Past Events 過去活動 2016
16 Dec 2016 (Fri)
UUHK joins
Green Glass Green Christmas Carolling
Time: 6:15pm-10:20pm
Place: gather at Southorn Playground, Wanchai
Green Glass Green Christmas Carolling
Time: 6:15pm-10:20pm
Place: gather at Southorn Playground, Wanchai
10 Dec 2016 (Sat)
UUHK Humanist Group talk
Mythology of Christmas
Organizer: Humanist Group of Unitarian Universalists Hong Kong
Time: 2:30pm-4pm
Place: Hong Kong Christian Institute, 10/F, 11 Mongkok Rd
Speaker: Jason Sylvester
Registration: [email protected]
Enquiry: Marc: 6898 8406
YouTube
PowerPoint
A brief background on the origins of Christmas, and how it has evolved into what we know today. Jason will not just talk about where the symbols like the Christmas tree come from, but go all the way back to the beginning, on why Christians think Jesus is God, and how/where things have spun out of control.
Writer and amateur historian Jason Sylvester has been a featured author in Time Out Hong Kong, was a regular guest on a US-based atheist webcast, and has been a contributing writer to The Australian Atheist. His book Manifest Insanity is an entertaining, informative, and thoroughly irreverent summary of the history of Judeo-Christian doctrines and was the first e-book to be listed by the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science. He was an invited speaker to the Philippine Atheist Society "Reason & Humanism" conference in May 2015, and most recently, at the Asian Humanism Conference in Taipei. Jason is known to his fans by his pen-name, Diogenes of Mayberry.
尋道會人文組講座
聖誕節的神話起源
主辦：尋道會人文組
時間：下午二時半至四時
地點：香港基督徒學會，旺角道11號藝旺商業大廈10字樓
講員：傑森．西爾維斯特
語言：英語
報名：[email protected]
查詢：華馬克：6898 8406（英語）
講者將介紹聖誕節起源的神話背景，和它如何演變到今天的模樣。我們不謹會談到例如聖誕樹等符號的來由，而且一直探索回到起點，尋找為何基督徒認為耶穌是上帝，以及後來情況如何走向失控。
作家和業餘歷史學家傑森．西爾維斯特一直是Time Out Hong Kong並《澳洲無神論者》雜誌的專欄作家，亦是一個美國無神論者網絡直播的常客。他的書《瘋狂之彰顯》是知識性與娛樂性兼備的猶太教和基督教教義歷史總結，極盡揶揄之能是，也是理查德．道金斯理性和科學基金會的首本上架電子書。傑森的網上筆名是Diogenes of Mayberry。他曾獲邀於上年五月菲律賓無神論學會主辦的「理性與人文主義」會議和最近於台北舉行的亞洲人文主義大會上演講。
Mythology of Christmas
Organizer: Humanist Group of Unitarian Universalists Hong Kong
Time: 2:30pm-4pm
Place: Hong Kong Christian Institute, 10/F, 11 Mongkok Rd
Speaker: Jason Sylvester
Registration: [email protected]
Enquiry: Marc: 6898 8406
YouTube
PowerPoint
A brief background on the origins of Christmas, and how it has evolved into what we know today. Jason will not just talk about where the symbols like the Christmas tree come from, but go all the way back to the beginning, on why Christians think Jesus is God, and how/where things have spun out of control.
Writer and amateur historian Jason Sylvester has been a featured author in Time Out Hong Kong, was a regular guest on a US-based atheist webcast, and has been a contributing writer to The Australian Atheist. His book Manifest Insanity is an entertaining, informative, and thoroughly irreverent summary of the history of Judeo-Christian doctrines and was the first e-book to be listed by the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science. He was an invited speaker to the Philippine Atheist Society "Reason & Humanism" conference in May 2015, and most recently, at the Asian Humanism Conference in Taipei. Jason is known to his fans by his pen-name, Diogenes of Mayberry.
