University of Southern California hosts His Holiness, Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of the Armenian Church for a Symposium/Dialogue about Globalization and the Armenian Church. June 10, 2005.
The Program:
SYMPOSIUM/DIALOGUE ON
GLOBALIZATION AND THE ARMENIAN CHURCH
Sponsored by
The Western Diocese of the Armenian Church
USC Institute of Armenian Studies
USC Center for Religion & Civic Culture
The Vineyard-Davidson Conference Center
(Figueroa & Jefferson)
June 10, 2005, 10:00 – 1:00 p.m.
I. The Dynamics of Globalization: Patterns & Processes
Aim: General framework of the dimensions and dynamics of globalization – political, economic, ideological, cultural and technological – and their implications for Christian churches and communities
Professor Don Miller, Director, USC school of Religion, &
Center for Religion and Civic Culture
II. The impact of the globalization on the Armenian Church: An Assessment Aim: An assessment of the challenges of globalization for the Armenian Church, in terms of problems to be confronted and opportunities to be exploited
Fr. Vazken Movsessian, Armenian Church Youth Ministries Center, Glendale, In His Shoes &
Chaplain, USC Armenian Students Association
III. A New Agenda for the Armenian Church: Taking the Offensive
Aim: Reformist Strategies to expand the reach of the Armenian Christianity
And to evangelize large unchurched cohorts – youth, immigrants and Second and third generation Armenian-Americans
Professor R. Hrair Dekmejian, Department of Political Science & Director, USC Institute of Armenian Studies
IV. Panel Discussion/Question and Answer
Professor Don Miller, Chair
V. Sheparding St. Gregory’s Progeny in a Globalized World His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos and Supreme Pontiff of All Armenians
To be introduced by His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western Diocese
Translation offered by Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian, Holy See of Etchmiadzin
