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Meditation inBuddhist-ChristianEncounter:

ACriticalAnalysis

ofthe12thENBCSconferenceistheroleofmeditationinBuddhist-ChristianEncounter.Animpressiveline-upofinvitedspeakerswilladdress�ivethemesfromBuddhistandChristianperspectives:the place ofmeditation in Buddhism and Christianityfromacriticalhistoricalperspective;Buddhist-Christian

encounter and the Zen tradition; the hesychastictradition and Buddhist meditation; Mindfulness andBuddhist-Christianencounter;meditationandactioninBuddhist-Christianencounter.ENBCSconferencesareanopportunitytomeetandtogreetothers.Conversationisimportant–duringcoffeebreaksandmeals(lunchhasbeenextendedtoincludeasiesta–we’reinSpainafterall),andintheeveningsafterformalsessions.Soalsoisspiritualpractice-wehaveanoptionalguidedmeditationsessioneachmorningbeforebreakfast.Then,thecultureoftheplaceisalsosigni�i-cant.Montserratismountain,sanctuaryandmonastery.‘Montserrat’means‘sawnmountain’inCatalanandthemountainlooks,fromadistance,almostasthoughithasbeencarved.Belovedofrockclimbersandwalkers,itisfull of interest. There were probably hermits on the

thmountainasearlyas the8 Centurybut itwas in themiddleagesthatMontserratbecameafamousplaceofpilgrimagebecauseofthemiraclesthathappenedthere,attributedtoMary. Academics involved inBuddhist-Christian studies,independentresearchersandallwhoarecommittedtobuilding understanding between Buddhists andChristians arewelcome to attend the conference. Thefocusisacademicbutwedonotlimitattendancetothoseinacademia.Wealsohopetooffersomebursariesforresearchstudentstohelpwiththecostoftheconference.Whether you are new to ENBCS or have long beeninvolvedwiththeNetwork,Icanassureyouitwillbeanenjoyableandthought-provokingconference. DrElizabethHarris PresidentoftheENBCS,HonorarySeniorResearchFellow,BirminghamUniversity

29June–3July2017inMontserrat/Barcelona,Spain

PleasesendproposalstotheOpenSessionsoftheconferencetillthe29thofFeb.2017toDrElizabethHarrisat:ejharris170@btinternet.com

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ElizabethHarris(BirminghamUniversity).HeracademicwritingshavefocussedonBuddhism,andBuddhist-ChristianrelationsinSriLankainthecolonialandpostcolonialperiods.In addition, she writes more generally on TheravadaBuddhism,inter-faithrelationsandthetheologyofreligions. Karl Baier (University of Vienna). His interest is in thehistory of yoga´s reception in the West, meditation andmodernity.Hispresentresearcharenewformsofreligiosity,mesmerism,occultism,modernYogaresearchandpsychede-lics. AndreasNehring(UniversityofErlangen).Hisresearchisinthe�ieldoforientalismandpostcolonialstudiesaswellasinmodernformsofBuddhismandHinduism,theirdevelopmentundercolonialconditionsandtheirtransformation. Nicholas AlanWorssam (GlasshamptonMonastery). In1995hejoinedtheAnglicanreligiouscommunityTheSocietyofSaintFrancis.Heisco-leaderofBuddhist-ChristianretreatsinAmaravatiBuddhistMonastery. JohnMakransky(BostonCollege).Hisacademicfocusison enlightenment in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, onapplyingBuddhistpracticestomeetcurrentneedsinconver-sationwithpsychologyandneuroscience,andontheoreticalissuesininterfaithlearning. RobertSharf(UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley).HeworksprimarilyintheareaofmedievalChineseBuddhism,buthasalsopublishedonJapaneseBuddhism,Buddhistart,Buddhistmodernism,ritualstudies,andmethodological issuesinthestudyofreligion. ElizabeteTaivane(UniversityofLatvia,Riga).The�ieldofher research is Comparative Hagiography, ComparativeMysticism, and Comparative Analysis of Christianity andBuddhismandinmodi�iedLatviananimisticcults. EliseDeVido(DukeUniversity,DukeKunshanUniversity)published works on women and gender in Chinese and inVietnamese Buddhism; on the transnational Buddhistrevivals;andonEngagedBuddhism. Sarah Shaw (University of Oxford) has her doctorate inEnglishLiterature.AfterstudyingPaliandSanskritatOxford,shenowwritesandlecturesonBuddhistsubjects. AasulvLande(LundUniversity)hasparticularlyworkedwith religious dimensions of East West encounter. In thatcapacityhehasservedatEasternandWesternUniversities(Japan, China, Scandinavia and England). He served for aperiodasPresidentoftheENBCS. UrsulaBaatz(Vienna,ReligiousStudiesScholar)hasbeeninvolved in the practice and theory of Christian - Zen-Buddhist-Dialogueformanyyears.

