International Journal of Humanities and Peace articles from January 1 2001

International Journal of Humanities and Peace archives from January 1 2001

Letters to the editor.
January 1, 2001... I was delighted to receive the IJHP 2000, Vol. 16. Of special interest were the articles on "Transformative Vision of Humanity," and Legal and Medical Humanities. I will also use in our seminars and training sessions articles on Diversity, and...

A call to dialogue united nations millennium world peace summit of religious and spiritual leaders.
January 1, 2001... 29 August 2000- Secretary General of the United Nations Mr Kofi Annan, respected religious and spiritual leaders gathered in this historic United Nations General Assembly Hall, Secretary General of the Summit Bawa Jain, and friends, ...

Dialogue between cultures for a civilization of love and peace message of his holiness Pope John Paul II for the celebration of the "World Day Of Peace" January 1st, 2001.(Transcript)
January 1, 2001... INDEX Dialogue Between Cultures #1-3 Mankind and its Different Cultures #4-5 Human Development and being part of a Culture #6-7 Cultural Differences and Mutual Respect #8-9 Dialogue between Cultures #10 Possibilities and Risks...

Indian renaissance and future of the world: extracts from the chapter "Indian Renaissance and Future of the World", from R.Y. Deshpande's book "Sri Aurobindo and the New Millennium".
January 1, 2001... Sri Aurobindo in the inaugural number of the monthly philosophical review Arya, launched by him on 15 August 1914, begins the presentation of his world-vision and God-vision in the possibilities of the future of human race as follows: "The...

Interview with Brazil's president Fernando Henrique Cardoso: from United Nations Development Program's Choices Magazine, Vol. 10, No 1.(Interview)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... In an exclusive interview with CHOICES, Brazil's President Fernando Henrique Cardoso gives his views on the Earth Summit, globalization, the digital divide, poverty eradication and the importance of Official Development Assistance (ODA).--...

Multicultural, multipolar interconnectedness-toward a global civilization Chulalongkorn University: dialogue among civilizations.(Transcript)
January 1, 2001... Bangkok, February 12, 1994 Ladies and gentlemen, A few days ago in India I reiterated an opinion I have often expressed, that after the collapse of colonialism, and later of communism which shared some of the characteristics of...

A Melanesian and western encounter: a dialogue among and between civilizations.
January 1, 2001... A dialogue among and between civilizations begins with face to face interaction of individuals from different cultures willing to teach and learn with one another. Shared understandings, feelings, experiences, thoughts, talk and actions bring...

Hindu response to globalization.
January 1, 2001... Globalization Before we try to ascertain the Hindu response to globalization, let us first examine in a critical way what globalization really means in the world today. Globalization generally refers to an expansion beyond national borders...

Commonalities in Hinduism and Judaism.
January 1, 2001... Introduction The message of peace by great men like Buddha, Mahavira, Jesus, or Mahatma Gandhi of our times is like a lighthouse to show the way to humanity. Religions preach nonviolence and unity of humanity. Some followers however,...

Buddhist discourse: an instrument of peace.
January 1, 2001... It is possible (for a tradition) through encounter with other cultures, epochs... and traditions to become richer, more comprehensive, self-critical (and) open to (its own) transformation. (Date S. Wright) Buddhists see the world as their...

Role of religious art and imagery.(Buddhism)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Buddha himself was simply a man who achieved enlightenment (a complete understanding of the nature of life) through experience, observation, and meditation. Buddhism's primary focus is therefore on the Buddha's teaching, not on the Buddha's...

The Campus for Peace: a new initiative promoting solidarity on the internet.(Open University of Catalonia)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Campus for Peace is a project of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC), recently voted the best distance and virtual university in the world by the International Council for Open and Distance Education...

Teaching community sustainability: cross cultural models *.
January 1, 2001... Introduction The world's human population surpassed the 6 billion mark on October 1999. Perhaps the greatest significance of this number lies in its implication for sustainability of human and other communities of species within...

Teaching peacefully in postmodernity: ocean policy as a case.
January 1, 2001... Author's note: This essay has benefited from the inspiration of Dr. Larry Preston's teaching style. It has also benefitted from the reading and wise suggestions of Dr. Sheryl Lutjens, Dr. Mary Ann Steger, and the editor of this journal. I am...

The International University Of People's Institutions For Peace (IUPIP).
January 1, 2001... What is IUPIP? The International University of Peoples' Institutions for Peace (IUPIP)was established in 1993 in Rovereto, Italy, by the Fondazione Opera Campana del Caduti (Peace Bell Foundation). It provides a place for teaching and...

Quest for global peace (Personal Recollection).
January 1, 2001... Editor's Note: Due to space limitations, we were not able to Include the figures which accompanied Dr. Utsumi's presentation. Paper presented at Global Peace Assembly Organized by The Vice President of the Republic of China and The...

A note on the relationship of beauty and peace.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... A day so happy. Fog lifted early, I walked in the garden. Hummingbirds were stopping over honeysuckle flowers. There was no thing on earth I wanted to possess. I knew no one worth envying him. ...

