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Upcoming & Ongoing Events Authority in Buddhism and Christianity (Munich, Germany) Lotus & Lily (Seattle, Washington, USA) Silence and Awareness Retreats |
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Opportunities Nanzan Chair for Interreligious Research Buddhism, Christianity, and Science in Dialogue |
Nominations Open for 2010 Frederick J. Streng Award for Excellence in Buddhist-Christian Studies
The Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies is now receiving nominations for the 2010 Frederick Streng Book Award for Excellence in Buddhist-Christian Studies. Nominations must be received by Dec. 31, 2009. The winner will be announced at the annual meeting of the Society on October 29, 2010.
The criteria for nominating and making the award are:
- The subject matter of the book should be inspired by and relevant to Buddhist-Christian relations, but subject matter is not narrowly limited to books on dialogue or to books that are half on Christianity and half on Buddhism.
- The scholarship must be original and the writing clear. The book must make an important contribution to issues relevant to the context of Buddhist-Christian dialogue.
- Books can be considered for nomination within five years of their publication date (i.e. the 2010 award must be for a book published in 2004 or later).
Nominations can be made by any person other than the author(s) or editor(s), using the downloadable nomination form . The completed form may be sent electronically to ayong@regent.edu or a printed copy can be submitted by postal mail to Amos Yong, Chair of the Frederick Streng Book Award Committee, Regent University School of Divinity, 1000 Regent University Drive,, Virginia Beach VA 23464. Self-nominations are not permitted. Publishers of books must be willing to supply review copies to members of the committee for evaluation in order for the book to be considered.
2008 Program Sessions
Annual Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies
October 31 - Nov 1, 2008
Chicago, IL
Session 1: Friday, October 31, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
Chicago Hilton and Towers Hotel, Room Continental C
Theme: Cognitive Science, Religious Practices, and Human Development: Buddhist and Christian Perspectives
Sandra Costen Kunz, Phillips Theological Seminary, Presiding
"The Body and the Mind: Buddhist Bowing and Neuroscience"
Sascha de Lac, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and Paula Arai, Louisiana State University
" 'Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory': Zen and the Two-hemisphere Brain"
Robert Aitken, Roshi, Diamond Sangha, Hawaii
‘Your Cell Will Teach You Everything': How Practice Shapes Thought in Neuroscience and Early Christian Monasticism"
Noreen Herzfeld, St. John's University, Collegeville
"Cognitive Error and Contemplative Practices: The Cultivation of Discernment in Mind and Heart"
Wesley J. Wildman, Boston University
Verbal Imagining: Scientific Reflection on Visual Cognition in Light of Traditional Tibetan and Christian Theologies of the Image"
Thomas Cattoi, Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley
Session 2: Saturday, November 1, 9:00-11:30 AM
Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Red Lacquer Room
Theme: Thomas Merton Forty Years after his Death: Buddhist and Christian Perspectives
Alice Keefe, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Presiding
"Self-Surrender in Merton's Writings and Contemplative Psychology"
Daijaku Judith Kinst, California Institute of Integral Studies
"Thomas Merton Meets Tibetan Buddhism"
Judith Simmer-Brown, Naropa University
"Non-dual Wisdom as Feminine: Sophia and Prajnaparamita in Merton's Poem,
Hagia Sophia
Paula Hirschboeck, Edgewood College
"Was Thomas Merton's Soteriology Influenced by His Experience with Buddhism?"
Kristin Johnston Largen, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg
Call for Papers for Annual Meeting Sessions of Society
April 2, 2006
This is a call for papers for the program sessions of the SBCS annual meeting to be held on Friday, November 17, 2006 in Washington DC just prior to the annual meeting of American Academy of Religion. Please note the submission deadline and guidelines below.
Topic: "Religious Self-Fashioning and the Role of Community in Contemporary Buddhist and Christian Practice"
Many contemporary persons, at least in the United States, appear to adhere to the notion that one can fashion Buddhist and Christian lives individually. Many American Buddhists claim their attraction to Buddhism is its "self-reliance" and are "book Buddhists," shaping their own version of practice separate from any tangible sangha. For several decades, persons have been dropping out of church congregations, while continuing to identify themselves as Christians. How central is the nature of sangha and church to Christian or Buddhist practice? What is the importance of religious institutions in Buddhism and Christianity? Can one "go it alone" as a Christian or Buddhist? Paper submissions are invited from various perspectives: Theological/philosophical, doctrinal, sociological, personal reflection, creative writing, etc., or a combination of perspectives. Please submit a paper proposal, limit 500 words, in WORD format to Alice Keefe, akeefe@uwsp.edu by April 15, 2006.
Links update March 19, 2006
Check out the new links section, including the Buddhist-Christian Studies Database and an online discussion group. If you have a Buddhist-Christian event, on-going or upcoming, that you would like to be considered for posting, please email a description of the event, contact information, and website address (if applicable) to hlw2@humboldt.edu. Coming very soon--the call for papers for the SBCS annual meeting.
A domain name to call our own February 28, 2006
Thanks to Gene Reeves for donating money, the SBCS website now has it's own domain name and server. There have also been some other updates: the past newsletters are now available for download, there are more pictures of the Governing Board, and there is a new upcoming event.
Site Launch February 11, 2006
Welcome to the revamped SBCS website! We hope you will visit the site regularly, as we will be updating it with upcoming events and new links monthly. Coming soon will be a collage of images from the Seventh International Buddhist-Christian Conference! Be sure to check out the retreats and other opportunities as well. And you can now download our semi-annual newsletter in PDF format. Our sincere hope is that our efforts here serve to deepen our spiritual paths in fellowship with each other.