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 Invitation to an International Conference

Re-Learning to Be Human for Global Times:

Challenges and Opportunities

December 18-19, 2015,                         Tewksbury, MA, USA

 

*Reading Materials*

 

PROGRAM 

 

December 18, 2015

I) Introduction: Globalization: challenges and opportunities

 

9.00am-9.15am

George F. McLean—to discern, to think, to be, the aesthetic

 

II) Re-learning

 

9.15am-10.30am

Charles Taylor—Resolving tensions between 1/ the grain of the world, 2/universal human rights, etc. and 3/ the social imaginary/process

 

10.30-11.00am

William A Barbieri—Response

 

11.00am-11.30am -- Coffee Break

 

11.30am-12.30pm

José CasanovaReligious Engagement, Local and Global

 

12.30pm-1.30pm Lunch Break

 

III/ In Global Times

 

1.30pm-2.30pm

Tony CarrollSpiritual, Buddhism, Panentheist

 

2.30pm-3.30pm

Peter JonkersReaching out, Intercultural, Tolerance

 

3.30pm-4.00pm -- Coffee Break

IV/ To Be Human

 

4.00pm-5.00pm

William Sweetas Self, Community, Nature, Sacred/transcendent

 

5.00pm-6.00pm

Staf Hellemans—Christian Humanism

 

6.30pm Dinner

 

December 19, 2015

 

IV/ To Be Human (continued)

 

9.00am-10.00am Common Challenges

Philip J. RossiVulnerability, not superficial, but profound engagement with the real (as faith)

 

10.00am-11.00am

Oliva BlanchetteDehumanization, Destablization

 

11.00am-11.30am -- Coffee Break

 

11.30am-12.30pm Ethics

João J. Vila-Chã—Gratitude and Compassion, Communication

 

12.30pm-2.00pm Lunch

 

2.00pm-3.00pm

Jeffrey Bloechl—Suffering and Pain, Embodiment

 

3.00pm-4.00pm Indian Tradition

Intra Nath ChoudhuriHindu, Consciousness and Unity

 

4.00pm-4.30pm -- Coffee Break

 

4.30pm-5.30pm Confucian Tradition

Robert NevilleConfucian Ritual, Religious Ultimacy

 

5.30pm-6.30pm

General discussion and Conclusion

 

6.30pm Dinner

 

 

 

 

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