Religion Briefs
Season for Peace gets under way Thursday
Participants from 10 religious and spiritual movements will share prayers, meditations and music at an interfaith service Thursday to begin the annual Season for Peace and Nonviolence observance in Honolulu.The 7 p.m. service at First Christian Church, 1516 Kewalo St., will be open to the public. It will be followed by special events by local organizations to mark the 64-day period between the Jan. 30 anniversary of the 1948 assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and the April 4 anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 death.
The annual peace education campaign that memorializes the two famous proponents of nonviolent social and political change began on the mainland in 1998 and is now observed in more than 100 cities.
The Thursday event will feature presentations by the International Buddhist Society, the Honolulu Baha'i Society, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the Church of Scientology, Brahma Kumara World Spiritual Center, Church of Ke'auhou, Dahn Hak meditation center, Hawaiian and American Indian groups and the Rev. Vaughn Beckman, pastor of the host church.
Other events planned include a 7 p.m. seminar tomorrow at Unity Church, 3608 Diamond Head Circle. Psychiatrist Gerald Jampolsky, founder of the Center for Attitudinal Healing, and psychologist Diane Cirincione will present "Forgiveness Works."
Vocalist to perform at Temple Emanu-El
Vocalist Robyn Helzner, who has performed Jewish music in American, Asian and European concert tours, will be featured next Saturday at Temple Emanu-El's "Music in the Sanctuary" presentation.Helzner, a graduate of Northwestern University's theater department, combines singing, storytelling and audience participation in a program of Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, Russian and American Jewish folk songs.
Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performance at 2550 Pali Highway may be reserved by calling 595-7521. General admission is $10, with a reduced price for temple members.
Philippine rights activist to speak here
An advocate for human rights in the Philippines will be the featured speaker at a Tuesday lecture at Harris United Methodist Church.
Marie Hilao-Enriques, secretary general of Karapatan, an alliance of Filipino organizations, will discuss the involvement of U.S. troops in military operations in the Philippines in the 7 p.m. presentation.
The program on "War and Human Rights in the Philippines" is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Harris Church & Society Committee, the American Friends Service Committee Hawaii and the Philippine Workers Support Committee and supported by several local organizations.
Author to lecture from his writings
Christian theologian and author Douglas John Hall will lecture from his works in a series of talks that begin Monday at the Church of the Crossroads.Hall, a professor emeritus at McGill University in Montreal will describe "A Christian Theologian's Journey" in the 7 p.m. talks that continue Tuesday and Wednesday in the sanctuary at 1212 University Ave. They are open to the public.
A criticism of "Christian triumphalism" is a theme in Hall's writing. He writes that the decline in influence of mainline churches is a blessing in disguise if it forces Christians to return to a contextual theology that meets modern challenges such as religious pluralism, the nuclear and ecological threat, and the suffering of the oppressed and marginalized.
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