Congress of Education and Spirituality

Ney Lobo

2010-05-16T10:22:00.001-07:00

Bachelor in Philosophy has conducted a pedagogical experience during the 60’s and 70’s, when he created the “Cidade-Mirim” at Lins de Vasconcellos Institute, Curitiba, Paraná. Author of books about education as: Filosofia Espírita da Educação (Spiritist Philosophy of Education) - Editora FEB- , Prática da Escola Espírita (The Praxis of the Spiritist School) - Editora Auta de Souza. Currently works on the never seen work Pedagogia da Espiritualidade (Pedagogy of Spirituality) – 8 volumes.

Luiz Jean Lauand

2010-05-16T10:21:00.001-07:00

PhD in History and Philosophy of Education from USP. Senior Professor of the Department of Education of USP. Professor of the Post-Graduation Program of Education at FEUSP. Founder and Director of The Center for Medieval Studies – East and West, and of EDF-FEUSP. Emeritus Professor and Researcher of IJI – Interdisciplinary Studies Institute of Port University. Scholar at the Spanish Royal Academy of Literature of Barcelona.

Leonildo Silveira Campos

2010-05-16T10:20:00.001-07:00

Bachelor in Theology (Theology College of the Independent Presbyterian Brazilian Church) and in Philosophy (Mogi das Cruzes University – SP), PhD in Sciences of Religions from Methodist University of São Paulo. Professor at the Methodist University of São Paulo.

Julio Peres

2010-05-16T10:19:00.001-07:00

Psychologist, PhD in Neurosciences from USP, PhD from the Center for Mind and Spirituality of Pennsylvania University. Author of the Latin American Scientific Study that first investigated the neurobiological effects of psychotherapy through the functional neuroimage. Has published many scientific articles about psychotherapy, spirituality and resilience. Author of Traumas Psicológicos: tratamento e superação (Psychological Traumas: treatments and resilience) – Editora Roca. He conducts scientific research on resilience, spirituality / reincarnation and its impact on health.

Juarez Tadeu de Paula Xavier

2010-05-16T10:18:00.002-07:00

Bachelor in Social Communication and Journalism from PUC-SP, PhD in Communication Sciences from USP. Researcher at the Latin American Center of Studies on Culture and Communication at the Communication and Art School of São Paulo University (Celacc/ECA/USP). Lecturer at Cidade de São Paulo University (UNICID). Specialist in Afro-Brazilian Traditions.

João Francisco Régis de Morais

2010-05-16T10:18:00.001-07:00

Expert in Social Philosophy from Unicamp, PhD and Professor from Unicamp and Professor of Centro Universitário Salesiano. Has more than 30 chapters in books and more than 50 books published, like Espiritualidade e Educação (Spirituality and Education) – CEEAK - Ecologia da Mente (Mind’s Ecology) - Editora Psy- Violência e Educação (Violence and Education) -Editora Papirus - Educação, Mídia e Meio Ambiente (Education, Media and Environment) -Editora Átomo.

Frederico C. Leão

2010-05-16T10:17:00.001-07:00

Psychiatrist, specialist in Medical Sciences from USP, PhD in Communication and Semiotics from PUC-SP. Member of the Deliberative Body of João Evangelista Hospital. Physician of IPQ-IH – Department of Medicine of USP. Coordinator of ProSer (Health, Spirituality and Religiosity program of the Psychiatry Institute of Hospital das Clínicas – São Paulo – FMUSP)

Franklin Santana Santos

2010-05-16T10:16:00.000-07:00

MD from USP, PhD in Psychogeriatrics from Karolinska Institute of Sweden. Coordinator of Tanatology – Education for Death - and Palliative Care Courses at the Clinical Emergencies Discipline at FMUSP, Professor in charge of Tanatology – Education for Death discipline at the post-graduation of Medical Sciences at FMUSP. Coordinator of NIEPES – Interdisciplinary Center of Studies and Research on Education and Health. Editor of the books: A Arte de Morrer-Visões Plurais Vol I e II (The Art of Dying – plural views, vol I and II) Editora Comenius; Cuidados Paliativos-Discutindo a Vida ,a Morte e o Morrer, Palliative Cares – Debating Life, Death and Dying process (Editora Atheneu).

Dora Incontri

2010-05-16T10:14:00.000-07:00

Journalist, PhD in Philosophy of Education from USP, director of Editora Comenius, general coordinator of Brazilian Association of Spiritist Pedagogy (ABPE)¸ Coordinator of the Post-Graduation Course on Spiritist Pedagogy at Unisanta (Santa Cecília University – Santos, São Paulo) and at Unibem (Curitiba – Paraná). Author of more than 30 books about education, spirituality and spiritualism and alike: Pedagogia Espírita, um projeto brasileiro e suas Raízes – (Spiritist Pedagogy – a Brazilian project and its Roots), Vivências na Escolas (Experiences at School), Deus e deus (God and god) – all published by Editora Comenius. Co-author of Todos os Jeitos de Crer (All Ways of Believing) – 9 volumes of inter-religious education – published by Editora Ática and Filosofia, Construindo o Pensar (Philosophy, Building up the Thinking) – published by Editora Escala Educacional and A Arte de Morrer – visões plurais (vol.1) (The Art of Dying – plural views – vol.I) published by Editora Comenius.

