Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue
The KAICIID Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue is an online directory of individuals active and expert in the field of IRD including religious leaders, policymakers, heads of international organizations, teachers, trainers and activists. Search the directory to connect with experts and specialists from every region engaged in a wide variety of initiatives.
DIRECTOR AUGUSTINA ELGA JOAN SARAPUNG
Director, Institute for InterFaith Dialogue in Indonesia
A. Elga J. Sarapung was born in Gorontalo, on August 1st, 1961. She studied theology, and specialized in the field of Missiology and Ecumenical (Oikoumene), which was developed specifically for the study of "Interfaith Relations and Dialogue", as well as "Religions for Justice and Peace&...
DR. ROBERT P. SELLERS
Board Chair, Parliament of the World's Religions
Professor of Theology Emeritus, Hardin-Simmons University, Texas
Parliament Board Chair, Dr. Robert P. Sellers, is Professor of Theology Emeritus at Hardin-Simmons University in Texas. His classes emphasize cross-cultural living, global Christianity, Two-Thirds World and liberation theologies, world religions, and interreligious dialogue. He has a strong intern...
RABBI DR. NORMAN SOLOMON
Vice-President, World Congress of Faiths
Senior Associate, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University of Oxford
Norman Solomon was born in Cardiff, and was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge. He has served as rabbi to Orthodox congregations in Manchester, Liverpool, London and Birmingham. Currently, he is a member of Wolfson College of Oxford University and of the Oxford University Teaching and Resea...
SWAMI CHIDANAND SARASWATI
Co-Founder, Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA)
Founder, Interfaith Humanitarian Network-Project Hope
President and Spiritual Head, Parmarth Niketan Ashram
Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji’s motto in life is, “In the Service of God and humanity.” He left his home for the Himalayan jungles and forests in early childhood, in order to live a life devoted to God and in the service of humanity. He spent his youth in silence, meditation, yoga and austerit...
Grand-Father T8aminik (Dominique) Rankin
Hereditary Chief and Elder, Algonquin (Anishinabe) First Nation
Founder, Dominique Rankin Foundation, Dominique Rankin Foundation
Co-Founder, KINA8AT-Together, KINA8AT-Together
Co-President, Religions for Peace, Religions for Peace (RfP)
Grand-Father Dominique Rankin, a hereditary chief from the Algonquin (Anishinabe) First Nation in Canada, was born in the nomadic way of his ancestors in the forests of north-western Quebec. He was chosen when he was seven years old to succeed his father as chief and medecine-man. Once Grand Chief o...
Rev. Prof. Dr. Margot Käßmann
Co-President, Religions for Peace (RfP)
Bishop Emeritus, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
Margot Käßmann was born in Marburg in 1958. She studied theology and was the Secretary General of the German Protestant Kirchentag. From 1999 to 2010 she was Regional Bishop of the Protestant-Lutheran Church of Hanover, and the 2009/2010 Council President of the Evangelical Church in Germany. From...