International Workshop on Faith and Power

(George Town, Penang, Malaysia, 5-6 March 2012)

Abstract

The workshop was organised by the Noordin Sopiee Chair in Global Studies at Penang’s Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).
The speakers were:

• Professor Chandra Muzaffar (USM) and International Movement for a Just World (JUST)) - “Faith and Power; Power as a Sacred Trust”
• Professor Wang Gungwu (National University of Singapore) - “Power and Faith in China: Past and Present”
• Professor Kim Yong-Bock (Hanil University, Wanju, South Korea) - “Faith and Power from a Christian Perspective on Liberation”
• Professor Chaiwat Satha-Anand (Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand) - “Understanding the Effects of Violence on Faith: a Spectacle Perspective on Southern Violence, Thailand”
• Swami Agnivesh (Arya Samaj scholar and Hindu activist, India) - “Faith and Power” and
• Professor Suwanna Satha-Anand (Thammasat University) - “Wisdom and the Power of Faith in Theravada Buddhism.”