*The 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions Met in Chicago August
28 to September 4, Involving Religious Leaders from Every Corner of
the Globe and Virtually Every Imaginable Faith.*
The August 30 _New York Times_ reports, "On Saturday [the
28th], Buddhist monks, Hindu swamis and Muslim imams, along with
Sikhs, Zoroastrians, Bahais, Theosophists and goddess worshipers,
joined more familiar religious figures like Joseph Cardinal
Bernardin, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, to begin eight
days of prayer, meditation, and dialogue with 6,000 participants at
the Palmer House Hilton Hotel." Among the featured speakers were
the Dalai Lama, former United Nations Assistant Secretary General
Robert Muller, and Global 2000 Report director Dr. Gerald O.
Barney.
The meeting marked the centennial of the 1893 World's
Parliament of Religions -- a landmark in American religious
history. "Besides signaling a place for Catholicism and Judaism in
the American religious mainstream, the 1893 Parliament introduced
Eastern religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, and Bahai to a wide
public, aiding their growth on these shores."
The _Times_ noted a key difference between the two Parliaments.
"The handful of people representing Hinduism and Buddhism in 1893
or the sole Muslim -- an American convert -- would today find at
least tens of thousands of fellow believers in the Chicago area
alone.... There are more than a dozen Hindu places of worship
around the city and suburbs, 28 Buddhist organizations, and scores
of mosques."
CRI president Hank Hanegraaff and editor-in-chief Elliot Miller
attended the historic meeting. An in-depth analysis of the event
will appear in an upcoming _Christian Research Journal._
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*Televangelist Benny Hinn Has Publicly Renounced Faith Theology.*
The August 16, 1993 issue of _Christianity Today_ reported that
Benny Hinn has apparently responded to admonitions from Hank
Hanegraaff and evangelist James Robison by repenting of teaching
the Faith message -- including positive confession, the prosperity
gospel, and the right-to-be-healed concept....
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