<Table> External video <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> opening Ceremony 1993 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> opening Ceremony 1993 </Td> </Tr> <P> In 1993, the Parliament convened at the Palmer House hotel in Chicago . Over 8,000 people from all over the world, from many diverse religions, gathered to celebrate, discuss and explore how religious traditions can work together on the critical issues which confront the world . A document, "Towards a Global Ethic: An Initial Declaration", mainly drafted by Hans Küng, set the tone for the subsequent ten days of discussion . This global ethic was endorsed by many of the attending religious and spiritual leaders who were part of the parliament assembly . </P> <P> Also created for the 1993 parliament was a book, A Sourcebook for the Community of Religions, by the late Joel Beversluis, which has become a standard textbook in religion classes . Unlike most textbooks of religion, each entry was written by members of the religion in question . </P>

In 1993 the parliament of the world’s religions gathered in chicago and created what document