Because we had to have a replacement meeting for September, the original schedule for September/October will be shifted to October/November (barring further emergencies)
Next fellowship meetings : International House (Roppongi) 3:00 Second Sunday of Month
October 10th Stan Yukevich will present on 'Raymond Aron and Enlightened Pragmatism'
November 14th Peggy Kanada --Liberal Religions and World Peace-- Where does the Dalai Lama fit?
Supplemental note:
Raymond Aron was a French philosopher, journalist and political scientist. He is discussed in "The burden of responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French twentieth century" by Tony Judt
Peggy attended a lecture of the Dalai Lama earlier this year, and may get another chance at one of the conferences she is attending in India.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Religious Education for Children - New Sept speaker
Our scheduled speaker for September had to postpone, but we are very happy to have an interesting replacement. The topic for September 12th at the International House in Roppongi will be:
"The Spiritual Lives of Children: Biblical, Unitarian and Buddhist Perspectives"?
The biblical Book of Proverbs says: "Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart from it." [Proverbs 22:6] But how much and what kind of religious education should we give children? Can we give children a religious training without indoctrinating them unduly, depriving them of freedom as adults? These questions are faced today by Buddhists as well as by Unitarians and members of biblical faiths. What kind of religious education have Buddhist groups provided, and what are they thinking about religious education today? What do we ourselves think? Prof. Miriam Levering of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee and International Advisor to Rissho Kosei-kai will give a short talk and facilitate a discussion on this topic.
"The Spiritual Lives of Children: Biblical, Unitarian and Buddhist Perspectives"?
The biblical Book of Proverbs says: "Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart from it." [Proverbs 22:6] But how much and what kind of religious education should we give children? Can we give children a religious training without indoctrinating them unduly, depriving them of freedom as adults? These questions are faced today by Buddhists as well as by Unitarians and members of biblical faiths. What kind of religious education have Buddhist groups provided, and what are they thinking about religious education today? What do we ourselves think? Prof. Miriam Levering of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee and International Advisor to Rissho Kosei-kai will give a short talk and facilitate a discussion on this topic.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
September October Meetings
Next fellowship meetings : International House (Roppongi) 3:00
September 12 Stan Yukevich will present on'Raymond Aron and Enlightened Pragmatism'
October 10th Peggy Kanada --Liberal Religions and World Peace-- Where does the Dalai Lama fit?
Supplemental note:
Raymond Aron was a French philosopher, journalist and political scientist. He is discussed in "The burden of responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French twentieth century" by Tony Judt
Peggy attended a lecture of the Dalai Lama earlier this year, and may get another chance at one of the conferences she is attending in India.
September 12 Stan Yukevich will present on'Raymond Aron and Enlightened Pragmatism'
October 10th Peggy Kanada --Liberal Religions and World Peace-- Where does the Dalai Lama fit?
Supplemental note:
Raymond Aron was a French philosopher, journalist and political scientist. He is discussed in "The burden of responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French twentieth century" by Tony Judt
Peggy attended a lecture of the Dalai Lama earlier this year, and may get another chance at one of the conferences she is attending in India.
Lunch with Peter Morales, UU President
In late August, Peter Morales, newly elected president of the Unitarian Univeraslists visited Tokyo with his wife and several members of our dicussion group gathered to have sushi with him in the Ginza. Peter was elected president of the global organization in 2009 works out of a historic building in Boston. However, was on a round the world to trip to visit Japan, the Philippines and India. The spread of the Internet is helping to spread interest around the world and he said headquarters is frequently being contacted by groups around the world, some which have become quite sizable. (Our little discussion group is not there yet). In India he will participate in various International religious conferences.
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