90 WQ AUTUMN 1993

everal worldwide interfaith organiza-
tions, including the World Confer-
ence on Religion and Peace, have

named 1993 the "Year of Interreli- gious Understanding and Cooperation." The occasion is the centennial of the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions, a landmark event that took place in Chicago in connection with the World's Columbian Exhibition. There, for the first time in modem history, some would say for the first time ever, Hindus, Buddhist, Jains, Jews, Pr...