The 2001 fez festival of world sacred music: an annual musical event in Morocco embodies and reflects sufi traditions and spirit.
January 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION: WELCOME TO THE IMPERIAL CITY! It would not be an exaggeration to say that nearly every Muslim country has its own patron saints, whose shrines are held in reverence by a large proportion of local residents. For Moroccans, the...

Hopi art--modern symbols of an ancient people: tradition, heritage and culture blend in the art of the Hopi.(from Arizona Highways, October 1998)(Reprint)
January 1, 2001... TRADITION: An all-important word among the Hopi Indians who live in the high plateau country of northeastern Arizona. Tradition, including the creation of beautiful arts and crafts, links the present and the ancient past. The cliff-dwelling...

The 1% solution: a program of the international association of educators for world peace, the foundation for a culture of peace and numerous other peace organizations.
January 1, 2001... The 1% Solution is a voluntary global tax implemented through a Brand Label Marketing strategy. The program is supported around the world by dignitaries such as Frederico Mayor, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Dr. Young Seek Choue, T.Y.S. Lama Gangchen...

Solar vision.(solar energy with wireless communications for rural and remote areas of the world)
January 1, 2001... Introduction As we enter the new millennium, with our globe-spanning communication and computer networks, there are still some two billion people on the planet without access to electricity. While the rest of us log-on to the Internet to...

Dialogue and play: the cultural of negotiation and peace.
January 1, 2001... This article will examine the connections between play and culture and how these connections affect the nature and uses of dialogue in play. We will also explore how human beings can increase the dialogue across different cultures in order to...

Spread the peace.(students at Peace Games Festival, Boston, Massachusetts)
January 1, 2001... SPREAD THE PEACE: Grammar school students warm up with the wave at the annual Peace Games festival in Boston. More than 1,500 students and volunteers gathered last week to celebrate their community-service efforts and promote peace. In...

Porshia Haygood.(seventh grader in volunteer work with senior citizens)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Porshia Haygood is in seventh grade at Blessed Sacrament in Jamaica Plain. She lives in Hyde Park. Through her school, she participates in a volunteer program that visits senior citizens. "I've been working with older people. We talk about...

Peace is a blossom.(Poem)
January 1, 2001... Peace is a flower That grows on a bower. Peace is a seed Peace is a need Peace is a deed. Whether in a clover Or in a tower Peace is a flower. Peace is inner Peace is outer. Peace is being...

Some reflections on our legal system.(interview with Justice Eugene Hays)(Interview)
January 1, 2001... V.V.M: Tell our readers a little bit about your educational and professional background. J Hays: I graduated a history major an from Northern Arizona University with a Bachelor of Science degree and from the University of Arizona with a...

Themis, goddess of justice.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... A common representation of Justice is a blind-folded woman holding a set of scales. The origin of the Goddess of Justice goes back to antiquity. She was referred to as Maat by the ancient Egyptians and was often depicted carrying a sword with...

Sikh soldier's right to wear turban-a legal battle?(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Rep. Edolphus Town, New York Democrat, has taken up the cause of a Sikh-American soldier of the United State Army Reserve, who has allegedly been denied the right to wear a turban while on duty. Towns took to the House floor to tell lawmaker...

Judge orders reading of classics for teens.(teens punished for doing dangerous stunts)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Covington, Ky. (AP) -- A Judge ordered four teen-agers to read classics and write book reports for the "incredibly dangerous" stunt of trying to jump over a moving car. Police said the MTV show "Jackass" inspired the teens, but the cable music...

Bias against Sikhs in U.S. army alleged.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Washington D.C.- The following is a report of discussions with President Clinton during September 1997. Dr. Rajwant Singh, an area dentist who is executive director of the Guru Gobind Singh Foundation (GGSF), was the only representative from...

Lawyers required to perform public service: ruling of 9th U.S. circuit court of appeals.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Phoenix-Attorneys can be forced to take work they don't want at pay far less than they normally charge, a federal appeals court has ruled. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments by a Fountain Hills...

Worldspace to broadcast epic.(Indian literary epic 'The Mahabharata')(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Bangalore (PTI) - WorldSpace Corpporation, a global leader in satellite radio, July 10 announced that it would air the first worldwidebroadcast of the Indian literary epic- The Mahabharata-July 15. The World Space "letters" channel would...

PM releases Urdu version of Gita July 2001.(Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... NEW DELHI (PTI) - Two days ahead of the Indo-Pak summit, Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee July 12 released an Urdu version of the Bhagwad Gita here. Written by Dr. Khalifa Abdul Hakeem in Urdu and Devanagri script, the Urdu Gita...

A new beginning: a world without nuclear weapons.
January 1, 2001... A new beginning is a beautiful idea. It suggests that we have infinite possibilities. It suggests that In the eyes of God all things are possible, including our redemption. Spring is a new beginning. The birth of each new creature is a new...

