“Religious Discourse, Social Cohesion and Conflict From Religious Studies to Inter-religious Studies” merupakan tema diskusi rutin Forum Rabu CRCS&ICRS. Diskusi akan diselenggarakan pada hari Rabu, 9 April 2008, bertempat di Gedung Sekolah Pascasarjana UGM, lantai 3, ruang 306, jam 13:00-15:00. Sebagai pembicara Prof. Frans Wijsen.

Prof. Frans Wijsen mempelajari theology di Heerlen dan Nijmegen, dimana beliau memperoleh gelar Ph.D. pada tahun 1992. Pada tahun 1984 sampai 1988 beliau melakukan penelitian di Tanzania. Pada tahun 1988 beliau menjadi pengajar dalam mata kuliah science of religion and mission di Universitas untuk Theology dan Pastoral di Heerlen. Pada tahun 1992, beliau bergabung dengan Fakultas Theology di Nijmegen. Saat ini, Frans Wijsen merupakan professor dalam bidang agama Kristen dan Hubungan Antar-agama di fakultas Studi Agama, dan direktur Nijmegen Institute for Mission Studies Centre for Studies in World Christianity. Sejak tahun 1995 beliau menjadi professor tamu di Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Sejak tahun 2004 beliau juga menjadi professor tamu di Tangaza College.

The next CRCS&ICRS Wednesday Forum will talk about “Christian-Muslim Relations in the Philippines: Perspectives for Inter-religious Dialogue”. The discussion will be held on Wednesday, March 26, 2008. The key speaker will be Jerson Benia Narciso. Jerson Benia Narciso is a doctor candidate in religious studies at Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS). He earned his Master of Divinity in 1995 at Central Philippine University, Jaro, Iloilo Citi, Philippines and Master of Theology at the South East Asia Graduate School of Theology in May 2006. Jerson Benia Narciso has been involved in numerous advocacy works for peace and human rights and other political and ethical issues affecting the lives of the Filipino. He has also served as a local church pastor under the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches for more than 11 years.

Forum Rabu CRCS&ICRS yang akan datang akan membahas “Christian-Muslim Relations in the Philippines: Perspectives for Inter-religious Dialogue”. Diskusi akan dilaksanakan pada hari Rabu, 26 Maret 2008. Sebagai pembicara Jerson Benia Narciso. Jerson Benia Narciso adalah candidat doktor dalam bidang studi agama di Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS). Beliau memperoleh gelar master of Divinity pada tahun 1995 dari Central Philippine University, Jaro, Iloilo Citi, Philippines, serta master dalam bidang teology dari the South East Asia Graduate School of Theology. Beliau telah terlibat dalam sejumlah tugas advokasi untuk perdamaian dan hak asasi manusia serta isu-isu politik dan etnik yang terjadi dalam kehidupan masyrakat Philipina. Beliau juga merupakan seorang pastor selama kurang lebih 11 tahun.

If you are interested in the theme ?Pondering Practical Post Colonialism?, please join CRCS&ICRS Wednesday Forum. The discussion will be held on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at the Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University, third floor, room 306, at 13:00 to 15.00. The key speaker will be Elaine Kay Swartzentruber, Ph.D.

Elaine Kay Swartzentruber is a lecturer at CRCS-UGM. She earned her Ph.D at Emory University, Atlanta. Her dissertation title: ?They were All Together and Had Everything in Common: Subjectivity and community in modern and Postmodern Theologies?. She was assistant professor of Religion, Theology and Culture at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC. Some of her publications are ?Response? in To Continue the Dialogue; Biblical Interpretation and Homosexuality (Pandora Press US, 2001), Re-Marking the Body of Christ: Toward a Postmodern Mennonite Ecclesiology?, in The Mennonite Quarterly Review, April 1997, etc.

Jika Anda tertarik dengan thema Pondering Practical Post Colonialism, silahkan bergabung dengan Forum Rabu CRCS&ICRS. Diskusi akan diselenggarakan pada hari Rabu, 12 Maret 2008, bertempat di Gedung Sekolah Pascasarjana UGM, lantai 3, ruang 306, jam 13:00-15:00. Sebagai pembicara Elaine Kay Swartzentruber, Ph.D.

Elaine Kay Swartzentruber adalah dosen di CRCS-UGM. Beliau memperoleh gelar gelar Ph.D dari Universitas Emory, Atlanta. Disertasi beliau berjudul They were All Together and Had Everything in Common: Subjectivity and community in modern and Postmodern Theologies. Beliau dulunya merupakan asisten professor pada bidang Agama, Theology dan Budaya di Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC. Beberapa publikasi beliau adalah Response in To Continue the Dialogue; Biblical Interpretation and Homosexuality (Pandora Press US, 2001), Re-Marking the Body of Christ: Toward a Postmodern Mennonite Ecclesiology, in The Mennonite Quarterly Review, April 1997, etc.