The eighth edition of CFAC (CRCS Friday Afternoon Forum) will be held on Friday, December 14, 2007, at 15:00-17:00, in Graduate School Building, third floor, room 306, Gadjah Mada University. The key speakers will be Dr. Carl Sterkens and Mohamad Yusuf M.A. The theme in the discussion will be ?The Future of Religious Education in the Netherlands and Indonesia. Below are short biography of the speakers and the abstracts that will be presented in discussion.

Abstract of The future of Religious Education in the Netherlands (by; Carl Sterkens)

The seventh edition of CFAF (CRCS Friday Afternoon Forum) will be held on Friday, November 30, 2007, at 15:30-17:00, in Graduate School Building, third floor, room 306, Gadjah Mada University. The key speaker will be Prof.Dr. Dick Douwes. The theme in the discussion will be

The sixth edition of CFAC (CRCS Friday Afternoon Forum) will be held on Wednesday, November 23, 2007, at 15:30-17:00, in Graduate School Building, third floor, room 306, Gadjah Mada University. The key speaker will be Prof. Simon Rae. The theme in the discussion will be “A new Christian response to the Islamic witness to Jesus the Son of Mary”. Below is the abstract which will be presented in discussion.

Two recent publications have raised again for Christian theology questions about the status and significance of Muslim testimony to the life and ministry of Jesus. In the past this alternative witness has generally been either rejected or ignored by Christian scholars, although some scholars from both religious communities have attempted to clarify some of the issues involved.

The sixth edition of CFAC (CRCS Friday Afternoon Forum) will be held on Wednesday, November 23, 2007, at 15:30-17:00, in Graduate School Building, third floor, room 306, Gadjah Mada University. The key speaker will be Prof. Simon Rae. The theme in the discussion will be “A new Christian response to the Islamic witness to Jesus the Son of Mary”. Below is the abstract which will be presented in discussion.

Two recent publications have raised again for Christian theology questions about the status and significance of Muslim testimony to the life and ministry of Jesus. In the past this alternative witness has generally been either rejected or ignored by Christian scholars, although some scholars from both religious communities have attempted to clarify some of the issues involved.

The fifth edition of CFAF (CRCS Friday Afternoon Forum) will be held on Wednesday, November 7, 2007, at 15:30-17:00, in Graduate School Building, third floor, room 306, Gadjah Mada University. The key speaker in the discussion will be Christine Gudorf. The theme in the discussion will be ?New Development of Gender within Religious Studies?.

Christine Gudorf taught Religion and Gender at CRCS in 2002-2003. She played significant role in the early academic development of CRCS. Her class has inspired many CRCS?s students to produce good papers around the topic of religion and gender. She has been also very supportive in facilitating many CRCS?s students to continue studies in the US. Now, Dr. Gudorf is coming back to CRCS to give updates on new development in religion and gender studies.

The fifth edition of CFAF (CRCS Friday Afternoon Forum) will be held on Wednesday, November 7, 2007, at 15:30-17:00, in Graduate School Building, third floor, room 306, Gadjah Mada University. The key speaker in the discussion will be Christine Gudorf. The theme in the discussion will be