Conference Details
You are invited to the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
TRILOGY LAUNCH CONFERENCE, MAY 29-31, 2020
Exhilarating and academic venues on both sides of the border in Niagara Falls, USA and Niagara Falls, Canada
FEATURING INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED SCHOLAR PANELISTS FROM McGILL TO HARVARD AND BEYOND
Hosted by William Thomas with staff and students of Colgate-Rochester-Crozer Divinity School and
Cheryl Wood-Thomas with staff and students of Northeastern Seminary in Rochester, NY, plus presenters and participants from Iran, Israel, Russia, India, Egypt, Bangladesh, Trinidad, across Canada and the USA
CONCLUDING THE SEVEN TESTAMENTS TRILOGY BY BRIAN ARTHUR BROWN WITH
SEVEN TESTAMENTS OF WORLD RELIGION and the Zoroastrian Older Testament
Opening with a report of May 2020 high-tech archaeological expedition to Afghanistan led by archaeologist Richard Freund with six conference participants to verify this book’s identification of the tomb of Zoroaster
Friday
3:30 pm Welcome Reception for all, Days Inn, Niagara Falls, NY (travellers check in any time after 1:00 pm)
5:00 pm Banquet at First Baptist Church Dining Hall (two blocks from hotel) Brief introductions of Presenters
6:15 pm Muslim Maghrib Prayers led by Imams present in First Baptist Church Friendship Hall
6:30 pm FEATURE PANEL #1 Richard Freund & participants in the Mazar-i-Sharif archaeological expedition
7: 45 pm Video presentation of Ground-Penetrating X-ray activities at the newly identified tomb of Zoroaster
Saturday
9:00 am FEATURE PANEL #2 – THREE TESTAMENTS: TORAH, GOSPEL AND QURAN in light of the above
(Panellists: Bakhtiar, Carrigan, Frankel, Glassé, Reda, Bruce and Wood-Thomas)
10:30 am Jewish Shabbat Prayers in First Baptist Church led by Rabbis present / 10:45 am Refreshments
11:00 am Large screen presentation of play: THREE TESTAMENTS: Shalom, Peace, Salam by Brian Arthur Brown
12:30 pm Luncheon and Address by Rolf Janke, Religion Editor of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
1:30 pm ENCOUNTERS ON THE WAY, a one act play in five scenes by William Thomas
connecting Zoroastrianism, Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and Hinduism
3: 00 pm Refreshment Break & comedic historical sketch: Over the Falls in a Barrel by Rev. Kathleen Ordiway
3:30 pm FEATURE PANEL #3 – FOUR TESTAMENTS: TAO TE CHING, ANALECTS, DHAMMAPADA, GITA
(Panellists: Clooney, Hussain, Mair, Saranapala, Sharma, Voss Roberts and Thomas)
5:00 pm Non-commuting participants casual dinner at hotel / Joy Abdul-Mohan addressing Global South Realities
7:00 pm Maid of the Mist cruise on Niagara River to the base of thunderous Niagara Falls for out-of-area guests
Sunday
9:30 am PANEL #4- SEVEN TESTAMENTS OF WORLD RELIGIONS and the Zoroastrian Older Testaments
(Panellists: Abdul-Mohan, Brettler, Christie, Hamilton, Rivetna, Schoff and Janke)
11:00 am Christian Worshipwith interfaithparticipation:Taoist, Confucian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and Islamic
12:00 pm Luncheon arranged through next door Indian Restaurant: vegan, spicy meats, western and special diets
1:30 pm Guided Meditation led by Saranapala atop the towering Buddhist Sarira Stupain Niagara Falls, Ontario