“Traditional Modes of Contemplation and Action” 
July 1973
Brought together nineteen outstanding scholars of religion who practice their faiths, from the Far East, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America, including Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, Christians, an interpreter of native American Indian religion, and a representative of African traditional religions. Their vast knowledge, in concert, permitted the joy of discovering remarkable convergences amoung religious traditions on the deepest levels.(Published as Contemplation and Action in World Religions, Y. Ibish and I. Marculescu, eds., distributed by The Rothko Chapel.)

“Human Rights/Human Reality” 
December 1973
Inspired by Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Brazil, was planned to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This colloquium challenged men of faith and of science to an exchange on the fateful connection between human rights and social and economic reality, and to provoke, in public discussion, reflections toward new attitudes.

"Toward a New Strategy for Development” 
February 1977
The subject of the third colloquium, emerged directly from that of the second. To approach concretely the problem of the growing gap between rich and poor nations throughout the world, ten papers were invited from distinguished development economists and social scientists, some from developing countries (Banladesh, Brazil, India) and others from the industrialized world. The results were intense, wide-ranging debates that gave unfiltered insights into the development issues confronting all nations today.
(Published as Toward a New Strategy for Development, compiled by The Rothko Chapel, Pergamon Press Inc., available at The Rothko Chapel.)

"Islam: Spiritual Message and Quest for Justice” 
October 1981
Brought together distinguished Muslims from all parts of the Islamic world, representing a wide variety of geographical regions, scholarly disciplines, opinions and viewpoints, for a free and open discussion of many aspects of Islam. The colloquium presented an authentic image, from within the Islamic community, of the human as well as the transcendental values of a civilization very much present in the world affairs today, yet still misunderstood.

"Ethnicities and Nations” 
October 1983
brought together an international group of anthropologists and other scholars to reflect on questions of identity and to examine the pressures placed on traditional ethnic communities by modern nation-state models of government.
(Published as Ethnicities and Nations: Processes of Interethnic Relations in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific, Remo Guidieri, Francesco Pellizzi, Stanley J. Tambiah, eds., distributed by The Rothko Chapel.)

"Christian and Churches on the Eve of Vatican II” 
January 1991
An international conference organized with the Istituto per le Scienze Religiose of Bologna, gathered outstanding theologians and historians to discuss and evaluate contributions of individuals, events, and trends of thought that shaped Vatican II.

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