Roundtable
Interreligious Dialogue for the Preservation and Strengthening of Spiritual and Moral Values
In the context of growing social, cultural, and spiritual division and ideological conflicts, interreligious dialogue is becoming a tool for preserving peace and transfering traditional values to the next generation.
This roundtable will serve as a platform for open and substantive dialogue among representatives of different world religions, spiritual schools, philosophical and public traditions.
The goal of the event is to strengthen interreligious and intercultural dialogue as the foundation for sustainable peace, to consolidate the efforts of religious and public figures and organizations, and to promote spiritual and moral values in the face of modern challenges.
This roundtable will serve as a platform for open and substantive dialogue among representatives of different world religions, spiritual schools, philosophical and public traditions.
The goal of the event is to strengthen interreligious and intercultural dialogue as the foundation for sustainable peace, to consolidate the efforts of religious and public figures and organizations, and to promote spiritual and moral values in the face of modern challenges.
Roundtable participants will discuss the role of interreligious dialogue in the context of global challenges, analyze mechanisms of cooperation between world religions, the state, and civil society, and define the role of interreligious dialogue in strengthening spiritual and cultural unity.
Discussion Questions
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The role of religion and religious organizations in achieving people's and spiritual diplomacy. World experience.
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The role of interreligious dialogue in strengthening spiritual and cultural unity.
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Modern challenges in the sphere of interreligious dialogue.
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Interreligious dialogue as a form of preserving, strengthening, and spreading traditional spiritual and moral values.
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The experience of international organizations in building interreligious dialogue and preserving spiritual and moral values.
Moderator
Waldemar Herdt
Former Member of the German Bundestag, Chairman of the International Council of Russian Germans (Germany)
Speakers
- RussiaSergei MelnikovChairman of the All-Russian Public Organization "Russian Association for the Defense of Religious Freedom"
- RussiaBishop Evfimy (Dmitry Moiseev)Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop of Lukhovitsy, Vicar of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa
- RussiaSergei Vasilyevich RykhovskiyPresiding Bishop of the Russian United Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals), Member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, Member of the Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation
- RussiaVladimir ZorinChairman of the Commission on Interethnic, Interreligious Relations and Migration of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
- RussiaSvetlana NuzhdinaDirector of the Center for Religion and Law, National Research Institute "Higher School of Economics"
- BrasiliaDavid SoaresLawyer, Journalist, Member of the National Congress of Brazil
- South AfricaBert PretoriusBishop, Pastor and Founder of the multiracial and multinational, multi-thousand-member 3C Church
- BhutanKhenpo Ugyen NamgyalHead Monk of the Royal Temple, Secretary, Indo-Bhutan Monastery Management, Central Monastic Body
- Iraq, SyriaSheikh Dr. Fares Al-Salmo Al-TaySpecialist in International Relations, Secretary General of the International Organization for Peace for Building Human Society and Homeland (IOP)
Roundtable Participants
- Bhutan/MalaysiaSonam Wangmo (Tenzin Dadon)Buddhist Nun, PhD, Teacher, Writer
- UKBhai Sahib, Mohinder Singh (Bhai Sahib Ji)Co-organizer and Co-chairman of the Peace Charter for Forgiveness and Reconciliation / Professor Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia OBE KSG
- Lebanon, RussiaSuhail FarahPresident of the Open University "Dialogue of Civilizations", Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Chairman of the Lebanese-Russian House
- RussiaAlikber AlikberovDirector of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- RussiaMikhail SinelnikovPoet, Translator, Essayist, Literary Historian, Head of the Eurasian School of Poetry
- RussiaSergei KlyuchnikovEditor-in-Chief of the journal "Science and Religion"
- RussiaSodnomborzhiyev Dashi-Nima (Did Khambo Lama)Head of the Permanent Representation of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia in Moscow, Member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
- RussiaSergei Kirishov (Geshe Yonten Lodoy)Chairman of the Central Spiritual Administration of Buddhists, Member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
- RussiaVladislav KukovichStaff Member of the Secretariat for Far Abroad Affairs, Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
- RussiaEduard DeremovDeputy Presiding Bishop of the Russian United Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals) in the Southern Federal District, Bishop
- RussiaOlga DeremovaCo-founder of the Interreligious Women's Forum "Create"
- RussiaPaul Richard William RennerMember of the Spiritual Council of the Russian United Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals), Pastor
- RussiaEkaterina TseloukhovaHead of the Public Relations Department of the Russian United Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals)
- RussiaRoman BuninAdvisor to the Presiding Bishop of the Russian United Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals) on Interaction with Law Enforcement Agencies
