The 2003 Annual Conference of the Luce Foundation Korean Christianity Program, the Center for Korean Studies, UCLA, will be held on April 25-26, 2003 at UCLA Faculty Center. Its topic is "The Encounter of Korean Religions and Christianity." Most speakers are confirmed. Nevertheless as the conference is expanded for two days, we need five to seven more participants. If you are interested in this conference, please send me (via email)one page proposal by December 30, 2002. I will let you know whether you are chosen as speaker or not by January 10, 2003. The Center will provide all presenters with airplane fare, at least two night stay at the campus guest house, and honoranium. Please refer to the following provisional plan, and choose your panel to join. The final result of the conferenceis will be the publication of a book edited by Dr. Robert Buswell. Hence please prepare a publishable paper and submit it to me by April 10, if you are chosen as a presenter.

April 25, Friday
Panel I: Buddhism and Christianity (9:00-12:00)
Dr. Pori Park, Arizona State University
“Japanese Buddhist Missions and American Christian Missions”
Dr. Eunsu Cho, University of Michigan
“Modernity of Buddhism and Protestantism in Colonial Korea”
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Response by Dr. Robert Buswell, UCLA
buswell@humnet.ucla.edu

Lunch Break (12:00-1:00)

Panel II: Shamanism, Daoism, and Christianity (1:00-4:30)
Dr. Laurel Kendall, American Museum of Natural History
“Gender, Ritual, Shamanism, and Christianity”
Dr. John I. Goulde, Sweet Briar College
“The Myths and Models of Korean Christianity's Indigenization”
Dr. Andrew S. Park, United Theological Seminary
“The Resolution of Han from the Perspectives of Shamanism and Christianity.”
Dr. Young Lee Hertig, Azusa Pacific University
“A Yinist Paradigm for the Korean American Churches”
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Response by Dr. Timothy Tanherlini, UCLA

Discussion (4:30-5:00)

April 26, Saturday
Panel III: Confucianism and Christianity (9:00-12:00)
Dr. Chai-sik Chung, Boston University.
“Encounter of Korean Confucianism and Christianity”
Dr. Young-chan Rho, George Mason University
“Comparative Worldviews of Korean Confucianism and Christianity”
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Response by Dr. Anselm Min, Claremont Graduate University

Lunch break (12:00-1:00)

Panel IV. New Religions and Christianity (1:00-4:00)
Dr. Sung-Deuk Oak, UCLA
“Encounter of Tonghak and Protestantism”
Dr. Jin Y. Park, American University
“New Buddhisms in Korea and Christianity”
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Response by Dr. Je Hun Ryu, UCLA

Panel V. Summation and Discussion (4:00-5:00)
Dr. John Duncan
duncan@humnet.ucla.edu