FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fwd: Religion Press Release Services -- August 24, 2010

[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: August 24, 2010 7:25:51 PM CDT
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion Group Discussion Group <hidisc [at] 
> humanistinstitute.org>
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> Religions and happiness!! Here's an interesting conference. Jefferson's 
> phrase was once so secular. But at least some leaders want to keep up with 
> the times! Equally unusual, historically, is the presence of women.
> 
> Bob
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>> 
>> Complete Listing for Tuesday, August 24, 2010
>> Contents: 
>> World Religious Leaders to Discuss Happiness at Emory Conference 
>> 
>> CPI Launches Speaking of Faith® for Small Groups 
>> 
>> New Catholic iPhone App Released! 
>> 
>> 
>> April L. Bogle: abogle [at] law.emory.edu, 404-712-8713
>> Elaine Justice: elaine.justice [at] emory.edu, 404-727-0643
>> 
>> World Religious Leaders to Discuss Happiness at Emory Conference 
>> Events are free and open to the public
>> 
>> World leaders within the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist traditions 
>> will discuss their views on happiness at The Pursuit of Happiness in 
>> Interreligious Perspective, Monday, October 18, 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. at Emory 
>> University School of Law. Emory's Center for the Study of Law and Religion 
>> (CSLR) is hosting the event as the capstone of its Pursuit of Happiness 
>> Project.
>> 
>> The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, the 26th Presiding Bishop of 
>> the Episcopal Church; Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of the United Hebrew 
>> Congregations of the Commonwealth; George Washington University Professor 
>> Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a world-renowned scholar on Islam; and The Venerable 
>> Matthieu Ricard, a world-renowned Buddhist teacher and author, each will 
>> offer a full academic address on the meaning and measure of happiness in 
>> their respective religious tradition. Each address will be followed by a 
>> panel discussion with some of the CSLR's leading senior fellows. (For more 
>> information on the speakers, go to http://cslr.law.emory.edu)
>> 
>> Sunday, October 17, 4:30–7 p.m., CSLR is hosting Reception and Reflections 
>> on the Summit at Emory Law. Krista Tippett, host and producer of the 
>> award-winning public radio program Speaking of Faith, will moderate a 
>> discussion among Pursuit of Happiness Scholars about their reflections on 
>> His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Interfaith Summit on Happiness: Understanding 
>> and Promoting Happiness in Today's Society held earlier in the day. [Note: 
>> tickets are SOLD OUT for the Interfaith Summit on Happiness.]
>> Both events are free and open to the public. 
>> •    Register to attend here (www.law.emory.edu/pursuitofhappiness). 
>> •    Emory Law's Tull Auditorium, 1301 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322. 
>> •    Parking and general information: http://cslr.law.emory.edu orcslr [at] 
>> law.emory.edu.
>> 
>> Agenda and Participants
>> Sunday, October 17, 4:30–7 p.m.: Reception & Reflections on the Summit 
>> moderated by Krista Tippett 
>> •    Emory: Carol Newsom, Robyn Fivush, Lobsang Tenzin Negi
>> •    Princeton Theological Seminary: John Bowlin, Ellen Charry
>> •    Princeton University: Eric Gregory
>> 
>> Monday, October 18, 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m.: The Pursuit of Happiness in 
>> Interreligious Perspective 
>> 9 a.m.: Rabbi Sacks: "Happiness in the Jewish Perspective"
>> Emory respondents: Michael Broyde, Deborah Lipstadt 
>> 11 a.m.: Bishop Jefferts Schori, "The Pursuit of Happiness in the Christian 
>> Tradition: Goal and Journey"
>> Emory respondents: Timothy Jackson, Philip Reynolds 
>> 2:15 p.m.: Professor Nasr, "Happiness and the Pursuit of Happiness—The 
>> Islamic Perspective"
>> Emory respondents: Vincent Cornell, Scott Kugle 
>> 4:15 p.m.: The Venerable Matthieu Ricard, "Cultivating the Inner Conditions 
>> for Genuine Happiness"
>> Emory respondents: Corey Keyes, Michael Perry 
>> 
>> Pursuit of Happiness Project
>> The events culminate a five-year CSLR project on the ancient ideal of the 
>> pursuit of happiness. Eighteen CSLR senior fellows have reexamined the 
>> traditional teachings captured in the American Declaration of Independence, 
>> which offers the "pursuit of happiness" as one of the "unalienable rights" 
>> of human kind, and put these in conversation with science to offer new 
>> perspectives on how to approach happiness in today's society. The project 
>> concludes in 2010 and will produce 20 new books and dozens of articles. 
>> 
>> "Recent developments in positive psychology have brought the idea of 
>> happiness back to public attention with a flurry of books and undergraduate 
>> courses," says Philip L. Reynolds, CSLR senior fellow, Aquinas Professor of 
>> Historical Theology, and director of the Pursuit of Happiness Project. "We 
>> entered the debate by reviewing what various Hebrew, Greco-Roman, Christian, 
>> and Enlightenment sources had to say about the subject and how those words 
>> of wisdom can be applied today in light of recent scientific developments. 
>> Adding the ancient Buddhist teachings on this subject opens a new and 
>> welcomed dimension to our current and future work." 
>> 
>> ***
>> 
>> The Center for the Study of Law and Religion (CSLR) at Emory University 
>> (http://cslr.law.emory.edu) is home to world-class scholars and forums on 
>> the religious foundations of law, politics, and society. It offers 
>> first-rank expertise on how the teachings and practices of Christianity, 
>> Judaism, and Islam have shaped and can continue to transform the fundamental 
>> ideas and institutions of our public and private lives. The scholarship of 
>> CSLR faculty provides the latest perspectives, while its conferences and 
>> public forums foster reasoned and robust public debate.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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