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Conference Agenda

Saturday, May 31, 2003 | Sunday, June 1, 2003
Monday, June 2, 2003 | Tuesday, June 3, 2003
Wednesday, June 4, 2003 | Thursday, June 5, 2003

SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2003
12:00 pm - 3:15 pm Arrive at Villanova
Check-In & Registration
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Refreshments
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Registration
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Reception Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Love at Ground Zero in the Aftermath of 9/11
Lyndon Harris, Imam Hamad Ahmad Chebli, Stephen Post
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Late Night
.......... Metanexus Institute Reception ..........

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SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003
7:00 am - 7:30 am .......... Worship Opportunity ..........
7:00 am - 8:15 am .......... Breakfast ..........
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Session I: Plenary
Science, Religion, and the Metaphysics of Love
Philip Clayton, George Ellis, William Grassie, Ursula King
10:30 am - 11:00 am .......... Coffee Break ..........
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Session II: Parallel
Darwin's Cathedral
Holmes Rolston III, David Sloan Wilson
Paper Sessions Spiritual Transformation Program: Invited Only To Be Determined
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm .......... Lunch ..........
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Session III: Parallel
SSQ Public Paper Sessions Spiritual Transformation Program: Invited Only Local Societies Initiative Workshop
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm .......... Coffee Break ..........
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Session IV: Parallel
SSQ Public Paper Sessions Spiritual Transformation Program: Invited Only IRUL
Stephen Post
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm .......... Free Time: Sport or Rest ..........
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm .......... Dinner ..........
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Session V: Plenary
Compassionate Love from a Jewish Perspective
Robert Pollack, Adin Steinsaltz
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Late Night
..... Science and the Spiritual Quest (SSQ) Reception .....

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MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2003
7:00 am - 7:30 am .......... Worship Opportunity ..........
7:00 am - 8:15 am .......... Breakfast ..........
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Session I: Plenary
Familial Love: The Foundation of Altruism
Jack Berry, Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer, Vincent Jeffries, Dan Gottlieb
10:30 am - 11:00 am ..... Coffee Break ..... STP Grantee Awards Event
Connelly Center
... Coffee Break ...
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Session II: Parallel
DNA and the Soul
Robert Pollack
Paper Sessions Spiritual Transformation Program Workshop Local Societies Initiative:
Group Reports
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm .......... Lunch ..........
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Session III: Parallel
Teilhard and Sorokin on Love Energy
Ursula King
Paper Sessions Spiritual Transformation Program Workshop Biological Love
Jeffrey Schloss
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm .......... Coffee Break ..........
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Session IV: Parallel
Kierkegaard on the Works of Love
M. Jamie Ferreira
Paper Sessions Spiritual Transformation Program Workshop The Neurobiology of Empathy & Caretaking
Thomas Lewis
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm .......... Free Time: Sport or Rest ..........
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm .......... Dinner ..........
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Session V: Plenary
Biology of Altruism
Thomas Lewis, Holmes Rolston III, David Sloan Wilson, Jeffrey Schloss
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Late Night
.......... Local Societies Initiative Reception..........

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TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2003
7:00 am - 7:30 am .......... Worship Opportunity ..........
7:00 am - 8:15 am .......... Breakfast ..........
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Session I: Plenary
Healing Power of Love: Healthful Compassion
Tarif Bakdash, Gregory Fricchione, Harold Koenig, David Hufford
10:30 am - 11:00 am .......... Coffee Break ..........
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Session II: Parallel
On Sorokin
Vincent Jeffries
Paper Sessions Spiritual Transformation & Health Through the Lifecycle
Bill Sager, David Hufford
Local Societies Initiative:
Group Reports
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm .......... Lunch ..........
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Session III: Parallel
Panel on Adolescents & Altruism
Peter Benson, Eugene Rivers
Paper Sessions Spiritual Transformation & Health Through the Lifecycle
Michael Baime, Raz Ingrasci
The Priority of Love: Christian Charity
Timothy Jackson
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm .......... Coffee Break ..........
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Session IV: Parallel
Forgiveness
Michael McCullough
Paper Sessions Spiritual Transformation & Health Through the Lifecycle
Chris Feudtner, James H. Albins
The Neuroendocrine Stress Response & Illness
Esther Sternberg
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm .......... Free Time: Sport or Rest ..........
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm .......... Dinner ..........
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Session V: Plenary
Works of Love: Faith-Based Communities in Action
John DiIulio, Michael Edwards, Rev. Eugene Rivers, James Towey, Byron Johnson
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Late Night
..... Encyclopedia Reception hosted by MacMillan Reference .....

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2003
7:00 am - 7:30 am .......... Worship Opportunity ..........
7:00 am - 8:15 am .......... Breakfast ..........
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Session I: Plenary
Psychology of Compassionate Love
Peter Benson, Allen Omoto, Lynn Underwood, Michael McCullough
10:30 am - 11:00 am .......... Coffee Break ..........
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Session II: Parallel
To Be Determined Paper Sessions Spiritual Transformation Program Workshop Local Societies Initiative:
Future Prospects
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm .......... Lunch ..........
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Session III: Parallel
Presentation
Mirabai Bush
Paper Sessions Spiritual Transformation Program Workshop Presentation
Allen Omoto
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm .......... Coffee Break ..........
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Session IV: Parallel
Do No Harm
Arthur Caplan
Paper Sessions Spiritual Transformation Program Workshop To Be Determined
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm .......... Free Time: Sport or Rest ..........
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm .......... Dinner ..........
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm Local Societies Initiatives Annual Awards
7:45 pm - 9:30 pm
Session V: Plenary
Love and the Caregiver
Arthur Caplan, Stephen Post, Orien Reid
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Late Night
..... Institute for Research on Unlimited Love Reception .....

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THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2003
7:00 am - 7:30 am Worship Opportunity
8:30am - 10:30 am Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Program Panel
Rev. Philip Hefner, Solomon Katz
10:30 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Universal Love in Diverse Traditions
Mirabai Bush, Imam Hamad Ahmad Chebli, Theodore Friend, Paul Mojzes, Rabbi Ira Stone, V. V. Raman
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Box Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Departure

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