26. Mai 2026

Foto: AWR

Invitation to a public lecture "Buddhist Spiritual Care in Interreligious Contexts"

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Monica Sanford, Assistant Dean for Multireligious Ministry, Harvard Divinity School

This public lecture explores Buddhist approaches to spiritual care and chaplaincy in pluralistic and interreligious settings. Drawing on experiences from Harvard Divinity School, Monica Sanford reflects on questions of care, meaning-making, contemplative practice, and religious diversity in contemporary institutional contexts.

Welcome and Introduction: Prof. Dr. Kristin Merle (Professor of Practical Theology and University Preacher, UHH) and Prof. Dr. Mira Sievers (Professor of Islamic Theology and Director of the Academy of World Religions, UHH)

This event is a cooperation between
Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde / Akademie der Weltreligionen / Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie

Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 18:00-20:00
Free Admission from 17:45 on

Venue: Erwin-Panofsky-Room / ESA C
University of Hamburg,  Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 · 20146 Hamburg

Please register by June 5 at AWR@uni-hamburg.de(awr"AT"uni-hamburg.de)

Flyer [pdf]