International Conference on Inter-religious Meditation: Theories and Practices

Co-organizer
Centre for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Centre for the Study of Chan Buddhism and Human Civilization, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Centre for Chinese Classical Learning, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Background
Since the end of the 19th century, the burgeoning of religious study have provided new perspectives for human beings to understand religion. Today, with the increasing new theories and methods, the study of religion has become a discipline of academic research in which religion is examined purely from scientific and rational perspectives, although more and more scholars have also realized the uniqueness of religion differs from other object of learning. As such, the extended study on religious practice and experience, comparative study of theories and methods of meditation in different religions in particular, therefore attracted the attention of scholars worldwide. In view of this, Centre for the Study of Chan Buddhism and Human Civilization, Centre for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism, and Centre for Chinese Classical Learning of The Chinese University of Hong Kong jointly organize the International Conference on Inter-religious Meditation: Theories and Practices, inviting scholars from various religious traditions and disciplines to introduce, analyze and discuss among different religious theories and methods of meditation. By following the discipline of religious studies, this conference aims to enable scholars to observe the practice of meditations, compare the experience of different religious practices and consequently both scholars as well as religious practitioners are more enlightened in the nature of religion thus contributing to the wellbeing of whole human beings.

Theme
Inter-religious Meditation: Theories and Practices

Topic

Theories and methods of religious practice and their modern innovation research
Comparative study of theories and methods of meditation in different religions
Modern science and religious practice and its empirical research
Theories and Practices of meditation in various religious traditions and disciplines
The relationship between religious practice and its morality

Conference Details
Date
Registration: 14 August 2019 (Whole day)
Date: 15 – 16 August 2019 (Thu & Fri)

Time
15 August 2019: 9:00 – 18:00
16 August 2019: 9:00 – 12:30
14:00 – 18:00 (Meditation Workshop)

Venue
LT5, 2/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Programme
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