Calcutta (Kolkata), India – January 9-12, 1997
Some Session Themes, Speakers and Talk Titles
Inauguration
- Charles Townes, Keynote Address: Do Science and Religion Converge?
Conceptual Foundations: Religion and the Natural World
- Daniel Matt, God and the Big Bang: Discovering the Harmony between Science and Spirituality
- Durwood Foster, Consciosuness: The Indivisibility of Science and Religion
- Syed M.M. Damad, The Reality of Existence from the Islamic Point of View
Conceptual Foundations: Science and Reality
- E.C.G Sudarshan, Understanding and Grace
- Edward MacKinnon, Physics and the Unit of Interpretation
- Amit Goswami, Science, Consciousness and Sprituality
- Ravi V. Gomatam, Materialism and Mysticism in Einstein’s Philosophy of Science
- Joe Kamiya, Bio-feedback and the Quest for Wisdom
- Crystal Woodward, R.B. Woodward, an Artist in Synthesis; Reflection on Self and Creation of Object in Art, Religion, and Chemistry
- V. Krishnamurthy, Scientific Actuality versus Philosophical Reality
- Bruce Mangan, Science, Consciousness and the Age of Exile
Practical Issues: Contemporary Ethical Challenges
- Gregory Benford, The Biological Century
- T.K.K. Iyer, Bioethics: Science and Religion Must Join Hands
- Jonathan Shear, Morality in the Scientific Era: Inner Awareness and Dogma-Independent Values
- Glenn Bucher, The Library and the Campanile: Ethical Issues in Theological Studies as “Science” and “Religion” at GTU/UCB
- Michael Cremo, Divine Nature: Practical Applications of Vedic Ethical Principles in Resolving the Environmental Crisis
Parallel Sessions
- Models of the Mind (Chairman, Joe Kamiya)
- Issues in Ethics and Environment (Chairman, T.T.K Iyer)
- Consciousness and Experience: Theoretical Models (Chairman, Bruce Mangan)
- Consciousness and Experience: Experimental Studies (Chairman, S. Venkateswaran)
Practical Issues: Science, Religion and World Peace
- Robert Muller, The Promise of a Permanent Religious Organization
- Reinhart Ruge,The Impact of Science and Religion on World Peace: The Formation and Development of the World Parliament
