Abstract
Deadline: 12/30/2002
Event:
2003
Annual Conference of the Luce Foundation Korean Christianity
Program, UCLA Center for Korean Studies
Event
Date & Location:
4/25 - 4/26/2003; UCLA Faculty Center
Website:
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=132073
Information:
The 2003 Annual Conference of the Luce Foundation Korean
Christianity Program, the Center for Korean Studies, UCLA,
will be held on April 25-26, 2003 at UCLA Faculty Center.
Its topic is "The Encounter of Korean Religions and
Christianity."
Most
speakers are confirmed. Nevertheless, as the conference
is expanded for two days, five to seven more participants
are needed. If you are interested in this conference, please
send Sung-Deuk Oak (via email at sungoak@hotmail.com)
a one page proposal by December 30, 2002.
Acceptances
will be sent out by January 10, 2003. The Center for Korean
Studies will provide all presenters with airplane fare,
at least a two-night stay at the campus guest house, and
honoranium. Please refer to the following provisional plan,
and choose your panel to join. The final result of the conference
will be the publication of a book edited by Dr. Robert Buswell.
Hence please prepare a publishable paper and submit it by
April 10, if you are chosen as a presenter.
April
25, Friday:
Panel
I: Buddhism and Christianity (9:00-12:00)
--Dr. Pori Park, Arizona State University, “Japanese Buddhist
Missions and American Christian Missions”
--Dr. -----------------, “Modernity of Buddhism and Protestantism
in Colonial Korea”
--Dr. -----------------
--Dr. -----------------
--Response by Dr. Robert Buswell, UCLA (buswell@humnet.ucla.edu)
Lunch
Break (12:00-1:00)
Panel
II: Shamanism, Daoism, and Christianity (1:00-4:30)
--Dr. -----------------, “Gender, Ritual, Shamanism, and
Christianity”
--Dr. John I. Goulde, Sweet Briar College, “The Myths and
Models of Korean Christianity's Indigenization”
--Dr. Andrew S. Park, United Theological Seminary, “The
Resolution of Han from the Perspectives of Shamanism and
Christianity.”
--Dr. Young Lee Hertig, Azusa Pacific University, “A Yinist
Paradigm for the Korean American Churches”
--Dr. -----------------
--Response
by Dr. Timothy Tanherlini, UCLA
Discussion
(4:30-5:00)
April
26, Saturday:
Panel
III: Confucianism and Christianity (9:00-12:00)
--Dr. Chai-sik Chung, Boston University, “Encounter of Korean
Confucianism and Christianity”
--Dr. Young-chan Rho, George Mason University, “Comparative
Worldviews of Korean Confucianism and Christianity”
--Dr.-----------------
--Dr. ----------------
--Response by Dr. Anselm Min, Claremont Graduate University
Lunch
break (12:00-1:00)
Panel
IV. New Religions and Christianity (1:00-4:00)
--Dr. Sung-Deuk Oak, UCLA, “Encounter of Tonghak and Protestantism”
--Dr. Jin Y. Park, American University, “New Buddhisms in
Korea and Christianity”
--Dr. ----------------
--Dr. ----------------
--Response
by Dr. Je Hun Ryu, UCLA
Panel
V. Summation and Discussion (4:00-5:00)
--Dr. John Duncan (duncan@humnet.ucla.edu)
Submission
Guidelines / Information:
Please send Sung-Deuk Oak (via email at sungoak@hotmail.com)
a one page proposal by December 30, 2002.
Registration
/ Information:
The Center for Korean Studies will provide all presenters
with airplane fare, at least a two-night stay at the campus
guest house, and honoranium.
Contact:
Sung-Deuk Oak
Luce Foundation post-doctoral fellow
Korean Christianity Program, UCLA Center for Korean Studies
Phone:
310-825-8050
Email: sungoak@hotmail.com
