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Keynote Speaker:
Sallie King
March 3, 2018
Richmond, Indiana
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Buddhist and Quaker Spiritualities
practiced, often just down the street. Venturing in can be revelatory. But it can also raise questions
from etiquette to cultural differences, appropriation, and how the experience of another tradition
might reflect on our own.
In this workshop, Jon Berry will describe his year worshipping at the Islamic Cultural Center a
short walk from his home in New York City, and the conversations it opened up inside and outside
the mosque as well as in himself. Please come with your own stories, insights, questions, and
thoughts about interfaith encounter so that we may together learn and grow more insightful in
one of the most important religious issues of our day.
Jon Berry is a 2017 Masters of Divinity graduate of Earlham School of Religion. Learning to listen
– in particular, to those different from ourselves – was a major focus of his studies. He came
to seminary after many years in journalism and business. He is entering chaplaincy training and
hopes to write about religion and spirituality.
Scheduleof Events 8:15 am Registration & Breakfast
9:00 am Optional Worship
9:45 am Keynote Talk: Buddhist and Quaker Spiritualities Sallie King
11:30 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Plenary Workshop: Buddhist Resources for Engaging the Challenges of Our Time Sallie King
2:15 pm Break
2:30 pm Workshop: choice of four sessions
3:45 pm Break
4:00 pm Closing
ONLINE REGISTRATION: esr.earlham.edu/SG2018
Kaia Jackson
Yoga: From Appropriation to Embodiment
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Sallie King
Buddhist and Quaker Spiritualities
In her keynote talk, Sallie King will highlight features of
Buddhist and Quaker spiritualities, explore similarities
and differences, and explore the question of why so
many contemporary Quakers have taken Buddhism into
their spiritual lives in some way.
Sallie B. King is Professor Emerita of Philosophy and
Religion at James Madison University and Affiliated
Faculty, Professor of Buddhist Studies, Department of
Theology, Georgetown University. She is the author, co-
editor or translator of numerous works on Buddhism,
Engaged Buddhism, Buddhist-Christian dialogue,
interfaith dialogue, and the cross-cultural philosophy
of religion. She is a Quaker and a Buddhist. In her work
for inter-religious friendship and understanding, she
has served on the Christian and Interfaith Relations
Committee of Friends General Conference, as Trustee
of the international, interfaith Peace Council, as
President of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies,
and as a Scholar with the Elijah Interfaith Institute.
Plenary Workshop – Buddhist Resources for Engaging the Challenges of Our Time
In her plenary workshop, King will offer Buddhist re-
sources for social engagement in challenging circum-
stances, focusing particularly on the effort to “be peace”
while making peace. The resources offered will include
Buddhist scripture readings, meditations and a poem.
Keynote WorkshopsThe hope is that participants will come away with some
vision and skills for deepening Quaker worship.
Lonnie Valentine is Professor of Peace and Justice
Studies at the Earlham School of Religion and teaches
the course Interfaith Dialog that ESR requires of all
Master of Divinity students. He came into Quakerism
through study of Daoism and Buddhism in college. In his
peace activism he then engaged the ideas for nonviolent
social change from Buddhists such as Thich Nhat Hanh,
the Dalai Lama, and Pema Chodron.
RegistrationSend to: ESR Spirituality Gathering 2018, Mandy Ford, Earlham School of Religion, 228 College Avenue, Richmond, IN 47374.1.800.432.1377, Email: fordma@earlham.eduOnline registration: esr.earlham.edu/SG2018
Yoga is readily recognized as a physically beneficial
practice in the U.S. Less frequently is it understood in the
light of its cultural, philosophical and spiritual depth. In
this interactive and experiential workshop, we will begin
by examining the practical uses of yoga in embodied
worship and fellowship. We will also discuss potential
challenges and various approaches to integrating yoga
and other embodied practices into public ministry (from
gyms to churches to prisons) in a Western setting. Finally,
we will explore a few accessible restorative movement
patterns that may release tension, heighten awareness,
and invite loving energy to flow to and through the body
temple. Beginners and folks with physical disabilities are
encouraged to participate; all are welcome! Consider
dressing in loose-fitting clothes for ease of movement.
Kaia Jackson is in their first year of study in the MDiv
program at ESR. They are also enrolled in the 200-hr
Teacher Training Program at Santosha Yoga School
in Indianapolis. Kaia is passionate about exploring
spirituality and community-building through embodied
practices and expressive arts. They are guided by a
commitment to creating accessible, inclusive, and
trauma-informed opportunities for personal and
community healing. You can contact Kaia with questions
or thoughts at jackska@earlham.edu.
Daniel Coleman
Apophatism: It Isn’t What You Think
Drawing from his book Presence and Process: A Path
Toward Transformative Faith and Inclusive Community,
Daniel Coleman will go to the roots of contemplative
spirituality to discuss the core commonalities between
Christian contemplation, Buddhist meditation and other
forms of apophatic practice (including defining what
apophatic means) and how contemplative spirituality
relates to process theology.
Daniel P. (Danny) Coleman describes himself as a
“Progressive Christian Buddhist Quaker theologian.” He
holds an M.A. in Religion from the Earlham School of
Religion. His areas of emphasis include contemplative
spirituality, process theology, interfaith dialogue,
Quakerism, and biblical studies. He is the author of
Presence and Process: A Path Toward Transformative
Faith and Inclusive Community (Barclay Press). Daniel
lives in Seattle, Washington.
Lonnie Valentine
The Meeting of Quakerism and Buddhism: Nothing But Emptiness
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In this workshop, we will contemplate what Quaker
Waiting Worship is all about by engaging the Buddhist
vision that all things are empty of substantial reality.
From a brief introduction to key Buddhist views on
“emptiness” within the Four Noble Truths and some
Buddhist meditation techniques, we will see how Quaker
views on worship and its practice may be deepened.
What’s it like to cross the threshold into another
religion? In recent decades immigration and
technology have brought the world’s traditions closer
to our doorstep than ever before. Many of us live in
communities in which Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism,
Sikhism, Judaism, and an array of Christian faiths are
Jon Berry
Becoming a Guest: Entering Other Religious Traditions
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