israel" (ASCHERMAN)
  4. "Muslims making a difference in South Central Los Angeles" (AMAN)
  5. "Healing Memories as an alternative to cycles of violence" (LAPSLEY)
  6. "Faith the Root of Community Activism" (SHAH)
  7. "Creating Peaceful Communities: Peace by Piece with Christians, Muslims and Jewish Youth around the World" (FELDMAN)
  8. "Using Jewish Text to Promote Justice and Solidarity in Central America" (Fingeroth)
  9. "The Prospect of Hope: How a Community Overcomes Violence" (KENNEDY)

12:00-1:15pm

  • Lunch

1:30-2:00pm

  • Prof. R. Scott Appleby, Ph.D. "Disciples of the Prince of Peace?: Christian Resources for Peacebuilding"

2:00-2:30pm

  • Panel Discussion and Response with Rabbi Reuven Firestone, Ph.D. and Prof. Mohamed Fathi Osman, Ph.D

2:45-3:15pm

  • Prof. Mohamed Fathi Osman, Ph.D. "God the All-Peaceful, All-Merciful: An Islamic Perspective"

3:15-5:15pm
Breakout Session II

  1. "Women's Cry for Justice: Japan After 50 Years Beyond Violence" (HIROTA)
  2. "Life Under Occupation -A Muslim Palestinian Perspective" (JABR)
  3. "Jewish Values Facing the Test: The Case of Israel" (ASCHERMAN)
  4. "Muslims making a difference in South Central Los Angeles" (AMAN)
  5. "Healing Memories as an alternative to cycles of violence" (LAPSLEY)
  6. "Faith the Root of Community Activism" (SHAH)
  7. "Creating Peaceful Communities: Peace by Piece with Christians, Muslims and Jewish Youth around the World" (FELDMAN)
  8. "Using Jewish Text to Promote Justice and Solidarity in Central America" (Fingeroth)
  9. "The Prospect of Hope: How a Community Overcomes Violence" (KENNEDY)

5:30-6:00pm

  • Panel Discussion and Response with Rabbi Reuven Firestone, Ph.D and Prof. R. Scott Appleby, Ph.D.

 

 

Conference Brochure (pdf)

 

Conference Committee

James L. Heft, S.M.
President and Founding Director, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies

Reuven Firestone
Professor of Medievel Judaism and Islam, Director of the Magnin School of Graduate Studies, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Dafer M. Dakhil
Director of Community Development and External Affairs, Omar Ibn Al Khattab Foundation

Donald E. Miller
Professor of Religion, Executive Director of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California

 

Conference Speakers

Yasser Aman
President/CEO, University Muslim Medical Association (UMMA) Free Clinic, Los Angeles, CA

R. Scott Appleby, Ph.D.
Professor of History, John M. Regan Jr. Director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana

Rabbi Arik W. Ascherman
Executive Director, Rabbis for Human Rights, Israel

His Eminence Dr. Mustafa Ceric
Grand Mufti of Bosnia Herzegovina

Melodye Feldman, M.S.W.
Fouding Executive Director, Seeking Common Ground, Denver, CO

Stephanie Fingeroth
Associate Director of Education and Outreach, American Jewish World Service, New York, NY

Rabbi Reuven Firestone, Ph.D.
Professor of Medieval Judaism and Islam, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles, CA

Rabbi Irving Greenberg, Ph.D.
President, Jewish Life Network, New York, NY

Sr. Filo Shizue Hirota, M.M.B.
Board member, Catholic Council for Justice and Peace of the Episcopal Conference, Japan

Samah Jabr, M.D.
Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital, Palestinian Authority

Fr. Michael Kennedy
Dolores Mission Los Angeles

Fr. Michael Lapsley, S.S.M.
Director, Institute for Healing of Memories, South Africa

Prof. Mohamed Fathi Osman, Ph.D.
Scholar in Residence, Institute for the Study of the Role of Islam in the Contemporary World, Omar Ibn Al Khattab Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

Naim Shah, Jr., C.P.A.
Co-Founder, ILM Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

Prof. Charles M. Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada