International Network on Religious Communities & Sustainable Development

Programme

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Please note that all times are noted in CEST (Berlin time).

Tuesday, 8 June 2021
Opening
Wilhelm Gräb and Philipp Öhlmann
Parallel Sessions I
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Coffee break
Parallel Sessions II
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Lunch
Plenary I Public Keynotes:
Ezra Chitando – University of Zimbabwe:
Strides & Struggles Religion and Development in Africa.

Shobana Shankar – Stony Brook University:
Renunciation: Practices for a Post-Prosperity & Pandemic Age
Coffee Break
Church Leader's Keynote
Rev. Titus Mookeletsi, Lutheran Bapedi Church, South Africa:
“The Lutheran Bapedi Church – Decolonial developments since 1890”
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Plenary II Public Keynotes:
Judith Becker – Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:
Mission Histories. On the Relationship Between Conversion and "Development" in the History of Christian Missions

Emma Tomalin – University of Leeds:
Faith in 'Leave no one Behind' Beyond 2030
Coffee break
Parallel Sessions III
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Lunch
Policy & Practice Plenary
Roundtable: “Tensions of Transdisciplinary Knowledge Exchange Between Development Practice and Research."

Co-hosted with the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
Coffee break
Church Leader’s Keynote
Pastor Victoria Oppong-Boateng, Victory Bible Church, Ghana:
“Women Leadership in Ghanaian Pentecostal Church”
Parallel Sessions IV
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Thursday, 10 June 2021
Parallel Sessions V
Master Class students presenting their research projects
Coffee break
Parallel Sessions VI
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Lunch
Plenary III Public Keynotes:
Almut-Barbara Renger and Robekkah Ritchie - Freie Universität Berlin:
Nature and Sustainability in the Scientific Study of Buddhism

Ignatius Swart - University of the Western Cape:
Bringing Religion and Development into Curriculum: [...]
Coffee Break
Church Leader's Keynote
Apostle Siboniso Ngobese
Gilgal Bible Church, South Africa: “The role of religious communities in fostering social cohesion in a South African Townships”
Friday, 11 June 2021
Public Policy & Practice Session
Impulse: Dietrich Werner: “Towards a Post-2030 Development Agenda - A Transdisciplinary Perspective”

Panel discussion: “Towards a Post-2030 Development Agenda”

Closing Remarks
Results, Feedback, and Closing Remarks
Masterclass students only: Results, feedback, and closing remarks.

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