Above: attendees at a previous Holy Books Conference in Kerala. To read about last year's event, click here.
Dear friends,
The inter-textuality series of conferences on Holy Books was started in 2005 under the joint auspices of Cosmic Community Centre, Karickam and Dr. Alexander Mar Thoma Centre for Dialogue, Kottarakkara. Eminent scholars from different parts of the world attend this biennial program. Four books have been published with all seminar papers so far. Themes of the conferences before were-
1. 2005 – Intertextuality of the Holy Books
2. 2007 – One Word, Many Versions: a Re-reading of the Holy Books
3. 2009-- Holy Books and Violence
4. 2011-- Holy Books and People of Differing Faiths
5. 2013—Holy Books and Life After Life
The sixth conference in this series will be held on 31st January and 1st February, 2015 at the Sarvodaya Institute of Higher Learning,Colombo, Sri Lanka. This will be followed by URI Asia Assembly from 2nd to 3rd February at the Sarvodaya headquarters in Colombo. Please note that this is UN Interfaith Harmony Week and our programs will be part of this celebration, too.
The theme this year is “Holy Books and Eco Spirituality.” As usual, a book will be published with all papers that are to be presented.
Articles shall be received before 15th November, 2014, so as to be included in the book.
Registration fees will be 1000 Indian rupees (2000 Sri Lankan rupees) per day for one participant. Kindly send in your registration and papers as early as possible. A trip to Kandy will also be arranged on the 4th (expenses shared).
For details:
URI Office, Karickam.P.O, Kottarakkara, Kerala, India-691531
Tel: 91-474-2663903 , 91 94465 93013
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Abraham Karickam
Dr. Ravi Kandage (coordinators)
