11/24 (Friday)

Sessions and Time

Topic

Presenter

8:10-8:40

Register/Registration

8:50-9:10

Opening Ceremony

9:10-10:00

First Session

Keynote Speech

Keynote Speech:

Positive Psychology as a Positive Force for Cross-cultural Dialogue between Science and Religion

Joseph Ciarrocchi

(Professor & Chairperson, Department of Pastoral Counseling, Loyola College in Maryland, U.S.A.)

10:00-10:20

Tea Time

10:20-12:30

Second Session

Clinical Experience

Studies on the Information Field of the Mind and It’s Implication in Religious Phenomena

Wang, Wu-shih

(Director of Psychiatry, Penghu Hospital, Department of Health)

Mind, Body and Spiritual Healing

Joseph Chan, Tak-Kwong

(Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Religious Studies, Fu Jen.)

Lou, Mei- Chuan

(Coordinator, Divine Favor Prayer Room)

Daoist Spiritual Therapy- Three Cases of “Evil Ghosts Invading Human Beings”

Chuang, Hung-I

(Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Religious Studies, Fu Jen.)

Liao, Yan-Po

(Presider, Ming Guan Temple)

Opening Discussion (40 mins)

12:30-14:00

Lunch Time

13:00-14:00 Wall Newspaper Presentation

14:00-15:00

Third Session

Human Nature

Karl Rahner’s Anthropology and Holistic Healing

Joseph Vu, Kim-Chinh

(Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University)

Healing of Mind, Body, and Spirit from a Confucian Perspective- Taking Wang Yang-Ming as an Example

Tseng, Chun-Hai

(Professor, Department of Philosophy, National Chengchi University)

15:00-15:20

Tea Time

15:20-16:30

Fourth Session

Human Nature

Healing in the Christian Sacraments

Peter Hu

(Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University)

Opening Discussion (40 mins)

17:00-21:00

Oversea Participants Visiting & Activities

11/25 (Saturday)

Sessions and Time

Topic

Presenter

8:30-9:10

Register/Registration

9:10-10:30

Fifth Session

Physical & Life

Sciences, Social

Sciences

Neurosciences and free will:

Scientific approach, philosophical analyses, theological interpretations

Bernad Feltz

(Professor, Graduate Institute of Philosophy & Center for the Philosophy of Science, Louvain University, Belgium)

The Social Aspect of Healing: Hard Science Finds Invisible Causes

Joseph Ciarrocchi

(Professor & Chairperson, Department of Pastoral Counseling, Loyola College in Maryland, U.S.A.)

10:30-10:50

Tea Time

10:50-12:00

Sixth Session

Physical & Life

Sciences, Social Sciences

Moving the body, Awakening the Spirit: Lingji’s Performance of Healing in Taiwan

Tsai, Yi-Jia

(Assistant Professor, Department of Indigenous Cultures, National Dong Hwa University)

Opening Discussion (40 mins)

12:00-13:30

Lunch Time

12:30-13:30 Wall Newspaper Presentation

13:30-14:50

Seventh Session

Taiwan Religious

Traditions

Wang Feng-yi’s “Talking Therapy”

Song, Kuang-Yu

(Director, Graduate Institute of Somatology and Life Studies, Fo Guang College of Humanities and Social Science)

Stopping of the Āsavas (Cankers): Healing in Buddhist Meditation

Edward F. Crangle

(Professor, Department of Studies in Religion, University of Sydney, Australia)

Opening Discussion (20 mins)

14:50-15:10

Tea Time

15:10-16:30

Eighth Session

Taiwan Religious

Tradition

An Introduction to the “Specialty of Supplication ” Sacred Symbols and Charms in the Treatment of Disease

Lee, Chen-Yu

(Directors, People’s Republic of China East-West Integrated Neurology Medical Association & Yu Sheng Chinese Medical Clinic)

A Christian Comprehensive Model of Healing

Tsai, Mau-Tang

(Doctor of Psychiatry, Taiwan University Hospital; Pastor, Taipei He-Ping Presbyterian Church)

Opening Discussion (20 mins)

11/26 (Sunday)

8:30-9:10

Register/Registration

9:10-11:20

Ninth Session

Panel Discussion

Host: Cheng, Mei-chin

Introducers:

1. Joseph Ciarrocchi (Professor & Chairperson, Department of Pastoral Counseling, Loyola College in Maryland, U.S.A.)
2. Bernad Feltz (Professor, Graduate Institute of Philosophy & Center for the Philosophy of Science, Louvain University, Belgium)
3. Shi, Huai-ming

11:20-11:30

Closing Ceremony