尋道會人文組講座
聖誕節的神話起源
主辦：尋道會人文組
時間：下午二時半至四時
地點：香港基督徒學會，旺角道11號藝旺商業大廈10字樓
講員：傑森．西爾維斯特
語言：英語
報名：[email protected]
查詢：華馬克：6898 8406（英語）
講者將介紹聖誕節起源的神話背景，和它如何演變到今天的模樣。我們不謹會談到例如聖誕樹等符號的來由，而且一直探索回到起點，尋找為何基督徒認為耶穌是上帝，以及後來情況如何走向失控。
作家和業餘歷史學家傑森．西爾維斯特一直是Time Out Hong Kong並《澳洲無神論者》雜誌的專欄作家，亦是一個美國無神論者網絡直播的常客。他的書《瘋狂之彰顯》是知識性與娛樂性兼備的猶太教和基督教教義歷史總結，極盡揶揄之能是，也是理查德．道金斯理性和科學基金會的首本上架電子書。傑森的網上筆名是Diogenes of Mayberry。他曾獲邀於上年五月菲律賓無神論學會主辦的「理性與人文主義」會議和最近於台北舉行的亞洲人文主義大會上演講。
5 Nov 2016 (Sat)
UUHK event
Visit to Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir (Temple)
Meeting time: 10:45am
Meeting place: Tsimshatsui MTR exit C
Time: 11am to 12noon
Place: Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir, 7/F, Minden Hse, 13-15 Minden Ave, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon
Schedule:
11:00-11:20 Introduction
11:20-11:40 Guided tour
11:40-12:00 Q&A
Registration: [email protected]
Enquiry: Marc: 6898 8406
About Sai Baba of Shirdi: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Baba_of_Shirdi
尋道會活動
參觀舍地賽巴巴神廟
集合時間：上午10時45分
集合地點：尖沙咀地鐵站C出口
時間：上午11時至中午12時
地點：舍地賽巴巴神廟（尖沙咀棉登徑13-15號棉登大廈7字樓）
程序：
11:00-11:20 簡介舍地賽巴巴信仰
11:20-11:40 導遊舍地賽巴巴神廟
11:40-12:00 問答時段
報名：[email protected]
查詢：華馬克：68988406（英語）
關於舍地賽巴巴：舍地·賽·巴巴
Visit to Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir (Temple)
Meeting time: 10:45am
Meeting place: Tsimshatsui MTR exit C
Time: 11am to 12noon
Place: Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir, 7/F, Minden Hse, 13-15 Minden Ave, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon
Schedule:
11:00-11:20 Introduction
11:20-11:40 Guided tour
11:40-12:00 Q&A
Registration: [email protected]
Enquiry: Marc: 6898 8406
About Sai Baba of Shirdi: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Baba_of_Shirdi
尋道會活動
參觀舍地賽巴巴神廟
集合時間：上午10時45分
集合地點：尖沙咀地鐵站C出口
時間：上午11時至中午12時
地點：舍地賽巴巴神廟（尖沙咀棉登徑13-15號棉登大廈7字樓）
程序：
11:00-11:20 簡介舍地賽巴巴信仰
11:20-11:40 導遊舍地賽巴巴神廟
11:40-12:00 問答時段
報名：[email protected]
查詢：華馬克：68988406（英語）
關於舍地賽巴巴：舍地·賽·巴巴
6 Oct 2016 (Thu)
Progressive Christian Fellowship of UUHK goes to (Marc: [email protected], 6898 8406):
17 Sep 2016 (Sat)
IARFHK Talk
The Coup Attempt and Current Human Rights Issues in Turkey
Organizer: International Association for Religious Freedom (Hong Kong Chapter) (IARFHK)
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Place: Hong Kong Christian Institute, 10/F, 11 Mongkok Rd, Kowloon
Speaker: Mr Salih Tinmaz, Executive Director, Pearl Institute, Hong Kong
Language: English
Registration: [email protected]
Enquiry: Marc Wathen (Director, IARFHK): 6898 8406
Although the military coup has failed (or was "planned to fail" from the start), Erdogan regime's purge has become the largest political cleansing in modern Turkish history. Some 80,000 civil servants, judges, police and academics have been removed from their posts. Over 40,000 have been detained. Dozens of media houses have been forced to close down. The government has set itself on a dangerous course backward to the dark days of mass repression, torture and arbitrary detention.
