Sixth Study Conference
“Conversion and Religious Identity”
10.-13. June 2005
Benedictine Arch Abbey of St. Ottilien (Germany)
1. Programme
At the conference in St. Ottilien we had 85 participants and very succesful papers and debates on the topic.
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(14th. June 2005)
1. Programme
Conversion and Religious Identity - 10th -13th June 2005
ENBCS Sixth Study Conference - St. Ottilien (near Munich)
Friday 10 th June 2005
16.30-18.00 Arrivals, Registrations
18.00 Evening Prayer, Church (Optional)
18.30 Dinner
19.30-21.00 Introduction to St. Ottilien and the Inter-Monastic Dialogue Josef Götz OSB
Saturday 11th June 2005
08.00 Breakfast
09.00-11.00 Conversions from Buddhism to Christianity and from Christianity to Buddhism:
- in Korea Thomas Timpte OSB
- in Sri Lanka Elizabeth Harris
11.00 Podium and discussion
12.15 Lunch
13.30 Short visit of the monastery (optional)
14.30-16.00 Student Presentations I
16.30-18.00 Workshops on personal experiences of ‘conversion’ and ‘identity’
18.00 Evening Prayer, Church (Optional)
18.30 Dinner
19.30-21.00 Boundaries of Religious Identity
Jörgen Skov Sörensen and Kaisa Ahlstrand
Sunday 12th June 2005
08.00 Breakfast
09.15 Worship (Christian Eucharist, meditation, recreation…)
10.30 “Truth or Self-Discovery? The Case of Paul Williams”
Perry Schmidt-Leukel and José Cabezon
Respnse from Paul Williams
12.15 Lunch
14.30-16.00 Student Presentations II
16.30-18.00 “On Double Belonging”
Ruben Habito
18.30 Dinner
19.30-21.00 “A Theology of Multiple Religious Identity”
Michael von Brück
Monday 13th June 2005
8.00 Breakfast
09.00-10.30 “Evolving Religious Identities in Europe”
Podium discussion
11.00-12.15 Planning
12.15 Lunch