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11.15-12.15 PlenaryDiscussion12.30-13.30 Lunch13.30-17.30 TimetoexploreMontserrat (includingaguidedtourofthe churchandlibrary:optional)

SessionIV:TheHesychastTraditionand itsAf�initiesto(Tibetan)Buddhism17.30-18.15 HesychasmandBuddhism (NicholasAlanWorssam, GlasshamptonMonastery)18.15-19.00 HesychasmandTantricBuddhism (ElizabeteTaivane,Universityof Latvia)19.00-19.30 Refreshments19.30-20.30 PlenaryDiscussion20.30-22.00 Dinner

2 July 2017

07.30-08.00 Meditation08.00-09.00 Breakfast09.00-10.30 OpenPresentationsI(3-4parallel groupswith3papersineachgroup)11.00-12.00 Mass(optional)12.30-13.30 Lunch13.30-15.30 Siesta

SessionV:MeditationandActioninBuddhismandChristianity

15.30-16.15 MeditationandAction: ABuddhistView(John Makransky,BostonCollege)16.15-17.00 MeditationandAction: AChristianView(AasulvLande, LundUniversity)17.00-17.30 Coffee17.30-18.30 PlenaryDiscussion18.45-20.15 OpenPresentationsII (3-4parallelgroupswith papersineachgroup)20.15-20.45 ConclusionoftheConference (Farewell,Announcements, WordsofGratitude,etc.)21.00-22.30 Dinner

3 July 2017

08.00-09.00 Breakfast,Departures

SessionII:Christian-BuddhistEncounterthroughZen-Practice

15.30-16.15 WhyChristiansStudiedZen- Meditation(UrsulaBaatz,Vienna, ReligiousStudiesScholar)16.15-17.00 WhyBuddhistsTaughtZen- MeditationtoChristians(Robert Sharf,UniversityofCalifornia)17.00-17.30 Coffee17.30-18.30 Discussion19.30-20.15 OrganConcertBasilica

1 July 2017

07.30-08.00 Meditation08.00-09.00 Breakfast

SessionIII:Christian-BuddhistEncounterthroughMindfulness

09.15-10.00 TheWesternInterestin MindfulnessMeditation(Andreas Nehring,UniversityofErlangen)10.00-10.45 ThichNhatHanh’sPropagationof MindfulnessintheWest (EliseDeVido,DukeUniversity, DukeKunshanUniversity)10.45-11.15 Coffee

29 June 2017

OpeningoftheConference18.30-18.45 Welcome,Announcements18.45-19.00 WelcomeNotebyFatherRamon OraniasofMontserrat19.00-20.00 KeynotePaper(ElizabethHarris, BirminghamUniversity)20.00-20.15 IntroductiontotheConference Program,furtherTechnicalities20.30-22.00 Dinner

30 June 2017

07.30-08.00 Meditation08.00-09.00 Breakfast

SessionI:Meditation/ContemplationinTraditionalBuddhismandChristianity

09.15-10.00 Meditation/ContemplationintheChristianTradition(KarlBaier, UniversityofVienna)10.00-10.45 Meditation/Contemplationin theBuddhistTradition(SarahShaw,OxfordUniversity)10.45-11.15 Coffee11.15-12.15 PlenaryDiscussion12.30-13.30 Lunch13.30-15.30Siesta

Meditation 29 June – 3 July 2017

in Montserrat / Barcelona, Spain

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ACriticalAnalysis

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