Salih is a PhD candidate at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and is working on issues of anti-terrorism, NGO, and Turkish-Chinese relations. He is one of the two writers of the first Chinese-Turkish dictionary in the world. He has attended many international conferences and TV programs on related issues.
國際宗教自由協會（香港分會）講座
土耳其的流產政變與當前人權問題
主辦：國際宗教自由協會（香港分會）
時間：下午2:30-4:00
地點：香港基督徒學會（九龍旺角道11號藝旺商業大廈10字樓）
講員：薩利赫 · 唐馬思（香港珍珠學會執行主席）
語言：英語
報名：[email protected]
查詢：華馬克：6898 8406（英語）
土耳其正在經歷一場人權災難。軍事政變（有可能是一場假政變）失敗後，埃爾多安政權以此為藉口進行土耳其現代史上最大規模的政治清洗。約八萬名公務員、法官、警察和學者被免職。超過四萬人被拘留。數十媒體機構被查封。土耳其正在倒退到大規模鎮壓、酷刑和任意拘捕的黑暗時代。
薩利赫是上海交通大學的博士候選人，他的工作範疇包括反恐、非政府組織、及土耳其和中國的雙邊關係等。他是世上第一本中文-土耳其語字典的兩位編寫者之一。他曾參與相關問題的多個國際會議和電視節目。
The Coup Attempt and Current Human Rights Issues in Turkey
Organizer: International Association for Religious Freedom (Hong Kong Chapter) (IARFHK)
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Place: Hong Kong Christian Institute, 10/F, 11 Mongkok Rd, Kowloon
Speaker: Mr Salih Tinmaz, Executive Director, Pearl Institute, Hong Kong
Language: English
Registration: [email protected]
Enquiry: Marc Wathen (Director, IARFHK): 6898 8406
Although the military coup has failed (or was "planned to fail" from the start), Erdogan regime's purge has become the largest political cleansing in modern Turkish history. Some 80,000 civil servants, judges, police and academics have been removed from their posts. Over 40,000 have been detained. Dozens of media houses have been forced to close down. The government has set itself on a dangerous course backward to the dark days of mass repression, torture and arbitrary detention.
Salih is a PhD candidate at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and is working on issues of anti-terrorism, NGO, and Turkish-Chinese relations. He is one of the two writers of the first Chinese-Turkish dictionary in the world. He has attended many international conferences and TV programs on related issues.