André Luiz Peixinho

2010-05-16T10:10:00.000-07:00

Bachelor in Physics, Philosophy and Psychology, Specialist in Internal Medicine and PhD in Education (Bahia University – UFBA). Specialized in Regression Therapy and Previous Life Experiences from Woolger Training International (EUA). Currently holds the title of Senior Professor of Family Health at Bahia School of Medicine and Public Health, pedagogical coordinator of Jungian Institute of Bahia, coordinator of the Decision Center for Holon Society.

André Andrade Pereira

2010-05-16T10:06:00.000-07:00

Bachelor in Economy from Rio de Janeiro University (UFRJ), expert in Political Sciences from the Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro University and PhD in Religious Sciences from Juiz de Fora University (Minas Gerais). He is a lecturer of the Pedagogy course at UFF (Fluminense Federal University).

Alexandre Leone

2010-05-16T10:05:00.002-07:00

Rabbi from Jewish Community of Alphaville (São Paulo – Brazil), PhD in Jewish Culture at the Department of Humans Sciences at USP, researcher of the Center for Jewish Studies of USP and Lecturer at Dominican School of Theology of São Paulo and CCEJ which is a department of N.S. Assunção Pontifical College of Theology.

Alexander Moreira-Almeida

2010-05-16T10:05:00.001-07:00

Psychiatrist, MD from USP – São Paulo University, PhD from Duke University, Psychiatry and Semiology Profressor at the Medical Department of Juiz de Fora University – UFJF, (Minas Gerais – Brazil), director of NUPES – Center of Research on Spirituality and Health of UFJF.

Alessandro Cesar Bigheto

2010-05-16T10:04:00.001-07:00

Pedagogue, specialist in the History of Education from Unicamp. (Universidade de Campinas – Brazil). Lecturer / teacher of Ethics and Philosophy in basic, intermediate education school and University. Author of Eurípedes Barsanulfo, um educador de vanguarda na Primeira República (Eurípedes Barsanulfo, an avant-garde educator in the First Republic Period) Published by Editora Comenius and co-author of Todos os Jeitos de Crer (All Ways of Believing) and Jeitos de Crer (Ways of Believing) – 9 volumes of inter-religious education, published by Editora Ática and Filosofia, Construindo o Pensar (Philosophy, Building up the Thinking) published by Editora Escala Educacional.

Przemysław Grzybowski

2010-05-16T10:03:00.002-07:00

PhD in Human Studies from the department of Intercultural Education from the University of Białystok - Poland. Where works as a lecturer. Author of various works and articles about inter-cultural education and co-author of books about Tanatopedagogy. Part of Patch Adams international movement.

Marian de Souza

2010-05-16T10:03:00.001-07:00

Senior Lecturer at the Australian Catholic University, Editor of the Journal of Religious Education. She is the main organizer of the International Handbook of Religious, Moral and Spiritual Dimensions in Education. Honorable counselor at the Center of Religious and Spiritual Education of Hong Kong and organizer of the 8th International Conference about Spirituality on Childhood at the Australian Catholic University (2008)

Laura H. Lippman

2010-05-16T10:02:00.003-07:00

Anthropologist, demographer, director of Child Trends (NGO of research and child development), co-author of What Do Children Need to Flourish? She has a participation in the Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence. Nowadays she also works on defining, conceptualizing and measuring spirituality among youth in a partnership with John Templeton Foundation.

Jim B. Tucker

2010-05-16T10:02:00.001-07:00

MD, medical director of Child and Family Psychiatric Clinic, Assistant Professor at both the Division of Perceptual Studies and the Division of Child and Family Psychiatry at the University of Virginia – USA.
His main academic research interests are children who seem to remember previous lives, and prenatal and birth memories. He is the author of Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children’s Memories of Previous Lives.

Antonia Mills

2010-05-16T10:01:00.001-07:00

Bachelor in Arts, PhD in Social Sciences from Harvard, Lecturer at Northern British Columbia University (Canada), active member of the group of Studies on First Nations, Activist in favor of Indian rights and researcher of reincarnation among them. Co-author of Amerindian Rebirth: Reincarnation Beliefs among North American Indians and Inuit.

Claude Robert Cloninger

2010-05-16T09:59:00.000-07:00

MD, Psychiatrist and geneticist, noted for his research on the biological, psychological, social and spiritual foundation of both mental and health and mental illness. He is a Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics, director of the Center for Well-Being at Washington University in Saint Louis and member of the programs of statistic genetics and neuroscience of the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences of Washington University. Author of Feeling Good: The Science of Well-Being. And director of Anthropedia Institute.