bennett has advised continuum, routledge, oxford university press and ashgate on the publication of mss. between 1987 and 1992 he was an adviser to the roman catholic national council for lay associations (ncla), also advising at meetings of the european forum of national laity committees in vienna (1990) and antwerp (1992). 2005–2007 he was a member of the global council of the universal peace federation. during 2006, bennett led seminars and workshops on bangladeshi culture for hudson school district, hudson, ny. during 2007 he was an accredited representative of the upf at the united nations in ny.