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18-Apr-95

95091    INTERFAITH GROUP HOSTS WORLD MISSION CONFERENCE 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
CHICAGO--The Chicago Center for Global Ministries, an organization of the 
Association of Chicago Theological Schools that seeks the "globalization" 
of theological education, is sponsoring the 20th annual World Mission 
Institute April 27-29 at the Lutheran School of Theology here. 
 
     Presbyterians participate through McCormick Theological Seminary. 
Planning committee members include McCormick faculty members Edward 
Campbell and Hearn Chun. 
 
     Each year the institute focuses on various aspects of world mission 
and interreligious matters. This year's theme is "Mission as 
Reconciliation." 
 
     Organizers explained the theme: "In the space between the chaos and 
hope of our modern world, in the face of daily violence and its 
life-shattering consequences, and in recognition of the growing need for 
the healing and reconciliation of both individuals and whole societies, a 
new theology of mission is emerging -- mission as reconciliation." 
 
     Keynote speaker is Father Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest from New 
Zealand who served as a chaplain to the African National Congress in South 
Africa and who founded the Trauma Center for Victims of Violence and 
Torture in Cape Town. 
 
     Other speakers include Robert J. Schreiter, a professor of doctrinal 
theology at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and Margaret Mitchell, 
associate professor of New Testament at McCormick Theological Seminary. 
 
     Some workshop topics include reconciliation and world peace, 
reconciliation and violence against women, reconciliation and race, 
reconciliation and interreligious dialogue, and reconciliation and 
forgiveness. 
 
     The institute's 17 sponsoring organizations include Roman Catholic, 
Protestant and Islamic groups. 
 
 

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