U.S. harassment of nuclear scientists, nuclear plant workers and grassroots anti-nuclear activists.
January 1, 2001... "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." --George Orwell What finally triggered the writing et this article was a recent e-mail form a librarian friend residing in Denver. The e-mail related to an article...

Senate oks bill honoring Navajo code talkers.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a proposal that would grant congressional Gold Medals to the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers who served during World War II, Sen. Jeff Bingaman announced. The amendment is attached to the fiscal year...

Original WWII trainer dies at 89.(Navajo code talker Dooley D. Shorty)(Obituary)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Dooley D. Shorty, a Navajo man who helped train the tribe's Code Talkers during World War II, has died. Shorty died on his 89th birthday, after a brief illness. He was buried in his birthplace of Cornfields, Arizona, on the Navajo...

Anthology of World Music, Iran. (Music Review).
January 1, 2001... ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD MUSIC, IRAN. 1998, Rounder Records Corp., One Camp Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, USA. This series was originally issued as The UNESCO Collection, produced by the International Institute for Traditional Music. ...

Cell Biologist Dr. Gunter Blobel, Nobel Laureate on how cells work.
January 1, 2001... Early one morning last month, Gunter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D., a cell biologist at Rockefeller University here, was awakened by a phone call from Sweden telling him he had won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. At first, he thought it...

Some new facts you need to know about diabetes.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... In a 1991 study, six type II diabetics were given 100 ml of bitter melon, momordica charantia (also known as balsam pear, bitter gourd, bitter cucumber or la-kwa) solution each day. In 3 weeks, blood glucose levels dropped an average of 54%. In...

Consciousness evolution and planetary survival: psychological roots of human violence and greed: paper presented at the Thirteenth International Transpersonal Conference entitled Spirituality, Ecology, and Native Wisdom in Killarney, Ireland, June 1995.
January 1, 2001... The two most powerful psychological forces in human history have been without doubt violence and greed. The amount and degree of atrocities that have been committed throughout ages in various countries of the world-many of them in the name of...

The history of medicine.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... 2000 BC Here, eat this root. 1000 BC That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer. 1805 AD That prayer is superstitious. Here, drink this potion. 1940 AD That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill. 1985 AD...

Little known about radioactive contamination of Navajo hogans.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Monument Valley, Utah (AP)- The appearance of men in white "space suits" one day last April made the red rock landscape here look like a scene from a sci-fi thriller. The men, contractors for the Environmental Protection Agency, used a...

Scientists claim diesel substitute.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Hyderabad (PTI)- Indians have a potential substitute for diesel right in their backyards, claim scientists at the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science in an article in the magazine Current Science. The researchers claimed that oil...

The Apple. (Film Review).
January 1, 2001... THE APPLE Reviewed by Irene Matthews, Ph.D. Northern Arizona University The Apple, directed by Samira Makhmalbaf, 1999; scripted and edited with Mohsen Makhmalbaf (dir. of Gabbeh, Times of Innocence, The Cyclist). With Zahra and...

Lord of categories. (Ganesha).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Ganapati or Genesha, the Lord of Categories: All that can be counted or comprehended is a category (gana). The principle of all the classifications through which the relations between different orders of things, between the macrocosm and the...

Review of Expanding Curriculum Research and Understanding: A Mytho-Poetic Perspective. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 2001... Review of Expanding Curriculum Research and Understanding: A Mytho-Poetic Perspective by Nelson L. Haggerson, Ph.D. Having contributed a very small portion to this delectable text, I bring a unique view from the both the inside and the...

Meditation as Medicine: Activate the power of your natural Healing Force. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 2001... Meditation as Medicine: Activate the power of your natural Healing Force by Dharma Singh Khalsa M.D., and Cameron Stauth, Pocket Books, NY, 2001. Pages 298. CAM (Complementary and Alternate Medicine) has become a subculture of the American...

"A Peace of My Mind - An Unrepentant Peacenik". (Book Reviews).
January 1, 2001... "A Peace of My mind - An Unrepentant Peacenik" by Roger W. Axford, Enlightenment Press, Tempe, AZ, p 165, $15; This book, an autobiography by Professor Axford is yet another of his which takes the readers through myriad of his activities...

The Art of Peace. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 2001... The Art of Peace edited by Jeffrey Hopkins, Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, New York, 2000. The Art of Peace came to my attention at about the same time my review of Desmond Tutu's No Future Without Forgiveness (2000) appeared in Volume...

Sri Aurobindo and the New Millennium. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 2001... Sri Aurobindo and the New Millennium by R.Y. Deshpande, published by Aurobharati Trust, Pondicherry, India, 340 pages, price Rs. 150, (1999) Dr. Deshpande's Sri Aurobindo and The New Millennium is a timely and insightful book that points...

The one and the many: unity in diversity.
January 1, 2001... The Divine or the Ultimate Reality expresses itself in many names and forms -- in male and female aspects e.g.: compassion in Buddhism by Kwanin-Kwanon, green Tara, White Tara, and Red Tara, adding a dimension of healing, purity and strength to...