國際宗教自由協會（香港分會）講座
土耳其的流產政變與當前人權問題
主辦：國際宗教自由協會（香港分會）
時間：下午2:30-4:00
地點：香港基督徒學會（九龍旺角道11號藝旺商業大廈10字樓）
講員：薩利赫 · 唐馬思（香港珍珠學會執行主席）
語言：英語
報名：[email protected]
查詢：華馬克：6898 8406（英語）
土耳其正在經歷一場人權災難。軍事政變（有可能是一場假政變）失敗後，埃爾多安政權以此為藉口進行土耳其現代史上最大規模的政治清洗。約八萬名公務員、法官、警察和學者被免職。超過四萬人被拘留。數十媒體機構被查封。土耳其正在倒退到大規模鎮壓、酷刑和任意拘捕的黑暗時代。
薩利赫是上海交通大學的博士候選人，他的工作範疇包括反恐、非政府組織、及土耳其和中國的雙邊關係等。他是世上第一本中文-土耳其語字典的兩位編寫者之一。他曾參與相關問題的多個國際會議和電視節目。
3 Sep 2016 (Sat)
UUHK Buddhist Sangha Talk
“Dunhuang murals and the digitization project”
Organizer: Buddhist Sangha of Unitarian Universalists Hong Kong (UUHK)
Speaker: Jimmy Lo, Vice Chairman, Friends of Dunhuang (Hong Kong)
Time: 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Place: Hong Kong Christian Institute (HKCI), 10/F, 11 Mongkok Road, Mongkok
Language: English supplemented with Cantonese
Dunhuang was an oasis in north-western China about 2000 years ago. This was the most western city before ancient traders left China to travel west through the desert to Rome. Murals were carved in the caves here by these traders since the 5th century as an offering to Buddha to protect them against various hostilities during their 3 years' journey. After more than 1600 years, the murals inside the caves of this UNESCO site are deteriorating because of weathering. Five years ago, the Chinese government stipulated as a national project to use high-resolution photography to make a digital record of the murals and statues of about 150 cave parts of the 480+ caves. Thus a permanent record of these priceless cultural heritage can be maintained and research can be done on these murals.
尋道會佛教共修講座
「敦煌壁畫和數碼化計劃」
主辦：尋道會佛教共修
讀員：盧志明先生（香港敦煌之友副主席）
時間：下午二時半至四時
地點：香港基督徒學會（旺角道11號藝旺商業大廈10字樓）
語言：英語輔以粵語
約二千年前，敦煌是位於中國西北部甘肅省的綠洲。它是中國最西部的城市，古代商人從這裡出發離開中國穿越沙漠前往羅馬。這些商人從第5世紀開始便在敦煌的洞穴內雕刻壁畫祭佛，祈求佛祖庇佑完成長達3年的艱險旅程。可惜經過1600多年的風化侵蝕，這些被聯合國教科文組列為世界遺產的石窟壁畫的狀態日漸惡化。五年前，中國政府決定推行一個國家項目，使用高清攝影將敦煌超過480個石窟其中約150個內之壁畫和塑像數碼化，以永久保存這些無價的文化遺產，並為日後研究提供資源。
“Dunhuang murals and the digitization project”
Organizer: Buddhist Sangha of Unitarian Universalists Hong Kong (UUHK)
Speaker: Jimmy Lo, Vice Chairman, Friends of Dunhuang (Hong Kong)
Time: 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Place: Hong Kong Christian Institute (HKCI), 10/F, 11 Mongkok Road, Mongkok
Language: English supplemented with Cantonese
Dunhuang was an oasis in north-western China about 2000 years ago. This was the most western city before ancient traders left China to travel west through the desert to Rome. Murals were carved in the caves here by these traders since the 5th century as an offering to Buddha to protect them against various hostilities during their 3 years' journey. After more than 1600 years, the murals inside the caves of this UNESCO site are deteriorating because of weathering. Five years ago, the Chinese government stipulated as a national project to use high-resolution photography to make a digital record of the murals and statues of about 150 cave parts of the 480+ caves. Thus a permanent record of these priceless cultural heritage can be maintained and research can be done on these murals.
