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| BUDDHISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND
GLOBAL HEALING SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SOCIETY FOR BUDDHIST-CHRISTIAN STUDIES |
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Date and Place:
PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, TACOMA, WASHINGTON, AUGUST 5-12, 2000 |
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Deadline: December 30, 1999 |
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Send to: ingrampo@plu.edu or sbcs2000@aol.com |
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| Guidelines For Individual Paper Proposals 1. Proposals should address the overall conference theme and sub-themes and clearly identify the particular thematic area where the proposal best fits. 2. Those submitting proposals must provide a 100-150 word description of the proposal. 3. Proposals should specify the time required. Single paper proposals will be allotted up to 45 minutes. Other program formats-will be allotted one-and-a-half to two hours. Those submitting proposals should include "hard copy," disk copy, fax numbers, email address, and mailing address. 4. Any audio-visual requirements for proposals must be specified. 5. Individual paper proposals should be submitted to Paul Ingram, Department of Religion, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, 98447(ingrampo@plu.edu) or Barbara Burnstein, 1565 Maple Avenue, Ste 204, Evanston, Illinois, 60201 (sbcs2000@aol.com). 6. Proposal must be submitted by December 30, 1999. The Program Committee will inform all those submitting proposals of their proposal's acceptance by January 30, 2000. |
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| The Program Committee for the Sixth International Conference
of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies is pleased to announce a preliminary call
for papers for its Sixth International Conference. Papers include, but are not
limited to, academic papers, panels, seminars, performances, and demonstrations. The
Program Committee has identified the following working list of thematic areas which will structure the Conference. Those submitting proposals should specify the thematic area to which their paper/program is most clearly linked. Thematic Areas 1. Consumerism 2. Toward a Global Ethic 3. Meditative/contemplative practice 4. social engagement/activism 5. Human rights and Social Justice 6. Environmental and Ecological issues 7. Gender issues 8. Religion as a source of and cure for violence 9. Buddhist-Christian dialogue and economic oppression 10. Buddhist-Christian dialogue and racial oppression 11. Buddhist-Christian dialogue and political oppression 12. Healing, health, and care giving 13. Relationship and sexuality 14. Cross traditional text study: Christian text 15. Cross traditional text study: Buddhist text 16. Comparative ritual/symbol 17. Education and pedagogy 18. Buddhist-Christian mutual influence and transformation 19. Culture, art, literature, and film 20. Media, technology, and communication 21. Multiculturalism 22. Alternative communities 23. Opposing truth claims in Buddhist-Christian views of reality Guidelines for Working
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