St. Ottilien, 2005, Germany
Sixth Study Conference
CONVERSION AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY
10.-13. June 2005
Benedictine Arch Abbey of St. Ottilien (Germany)
At the conference in St. Ottilien we had 85 participants and very succesful papers and debates on the topic.
Please check this page again for reports, downloads and student presentations, photos and contacts!
Programm:
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
John D’Arcy May, (Ed.), Conversion and Religious Identity. EOS-Verlag St. Ottilien, 2006