尋道會佛教共修講座
「敦煌壁畫和數碼化計劃」
主辦：尋道會佛教共修
讀員：盧志明先生（香港敦煌之友副主席）
時間：下午二時半至四時
地點：香港基督徒學會（旺角道11號藝旺商業大廈10字樓）
語言：英語輔以粵語
約二千年前，敦煌是位於中國西北部甘肅省的綠洲。它是中國最西部的城市，古代商人從這裡出發離開中國穿越沙漠前往羅馬。這些商人從第5世紀開始便在敦煌的洞穴內雕刻壁畫祭佛，祈求佛祖庇佑完成長達3年的艱險旅程。可惜經過1600多年的風化侵蝕，這些被聯合國教科文組列為世界遺產的石窟壁畫的狀態日漸惡化。五年前，中國政府決定推行一個國家項目，使用高清攝影將敦煌超過480個石窟其中約150個內之壁畫和塑像數碼化，以永久保存這些無價的文化遺產，並為日後研究提供資源。
7 Aug 2016 (Sun)
UUHK joins (Marc: [email protected], 6898 8406):
Hong Kong Sacred Spaces Spiritual Roundtable: World Religions Series
Organizer: Hong Kong Sacred Spaces
Schedule:
11:45 Gather at MTR Wan Chai Station, Exit B2
12:00 Start event at Ammar Mosque (40 Oi Kwan Rd, Wanchai)
12:30-13:30 Brief introduction to the Islamic faith and visit the noon worship
13:30-14:30 Lunch at the Islamic restaurant
14:30-16:00 Talk on the Qur'an with recitation in Arabic, and Q&A session
Language: English with Chinese when needed
Of all the many stereotypes of Hong Kong, religiously diversified city is usually not one of them. Yet week in and week out Sacred Spaces visits neighborhoods in Hong Kong where many world religions from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent has a stake in here and thrives.
The Hong Kong Sacred Spaces Spiritual Roundtable Forum is returning with a series that I'm hoping will help us to broaden our understanding of some of the world religions that call Hong Kong home. Taken from a purely educational perspective, the Spiritual Roundtable series is designed to be a place where people can discuss ideas of religion and spirituality in a safe environment. We will continue the series to include all the major religions here in HK but the first in our series is the often misunderstood faith of Islam.
We will be traveling to the Wan Chai Islamic Centre and Ammar Mosque to talk with Imam Suliman Wong and staff about the Islamic faith, the Qur'an as well as any other aspects that we wish to explore. In addition, we will also have an opportunity to witness an early afternoon prayer service. Please don't miss this wonderful opportunity to meet with your neighbors and learn more about them.
Hong Kong Sacred Spaces Spiritual Roundtable: World Religions Series
Organizer: Hong Kong Sacred Spaces
Schedule:
11:45 Gather at MTR Wan Chai Station, Exit B2
12:00 Start event at Ammar Mosque (40 Oi Kwan Rd, Wanchai)
12:30-13:30 Brief introduction to the Islamic faith and visit the noon worship
13:30-14:30 Lunch at the Islamic restaurant
14:30-16:00 Talk on the Qur'an with recitation in Arabic, and Q&A session
Language: English with Chinese when needed
Of all the many stereotypes of Hong Kong, religiously diversified city is usually not one of them. Yet week in and week out Sacred Spaces visits neighborhoods in Hong Kong where many world religions from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent has a stake in here and thrives.
The Hong Kong Sacred Spaces Spiritual Roundtable Forum is returning with a series that I'm hoping will help us to broaden our understanding of some of the world religions that call Hong Kong home. Taken from a purely educational perspective, the Spiritual Roundtable series is designed to be a place where people can discuss ideas of religion and spirituality in a safe environment. We will continue the series to include all the major religions here in HK but the first in our series is the often misunderstood faith of Islam.
We will be traveling to the Wan Chai Islamic Centre and Ammar Mosque to talk with Imam Suliman Wong and staff about the Islamic faith, the Qur'an as well as any other aspects that we wish to explore. In addition, we will also have an opportunity to witness an early afternoon prayer service. Please don't miss this wonderful opportunity to meet with your neighbors and learn more about them.
