Papers presented by the Elijah Interfaith Academy Think Tank in preparation for the second meeting of World Religious Leaders.

Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2005

Wu-Lai, Taiwan

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Synopsis of the conference

Crisis of the Holy: Buddhism

Dr. Maria Reis Habito
International Program Director
the Museum of World Religions

Professor Dr. Michael von Bruck
Professor of Religious Studies
University of Munich

Crisis of the Holy and the Christians: a Roman Catholic's View

Fr. Prof. Sidney H. Griffith
Professor in the Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures
Catholic University of America

Challenges and Opportunities in the Contemporary Jewish Crisis of the Holy

Prof. B. Barry Levy
Dean
Faculty of Religious Studies
McGill University

The Creation and Transformation of Hinduism: A Crisis of the Holy

Prof. Deepak Sarma
Dept. of Religion
Case Western Reserve University

The Crisis of the Holy: Islam

Prof. Vincent Cornell

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Middle East  and Islamic Studies
Emory University

The Crisis of the Holy: Concluding Reflections

Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Director
The Elijah Interfaith Institute
Jerusalem, Israel