European Meeting of Friends:
Christian Studies of Buddhism – Review
9 – 11 Feb 96

Academy of Mission, Hamburg
Draft agenda

Friday 9th
17 – 18:00 Arrival at Academy, check in
18:30 Supper
19:45 Introduction: Introducing ourselves
20:15 1) Talk: What I expect of friendship with Christians
Dr. Rewata Dhamma (Birmingham, Great Britain)
Moderator: Gerhard Köberlin

21:45 Meditation
Gundula Meyer (Ohof, Germany)

Saturday 10th
7:30 Meditation
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 2) Christian Studies of Buddhism: Issues, Experiences I
Reporting by the participants from Great Britain, Ireland, Russia, Sweden
Moderator: Aasulv Lande (Lund, Sweden)

10:45-11:15 Coffee, Tea
11:15 3) Christian Studies of Buddhism: Issues, Experiences II
Reporting by the participants from the Netherlands, Austria, Germany
Moderator: Aasulv Lande

13:00 Lunch
15:00 Coffee, Tea, Cake
15:30 4) Doing Christian Theology in the Context of Friendship with Buddhists. What are common theological issues of our Buddhist studies?
Moderator: John May (Dublin, Ireland)

16:45 Break
17:15 5) Doing Christian Theology in the Context of Inter-cultural, and Inter-religious experience. What are common issues of our inter-cultural encounter as European Christian theologians with the religious experience of European, North American and Asian Buddhists?
Moderator: Georg Evers (Aachen, Germany)

19:00 Supper with friends of inter-religious dialogue in Hamburg
21:45 Meditation

Sunday 11th
7:30 Meditation
8:00 Breakfast

9:00 6) Possibilities of Co-operation in Europe
- Facilities, and programmes, of study and encounter (theological education, European Congress of Theologians, inter-religious centres)
- Exchange of staff and students
- Links with other regions
Moderator: Andrew Wingate (Selly Oak, Great Britain)?

10:45-11:15 Coffee, Tea
11:15 7) Closing Reflections: What I expect of friendship with Christians (Rewata Dhamma), what I expect of friendship with Buddhists (other participants)
Moderator: Gerhard Köberlin

12:30 Lunch
13:00 Departures

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Here is the main referat given at the conference.

Ven. Dr. Rewata Dhamma,
Spiritual Director of The Birmingham Buddhist Vihara in the U.K.:
(Published in “Current Dialogue”, December 1996 Vol 30. World Council of Churches)

Read here. (This text is in German).