European Network of Buddhist Christian Studies

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NetworkInfo Dezember 2002
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Dear friends and members,

we are very happy to present you the programme of the next conference with this NetworkInfo.

Thanks to Perry Schmidt Leukel, who contributed a lot of work into this!
Yours
Martin Roetting
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BUDDHISM, CHRISTIANITY AND
THE DOCTRINE OF CREATION

5th CONFERENCE OF THE "EUROPEAN NETWORK OF BUDDHIST-CHRISTIAN STUDIES"

SCOTLAND, SAMYE LING MONASTERY, 16th-19th May 2003

PROGRAM

Friday, 16.05.

16.00-18.00	Registration
18.00-19.00	Supper
19.30-21.30	Meeting with Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, Abbot of Samye Ling
Introduction to the conference theme (Prof. Dr. Perry Schmidt-Leukel, University of Glasgow/Scotland)
	Introduction of participants

Saturday, 17.05.

07.00-08.00	Breakfast
08.00-09.00	Meditation
09.00-10.30	Hindu doctrines of creation and their Buddhist critiques (Prof. Dr. Ernst 
Steinkellner, University of Vienna/Austria)
10.30-11.00	Break
11.00-12.30	Contemporary Buddhist critique of creation- and creator-doctrines (Prof. Dr. Jose Cabezon, University of California, Santa Barbara/USA)
12.30.13.30	Lunch
14.30-16.00 	Buddhist forms of belief in creation (Prof. Dr. Eva Neumaier, University of Alberta/Canada)
16.00-16.30	Break
16.30-18.00 	Students' presentations 
18.00-19.00	Supper
19.30-21.30 	Students' presentations 

Sunday, 18.05.

07.00-08.00	Breakfast
08.00-09.00	Meditation
09.00-10.30 	Christian views of creation (Prof. Dr. John Keenan, Middlebury College/USA) 
10.30-11.00	Break
11.00-12.30 	Creation and the problem of evil (Prof. Dr. Armin Kreiner, University of Mainz/Germany)
12.30-13.30	Lunch
14.30-16.00 	Creation, process thought and Buddhist-Christian dialogue (Prof. Dr. Aasulv Lande, University of Lund/Sweden)
16.00-16.30	Break
16.30-18.00 	Buddhists, Christians and ecology (Prof Dr John May, University of Dublin)
18.00-19.00 	Supper 
19.30-20.30	Panell discussion with all speakers
20.30-21.30 	Plans for the next conference 


Monday, 19.05.

07.00-08.00	Breakfast
Departure
 
Registration Samye Ling 2003

5th CONFERENCE OF THE
"EUROPEAN NETWORK OF BUDDHIST-CHRISTIAN STUDIES"

SCOTLAND, SAMYE LING MONASTERY, 16th-19th May 2003


The Samye Ling monastery has only a limitted number of places. Registration will be accepted in the order of their arrival. Thus make sure that you register as soon as possible. Registration deadline is 31 March 2003.

The rates per person for 3 nights and all meals are: 

Single Room:	£ 140.- 
Twin or Double:	£ 105.- 
Dormitory:	£  90.-

Please send your registration by e-mail to:    

G.Smith@arts.gla.ac.uk

When you register please mention your

Name
Gender
Street
City
Postcode
Country
Phone
E-mail
(Organisation, post, profession,…)

And the type of accommodation that you are looking for!


A description of the Samye Ling monastery and travel instructions can be found on Samye Ling's we-side: www.samyeling.org