24 Jun 2016 (Fri)
Unitarian Universalists Hong Kong (UUHK)
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Time: 6:30pm - 9pm
Venue: Sangeetha (Indian) Vegetarian Restaurant, UG1-5, Wing On Plaza, 62 Mody Rd, TST (MTR East Tsimshatsui Station exit P1)
RSVP: [email protected]
尋道會
週年會員大會
時間：晚上六時半至九時
地點：新意達素食餐廳，尖沙咀麼地道62號永安廣場高層地下1-5號（地鐵尖東站P1出口）
須報名：[email protected]
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Time: 6:30pm - 9pm
Venue: Sangeetha (Indian) Vegetarian Restaurant, UG1-5, Wing On Plaza, 62 Mody Rd, TST (MTR East Tsimshatsui Station exit P1)
RSVP: [email protected]
尋道會
週年會員大會
時間：晚上六時半至九時
地點：新意達素食餐廳，尖沙咀麼地道62號永安廣場高層地下1-5號（地鐵尖東站P1出口）
須報名：[email protected]
10 Jun 2016 (Fri)
UUHK joins Ramadan Dinner (Muslim) 穆斯林齋月晚餐
Organizer: Pearl Institute
Place: Islamic Union, 6/F, 40 Oi Kwan Rd, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Time: 6:45pm-9:15pm
RSVP 須報名: Marc: [email protected] or 6898 8406
Organizer: Pearl Institute
Place: Islamic Union, 6/F, 40 Oi Kwan Rd, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Time: 6:45pm-9:15pm
RSVP 須報名: Marc: [email protected] or 6898 8406
8 May 2016 (Sun)
A Better Life: a film on exploration of joy & meaning by atheists
Screening & discussion with filmmaker Chris Johnson
Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Venue: Kowloon Union Church, 4 Jordan Rd, Kowloon (Jordan MTR exit B2)
Organizer: Unitarian Universalists Hong Kong
Language: English (with Chinese subtitle)
Fee: HK$40 (suggested donation for airfare of filmmaker)
Registration/enquiry: [email protected] or 6898 8406 (Mr Marc)
Atheists believe in no God. Now what? If this is the only life we have, how does that affect how we live our lives, how we treat each other, and cope with death. Join photographer and filmmaker Chris Johnson as he explores issues of joy & meaning and travels around the globe meeting people from all walks of life and backgrounds who challenge the false stereotypes of atheists as immoral and evil. From Daniel Dennett and AC Grayling, to Julia Sweeney and Robert Llewellyn, learn the various ways many atheists have left religion to a better life filled with love, compassion, hope, and wonder!
活動：電影放影並與製片人對談
電影：美好人生：無神論者對喜悅與意義之探索
時間：晚上7時至9時
地點：九龍佑寧堂，九龍佐敦道4號（佐敦地鐵B2出口）
主辦：尋道會
語言：英語（中文字幕）
費用：HK$40（建議捐款贊助電影製片人機票）
報名/查詢：[email protected] 或 6898 8406（Marc，英語）
無神論者不相信有上帝。下一步呢？如果只有今生，那麼我們應怎樣過這一生丶待人丶和面對死亡？攝影師和電影製片人Chris Johnson展開探索喜悅與意義之旅程，踏遍全球，走訪各界廣泛背景的人；他們挑戰了無神論者乃不道德和邪惡的假定型。從Daniel Dennett和AC Grayling，到Julia Sweeney和Robert Llewellyn，讓我們來看無神論者如何以各種方式離開宗教，進入充滿愛丶同情心丶希望丶和奇妙的美好人生！
Screening & discussion with filmmaker Chris Johnson
Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Venue: Kowloon Union Church, 4 Jordan Rd, Kowloon (Jordan MTR exit B2)
Organizer: Unitarian Universalists Hong Kong
Language: English (with Chinese subtitle)
Fee: HK$40 (suggested donation for airfare of filmmaker)
Registration/enquiry: [email protected] or 6898 8406 (Mr Marc)
Atheists believe in no God. Now what? If this is the only life we have, how does that affect how we live our lives, how we treat each other, and cope with death. Join photographer and filmmaker Chris Johnson as he explores issues of joy & meaning and travels around the globe meeting people from all walks of life and backgrounds who challenge the false stereotypes of atheists as immoral and evil. From Daniel Dennett and AC Grayling, to Julia Sweeney and Robert Llewellyn, learn the various ways many atheists have left religion to a better life filled with love, compassion, hope, and wonder!
