by Rev. Tim Miner OUnI
The second annual BIG I Conference for Inclusive Theology, Spirituality and Consciousness takes place in February 1-3, 2013 back at the Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville. It is designed to be a TED-style format to highlight ”the best” in interfaith, interspirituality and integral spirituality ideas and vision. Dialogue with clergy and lay members of interfaith organizations and communities in a collaborative environment for visioning the future of human spirituality. Speakers list for the BIG I Conference 2013 …
THEME: “Building Community with Spiritual Vision”
Co-hosts: Rabbi Dr. Rami Shapiro OUnI and Rev. Tim Miner OUnI M.Div
Speakers:
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Rabbi Dr. Rami Shapiro OUnI
Author and Professor of World Religions, Middle Tennessee State University
“Five Questions: Deepening Interfaith Conversation”
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Adam Bucko
Interspiritual Activist and Spiritual Director for NYC Homeless Youth
“The New Monasticism”
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Rev. Dr. Kurt Johnson CMH
Author of “The Coming Interspiritual Age”
“The Coming Interspiritual Age”
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Rev. Paul Chaffee
UCC Clergy and founder and editor of “The Interfaith Observer”
“The First 120 Years of Interfaith”
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Rev. Dr. Tom Thresher ISN
UCC Minister and Author of “Reverent Irreverence: Integral Church for the 21st Century”
“Building Integral Community”
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Cindy Wigglesworth
Integral speaker and coach
“Spiritual Intelligence”
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Paul McKenna
Interfaith Outreach, Scarboro Missions, Toronto Canada
“The Golden Rule and Interfaith Dialogue”
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Rev JoAnn Barrett
Chair, Board of Directors, Council of Interfaith Communities of the United States
“Building Interfaith Communities”
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Rev. Dr. Andrea Matthews
American Institute of Holistic Theology
“Creating an Interfaith Theology”
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Dr. Sonya L. Jones
Professor of World Religions, U of Kentucky
“Interfaith Perspective of Divine Energy”
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Rev. Frances Bagdasarian OUnI M.Div. MPS RN
Chair, OUnI Energy Chaplaincy Committee
“Energy Work and the New Chaplaincy”
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Rev. Kathy S. Gracenin OUnI MFA
Director, Chalice of the Heart
“Bodies in Motion: Sacred Dance”
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Rev. Jay Speights OUnI
Director, The New Seminary
“Interfaith Worship”
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Rev. Diane Berke
Director, One Spirit Interfaith Seminary
"Interfaith: 25 Years of Perspective"
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Rev. Karen Baldwin
American Ambassador to the Rural Women’s Movement of South Africa
“A Jouney with the Zulu”
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Rev. T.S. Pennington OUnI cmh
Community of The Mystic Heart
“Interspirituality and the Five Spheres of Interconnectedness”
The venue is the Scarritt-Bennett Center in Downtown Nashville, Tennessee USA. Official events begin at 3 pm on Friday with the last session ending at noon on Sunday. Details and the history of this conference are on the website at: www.bigiconference.org.
