tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74030624749892266352024-03-05T17:53:44.986-08:00Frank KaufmannWork and professional activitiesFrank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403062474989226635.post-61439133140975990472014-03-16T15:06:00.000-07:002014-03-16T15:06:15.500-07:00Moving from Blogger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dear Friends<br />
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It has been a great joy to spend this phase of online communications and relationships with you here on Blogger.<br />
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For the sake of greater ease of posting and fewer logins and contortions, I am moving future content to my <a href="http://filial-projects.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblog</a>, <a href="http://filial-projects.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Frank Kaufmann</a><br />
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I hope you will follow me there</div>
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<a href="http://www.irfwp.org/wp/" target="_blank">News from the Inter Religious Federation for World Peace </a></div>
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My published articles and commentary will continue to appear in the newspapers and on line media as usual. News of new articles will always be announced at least in the <a href="http://filial-projects.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblog</a>. So you can't get to all articles from there.<br />
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Thank you all again for your loving support. See you in my new media<br />
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Love<br />
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Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403062474989226635.post-76622550549846154052014-02-25T15:23:00.001-08:002014-02-25T15:30:23.800-08:00Teaching Interfaith Relations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Teaching Interfaith Relations to Doctor of Ministry (D.Min) Students</span></div>
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I just returned from a one week
teaching intensive for doctor of ministry students at the Unification
Theological Seminary at its beautiful campus on the Hudson River near
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The environment was idyllic covered in
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The course is designed to support adult
students who cannot interrupt life and work while pursuing their
degree. The teaching intensive week means that all class time is
covered in just five days. Instead of meeting the usual 3 hours a
week, the professor and the students manage a full forty hours of
lectures in just 5 days.</div>
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The 15 week course then includes
several weeks of “pre-intensive” consultation and preparation, as
well as post-intensive work needed to complete course requirements
for evaluation (in this case a final thesis).
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The course is entitled:
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"><i>Contemporary
Issues and Needs in Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations</i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">.
The purpose of the course is for students: </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">To
establish the foundation for </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>clear
leadership</u></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">
in the fields of interfaith, conflict resolution, and peace
activism. </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">To
become agents capable of </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>effecting
enduring, positive change</u></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">
through applying proven dynamics for peace and reconciliation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">To
be able to critically assess and review interfaith and ecumenical
initiatives, make effective recommendations for improvement, and be
able to </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><u>engage
and work collaboratively</u></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">
with “fellow-traveler” groups.</span></span></span></span></div>
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Introduction, overview, intensive week schedule, and course design</span></div>
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elements of society and their structure and dynamics</span></div>
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elements of religious life and belief </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Thursday: The
elements, dynamics, schedules, and varieties of conflict resolution
and reconciliation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Friday: Religion in
transition, the future of religion and spirituality in technological
age </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The students were
engaged and responsive.</span></div>
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organize the lecture content and present it systematically in
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Thank you for your
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Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403062474989226635.post-72353032141974156202013-12-12T10:41:00.003-08:002013-12-12T10:41:30.772-08:00Recent Travels<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403062474989226635.post-60063256964276304072013-11-30T07:32:00.002-08:002013-11-30T07:32:06.124-08:00On the Geneva, Iran Nuclear Accord<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403062474989226635.post-53155399193833489392013-11-24T14:42:00.001-08:002013-11-24T14:43:48.476-08:00Values in Knowledge Foundation and Inter Religious Federation for World Peace, Efforts in November, 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">During the early weeks of November 2013, IRFWP director Frank Kaufmann spent time in Europe pursuing projects and relationships to advance the work of the Federation</span><br />
