The 2nd Annual BIG I Conference on Inclusive Theology, Spirituality and Consciousness

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.