______________________________________________________ EUROPEAN NETWORK OF BUDDHIST CHRISTIAN STUDIES ______________________________________________________ N e t w o r k I n f o - M a g a z i n e ______________________________________________________ (c) by ENBCS December 2003 ______________________________________________________ Editors: Br. Josef Goetz : jofef@erzabtei.de Martin Roetting: roettingmo@gmx.de Internet: www.buddhist-christian-studies.org ________________________________________________________ Content 1) Editor’s Note 2) 6th Conference of the ENBCS in St. Ottilien 3) Link-News 4) News 1) Editor’s Note Dear friends and members of the network, I hope you are all fine and I wish you a great Advent and Christmas season and a good start into the new year ahead of us. If you run any seminars, lectures or conferences, which we should put on our news-page, please inform me! All the best, Yours Martin Rötting 2) 6th Conference St. Ottilien: Conversion and Identity The next conference will be from 10th to 13th of June 2005 at the Benedictine Arch Abbey of St. Ottilien Conversion and Identity We run a pre-booking information page on our webpage. You can register there if you want to reiceive a invitation to the conference. 3) Link News link: http://www.benedictsdharma.org/ linkname: Kusala Bhikshu newstext: Benedict's Dharma 2 - A Buddhist / Christian - Benedictine Experience. Join Sr. Mary Margaret Funk, OSB, Kusala Bhikshu, and Mr. Karl Peterson, as they lead 40 participants in a week-long retreat using the book "Benedict's Dharma" as their guide. 4) News USA ------ newsname: Michael Kerze, Planning Committee, SBCS newstext: Hear the Cries of the World: Buddhism and Christianity in Dialogue Toward Global Healing Society for Buddhist Christian Studies Seventh International Buddhist Christian Conference August 6-10, 2004 Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California Call for Proposals: Working Groups, Full Panels, and Individual Papers The Program Committee welcomes proposals for: 1. Working Groups, scheduled to meet in three successive morning sessions for two hours each, addressing a specific theme or issue, with one or two coordinators and five or more core-group members. 2. Full panels, to be presented in one two-hour session, on a specific theme, with a moderator, three to four speakers, and one or two respondents. 3. Individual papers on a specific topic related to an issue or issues in Buddhist Christian dialogue. Proposals for Working Groups on themes such as Religion and Ecology, Human Rights and Social Justice, Women and Religion, Toward a Global Ethic, Practice Across Traditions, Catholic Buddhist Relations, Religious Responses to Violence, Religion and Globalization, or other relevant themes, are welcomed. Working group proposals should include the title or theme of the Working Group, a short 200-300 word description of the goal(s) of the Working Group, and the names and contact addresses (including phone, fax, and email) of the coordinator(s) and at least five other core-group members. Proposals for Full Panels addressing specific themes, including issues in doctrine and theory, ritual, religious practice, methodology, and others, are encouraged. Full panel proposals should include the title of the panel, a short 100-200 word description of the theme and intent of the panel, and the names and contact addresses of the moderator, three or four >panel members, and respondent(s). Individual paper proposals on various themes, including doctrinal, ritual, practical, ethical and other issues relevant to Buddhist Christian dialogue are also encouraged. In addition to the working groups, panels, and individual paper sessions, there will be opportunities for participation in various forms of meditative practice and/or ritual in the morning before breakfast and early evening before dinner, to be led by spiritual leaders and teachers of various Buddhist and Christian traditions. Further, with Los Angeles being known to be one of the most religiously diverse cities in the world, there will be opportunities to visit religious sites in the area, and meet with leaders and members of different Buddhist and Christian communities. Plenary Sessions: The Conference will feature four evening plenary sessions with invited speakers on the following themes: 1) Voices of America: Healing a Wounded Nation , Jan Chozen Bays Roshi; others TBA. 2) Voices from Behind Bars: The Forgotten Population, Fleet Maull, Zen Peacemaker Order; Sr. Elaine MacInnes, OLM, of Prison Phoenix Trust. 3) Voices from Asia: The Struggle for Liberation and Humanization, Speakers TBA 4) The Politics of Compassion: We the People Can Make a Difference, Diana Winston, Buddhist Alliance for Social Engagement; others TBA Proposals should be sent preferably by email to LA2004@mkzc.org, with a copy to rhabito@mail.smu.edu, OR else by postal mail c/o Prof. Ruben Habito, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75225, USA. Deadline for submission of proposals is set at January 31, 2004, but early submissions are encouraged. Lodging and meals will be available at the Loyola Marymount University campus, as well as at area hotels in Los Angeles. Registration fees and >costs for lodging and meals for those staying on campus will be announced at a later date. Germany ------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- „Alle sollen eins sein„ Johannes 17,21 Weltreligionen im Gespräch - Gebet und Ritual Tagung Samstag, 13. März 2004 9 Uhr Erzabtei St.Ottilien Exerzitienhaus ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heinz-Schwarzkopf-Stiftung "Junges Europa" Die überparteiliche Heinz-Schwarzkopf-Stiftung "Junges Europa" veranstaltet im Februar kommenden Jahres eine Studentenkonferenz mit dem Thema 'Religionen in Europa'. Die fünftägige Konferenz, die in Berlin stattfinden wird, soll Studenten aus ganz Europa zusammenbringen, um die aktuellen Fragen rund um die Bedeutung, den Stellenwert und die möglichen Impulse im geschichtlichen und aktuellen Hinblick auf Europa zu erörtern. Alle Informationen zur Konferenz finden Sie hier: http://www.heinz-schwarzkopf-stiftung.de/conference Derzeit sind wir auf der Suche nach ausgewiesenen Experten, die sich mit dem Konflikt in Nordirland, seinem religiösen Hintergrund und der aktuellen Situation befassen. Falls Ihnen ein Experte bekannt ist, würden wir uns über eine Kontaktaufnahme sehr freuen. _____________ The NetworkInfo-Magazine is a free quarterly published email magazine of the EUROPEAN NETWORK OF BUDDHIST CHRISTIAN STUDIES _____________ To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE this magazine, fill our networkInfo/form in the homepage: www.buddhist-christian-studies.org Click NETWORKINFO at the menu bar or send a mail to roettingmo@gmx.de subject> subscribe magazine or Unsubscribe magazine (c) December 2003 by European Network of Buddhist Christian Studies ======================================================