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Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403062474989226635.post-23418303398319524662013-09-13T08:39:00.002-07:002013-09-13T08:39:47.666-07:00Vatican’s Secretary Of State Says Celibacy Is An Open Question<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403062474989226635.post-45978067676384747262013-08-26T09:10:00.001-07:002013-08-26T09:15:09.955-07:00Boko Haram, Brutal Violence in Northern Nigeria<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This morning’s report now indicate that 44 victims had their throats slit, and the remaining victims had their eyes gouged out. The official of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), speaking on the condition of anonymity explained that the group adopted this method of killing as a strategy to avoid sound from gunfire which attracts security forces.</span><br />
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<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/frank-kaufmann-way-forward/2013/aug/26/boko-haram-brings-brutal-violence-northern-nigeria/" target="_blank">Click here to read the entire article</a></div>
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Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403062474989226635.post-29157553732258259352013-08-22T12:26:00.002-07:002013-08-22T12:26:56.073-07:00New Articles on IRFWP site<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403062474989226635.post-71684853641239487322013-08-11T21:48:00.002-07:002013-08-11T21:48:25.379-07:00August, 2013 visit to India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I spent 10 days in India the beginning of August.<br />
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At first I presented a paper to the conference hosted by the Swami Narayan Sampraday at Akshardam in New Delhi<br />
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I then spent several days at the Radha Raman Temple Ashram in Vrindavan with Shri Shrivatsa Goswami and his family<br />
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I had a brief visit to a magnificent marble inlay gallery of Dinesh Chand Bansal<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"> </span>near Mathura<br />
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Shrivatsa and I stopped at the tomb of Moghul emperor Akbar on the way back home</div>
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I briefly stopped at Gobind Sadan, founded by Baba Virsa Singh, to visit devotee and author Mary Pat Fischer<br />
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Here below are some images from my time<br />
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Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403062474989226635.post-71484538164023709112013-08-06T13:08:00.003-07:002013-08-07T06:21:49.931-07:00Conference with the Swaminarayan Sampraday at Akshardam, New Delhi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Frank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207384697979420816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403062474989226635.post-84568924270345484522013-06-02T13:40:00.000-07:002013-06-02T13:40:30.364-07:00Lectures at D.O.N.E - May, 2013D.O.N.E (Development of New environments) is a European based youth leadership program. <br />
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Participants train themselves through service, spiritual regimen, seminars and education, and fiscal and life-style responsibility and self-sufficiency. <br />
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The program trains participants to forge and develop cross cultural competence and relationships through travel and interpersonal collaboration in all areas of training.<br />
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I have been blessed with the opportunity for the past many years to teach during the classroom education component of the program. I teach on self-development, social harmony, environmental sensibility, and self-sufficiency.<br />
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This year my son Frone is in the program.<br />
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Here are a couple of shots taken at the end of our studies this year:<br />
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Just prior to my time teaching, the group toured Israel and Palestine on a peace and service mission.<br />
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Here is a lovely video of their travels in the Holy Land <br />
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A study measuring religious bodies in the United States called the, "<a href="http://rcms2010.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #771c85; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">2010 U.S. Religious Census: Religious Congregations; Membership Study (RCMS)</a>" was recently released by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). The most comprehensive study of its kind, it provides detailed county-by-county information on congregations, members, adherents and attendance for <a href="http://rcms2010.org/images/participants.pdf" style="border: 0px; color: #771c85; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">236 different faiths groups</a>. (The survey differentiates between specific denominations within the same tradition.)</div>
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The researchers found Utah to be the most Christian* state with around 78 percent of population identifying as Christian adherents. The researchers found Maine to be the least Christian state with only about 27 percent identifying as Christian adherents.</div>
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<i><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/most-and-least-christian-states_n_1547045.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008">Read the whole article, and see a beautiful slide show of churches in America here </a></i></div>
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On April 6 scholars gathered at Vanderbilt University to celebrate the illustrious career of New Testament Scholar, Professor Daniel Patte.<br />
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I was one of the presenters on this occasion. <br />
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Here are some of the documents for the symposium<br />
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Here are some images from the weekend. <br />
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The first of them are pictures of the Scaritt-Benett campus where the visiting scholars for the symposium was held. Scaritt-Benett was once a United Methodist Seminary, and is now run by the denomination as a conference facility.<br />
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A couple of pictures are from a stroll around one evening, and the final ones are from the symposium itself<br />
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I published a popular article on the symposium as well
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