Keynote Speaker:

Sallie King

March 3, 2018

Richmond, Indiana

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Buddhist and Quaker Spiritualities

practiced, often just down the street. Venturing in can be revelatory. But it can also raise questions

from etiquette to cultural differences, appropriation, and how the experience of another tradition

might reflect on our own.

In this workshop, Jon Berry will describe his year worshipping at the Islamic Cultural Center a

short walk from his home in New York City, and the conversations it opened up inside and outside

the mosque as well as in himself. Please come with your own stories, insights, questions, and

thoughts about interfaith encounter so that we may together learn and grow more insightful in

one of the most important religious issues of our day.

Jon Berry is a 2017 Masters of Divinity graduate of Earlham School of Religion. Learning to listen

– in particular, to those different from ourselves – was a major focus of his studies. He came

to seminary after many years in journalism and business. He is entering chaplaincy training and

hopes to write about religion and spirituality.

Scheduleof Events 8:15 am Registration & Breakfast

9:00 am Optional Worship

9:45 am Keynote Talk: Buddhist and Quaker Spiritualities Sallie King

11:30 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Plenary Workshop: Buddhist Resources for Engaging the Challenges of Our Time Sallie King

2:15 pm Break

2:30 pm Workshop: choice of four sessions

3:45 pm Break

4:00 pm Closing

ONLINE REGISTRATION: esr.earlham.edu/SG2018

Kaia Jackson

Yoga: From Appropriation to Embodiment

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Sallie King

Buddhist and Quaker Spiritualities

In her keynote talk, Sallie King will highlight features of

Buddhist and Quaker spiritualities, explore similarities

and differences, and explore the question of why so

many contemporary Quakers have taken Buddhism into

their spiritual lives in some way.

Sallie B. King is Professor Emerita of Philosophy and

Religion at James Madison University and Affiliated

Faculty, Professor of Buddhist Studies, Department of

Theology, Georgetown University. She is the author, co-

editor or translator of numerous works on Buddhism,

Engaged Buddhism, Buddhist-Christian dialogue,

interfaith dialogue, and the cross-cultural philosophy

of religion. She is a Quaker and a Buddhist. In her work

for inter-religious friendship and understanding, she

has served on the Christian and Interfaith Relations

Committee of Friends General Conference, as Trustee

of the international, interfaith Peace Council, as

President of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies,

and as a Scholar with the Elijah Interfaith Institute.

Plenary Workshop – Buddhist Resources for Engaging the Challenges of Our Time

In her plenary workshop, King will offer Buddhist re-

sources for social engagement in challenging circum-

stances, focusing particularly on the effort to “be peace”

while making peace. The resources offered will include

Buddhist scripture readings, meditations and a poem.

Keynote WorkshopsThe hope is that participants will come away with some

vision and skills for deepening Quaker worship.

Lonnie Valentine is Professor of Peace and Justice

Studies at the Earlham School of Religion and teaches

the course Interfaith Dialog that ESR requires of all

Master of Divinity students. He came into Quakerism

through study of Daoism and Buddhism in college. In his

peace activism he then engaged the ideas for nonviolent

social change from Buddhists such as Thich Nhat Hanh,

the Dalai Lama, and Pema Chodron.

RegistrationSend to: ESR Spirituality Gathering 2018, Mandy Ford, Earlham School of Religion, 228 College Avenue, Richmond, IN 47374.1.800.432.1377, Email: fordma@earlham.eduOnline registration: esr.earlham.edu/SG2018

Yoga is readily recognized as a physically beneficial

practice in the U.S. Less frequently is it understood in the

light of its cultural, philosophical and spiritual depth. In

this interactive and experiential workshop, we will begin

by examining the practical uses of yoga in embodied

worship and fellowship. We will also discuss potential

challenges and various approaches to integrating yoga

and other embodied practices into public ministry (from

gyms to churches to prisons) in a Western setting. Finally,

we will explore a few accessible restorative movement

patterns that may release tension, heighten awareness,

and invite loving energy to flow to and through the body

temple. Beginners and folks with physical disabilities are

encouraged to participate; all are welcome! Consider

dressing in loose-fitting clothes for ease of movement.

Kaia Jackson is in their first year of study in the MDiv

program at ESR. They are also enrolled in the 200-hr

Teacher Training Program at Santosha Yoga School

in Indianapolis. Kaia is passionate about exploring

spirituality and community-building through embodied

practices and expressive arts. They are guided by a

commitment to creating accessible, inclusive, and

trauma-informed opportunities for personal and

community healing. You can contact Kaia with questions

or thoughts at jackska@earlham.edu.

Daniel Coleman

Apophatism: It Isn’t What You Think

Drawing from his book Presence and Process: A Path

Toward Transformative Faith and Inclusive Community,

Daniel Coleman will go to the roots of contemplative

spirituality to discuss the core commonalities between

Christian contemplation, Buddhist meditation and other

forms of apophatic practice (including defining what

apophatic means) and how contemplative spirituality

relates to process theology.

Daniel P. (Danny) Coleman describes himself as a

“Progressive Christian Buddhist Quaker theologian.” He

holds an M.A. in Religion from the Earlham School of

Religion. His areas of emphasis include contemplative

spirituality, process theology, interfaith dialogue,

Quakerism, and biblical studies. He is the author of

Presence and Process: A Path Toward Transformative

Faith and Inclusive Community (Barclay Press). Daniel

lives in Seattle, Washington.

Lonnie Valentine

The Meeting of Quakerism and Buddhism: Nothing But Emptiness

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In this workshop, we will contemplate what Quaker

Waiting Worship is all about by engaging the Buddhist

vision that all things are empty of substantial reality.

From a brief introduction to key Buddhist views on

“emptiness” within the Four Noble Truths and some

Buddhist meditation techniques, we will see how Quaker

views on worship and its practice may be deepened.

What’s it like to cross the threshold into another

religion? In recent decades immigration and

technology have brought the world’s traditions closer

to our doorstep than ever before. Many of us live in

communities in which Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism,

Sikhism, Judaism, and an array of Christian faiths are

Jon Berry

Becoming a Guest: Entering Other Religious Traditions