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Payap University's Institute
for the Study of Religion and Culture and the
Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies together
with other co-sponsors are conducting an international
and interfaith academic conference on the topic
of religion and globalization to be held in Chiang
Mai, Thailand, July 27–August 2, 2003. Interfaith
dialogue among Buddhists, Christians, Muslims,
and members of other religious communities will
occur through plenary speeches, panels, and papers
based on five broad themes:
- Religious Diversity and Interfaith
Relations in a Global Age
Individual topics include religious pluralism,
missions, religious conflict and reconciliation,
and interreligious dialogue.
- Religion in a Global Society
Individual topics include social and economic
justice, ecological concerns, human rights,
structural violence, gender, tourism, prostitution,
AIDS/HIV, media, technology, arts, culture and
other facets of life in our contemporary world
viewed from religious perspectives.
- Religious Reform and Reformulation
for a Global Age
Individual topics include tasks and issues focusing
on the transformation of religious doctrines,
rituals, practices, and institutions in an age
of globalization.
- Historical Perspectives in
Interreligious Interaction
Individual topics include: case studies.
- Methodological and Philosophical
Issues in Intercultural and Interreligious Communication
and Exchanges
A call
for papers is being offered for this conference.
Additional information
may be obtained from the Institute
for the Study of Religion and Culture website
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