Interfaith Summit on Happiness

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INTERFAITH SUMMIT ON HAPPINESS:
Understanding and Promoting Happiness in Today's Society

Sunday, October 17, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Woodruff PE Center, Emory University

View photos of the event here.

His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama will lead a public conversation on “The Pursuit of Happiness” with other world religious leaders October 17, 2010, 1:30-3:30 p.m., on the Emory University Campus. CSLR is hosting the event as the capstone of its multi-year research project on the Pursuit of Happiness. It is one of several events featuring His Holiness during his October 17-19, 2010 visit to Emory.

An Emory Presidential Distinguished Professor, the Dalai Lama will open the forum with a 25-minute address followed by responses from The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, the 26^th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth; and George Washington University Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a distinguished scholar of Islam.

Krista Tippett, host and producer of the award winning public radio program On Being, will moderate a discussion among the speakers immediately following their formal presentations.

Those attending this event should plan to arrive near noon. Parking is available in the Lowergate South lot.

Read His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Op-Ed piece on the importance of interfaith perspective, "Many Faiths, One Truth," published by the New York Times on May 24, 2010

RECEPTION AND REFLECTIONS ON THE SUMMIT

Sunday, October 17, 5 P.M., EMory University School of Law

Krista Tippett will moderate a discussion among Pursuit of Happiness project scholars about their reflections on the Dalai Lama's interfaith dialogue.

Participants include:

Emory: Carol Newsom, Robyn Fivush, Lobsang Tenzin Negi

Princeton Theological Seminary: John Bowlin, Ellen Charry

Princeton University: Eric Gregory

This event takes place at Emory University School of Law, Tull Auditorium. 

HAPPINESS IN INTERRELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE

Monday, October 18, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Emory University School of Law

Rabbi Sacks, Bishop Jefferts Schori, Professor Nasr, and the Venerable Matthieu Ricard, a renowned Buddhist teacher and author, will be featured in a major academic conference at Emory Law School on “The Pursuit of Happiness in Interreligious Perspective.”  Each will offer a full academic address on the meaning and measure of happiness in the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and Buddhist traditions respectively.  Each address will be followed by a panel discussion with some of the CSLR’s leading senior fellows. 

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

Download an event program book here.

Books by conference participants will be available for purchase from Cokesbury Bookstore during the events.

 

Conveners

John Witte, Jr., CSLR Director, and Frank S. Alexander, CSLR Founding Director, both of Emory University

Hosts and Chairs

Krista Tippett, host and producer of "On Being"

Speakers

Professor Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University; The Venerable Matthieu Ricard, renowned Buddhist teacher and monk, Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery, Nepal; Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, United Kingdom; The Most Reverend Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church