活動：電影放影並與製片人對談
電影：美好人生：無神論者對喜悅與意義之探索
時間：晚上7時至9時
地點：九龍佑寧堂，九龍佐敦道4號（佐敦地鐵B2出口）
主辦：尋道會
語言：英語（中文字幕）
費用：HK$40（建議捐款贊助電影製片人機票）
報名/查詢：[email protected] 或 6898 8406（Marc，英語）
無神論者不相信有上帝。下一步呢？如果只有今生，那麼我們應怎樣過這一生丶待人丶和面對死亡？攝影師和電影製片人Chris Johnson展開探索喜悅與意義之旅程，踏遍全球，走訪各界廣泛背景的人；他們挑戰了無神論者乃不道德和邪惡的假定型。從Daniel Dennett和AC Grayling，到Julia Sweeney和Robert Llewellyn，讓我們來看無神論者如何以各種方式離開宗教，進入充滿愛丶同情心丶希望丶和奇妙的美好人生！
16 Apr 2016 (Sat)
尋道會地球日活動：鳳園蝴蝶保育區
集合時間：下午二時
集合地點：大埔墟火車站（之後乘的士前往）
入場費：二十元
報名：[email protected]
查詢：6898 8406（Marc, 英語）
UUHK Earth Day outing: Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve
Meeting time: 2pm
Meeting place: Tai Po Market MTR Station (then take taxi)
Fee: HK$20 entrance fee
Registration: [email protected]
Enquiry: Marc: 6898 8406
SCMP covers Fung Yuen 《南華早報》報導鳳園
集合時間：下午二時
集合地點：大埔墟火車站（之後乘的士前往）
入場費：二十元
報名：[email protected]
查詢：6898 8406（Marc, 英語）
UUHK Earth Day outing: Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve
Meeting time: 2pm
Meeting place: Tai Po Market MTR Station (then take taxi)
Fee: HK$20 entrance fee
Registration: [email protected]
Enquiry: Marc: 6898 8406
SCMP covers Fung Yuen 《南華早報》報導鳳園
5 Mar 2016 (Sat)
UUHK Humanist Group Talk:
The history of beliefs in Heaven, Hell & the Afterlife
Organizer: Humanist Group of Unitarian Universalists Hong Kong
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Place: Hong Kong Christian Institute, 10/F, 11 Mongkok Rd
Speaker: Jason Sylvester
Language: English
Registration: [email protected]
Enquiry: Marc: 6898 8406
YouTube
PowerPoint
People have a tendency to think that the core dogmatic beliefs--particularly their own contemporary, denominational understandings--are unchanging and that these beliefs were encoded into their tradition from the beginning. This is not the case. Especially for Judaism, which has undergone several, major theological shifts since its origins millennia ago; changes which have shaped and influenced later Christianity, and Islam, even while these beliefs were going out of fashion among Jews.
Jason will take us on a fascinating historical journey, illuminating the transitions in Jewish thinking about heaven, hell, and afterlife: from the days of budding monotheism, through the Babylonian conquest which exposed the exiled priests to Zoroastrian dualism, to the Maccabean Revolt and the sense of impending annihilation that sparked an explosion in apocalyptic thinking, preachers, and writings; culminating in the rise of Christianity, its doctrine of terror, and the influence of these beliefs on later Mohammad.
Writer and amateur historian Jason Sylvester has been a featured author in Time Out Hong Kong, was a regular guest on a US-based atheist webcast, and has been a contributing writer to The Australian Atheist. His book Manifest Insanity is an entertaining, informative, and thoroughly irreverent summary of the history of Judeo-Christian doctrines and was the first e-book to be listed by the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science. He was an invited speaker to the Philippine Atheist Society "Reason & Humanism" conference in May 2015, along with the popular US speaker David G McAfee. Jason is known to his fans by his pen-name, Diogenes of Mayberry.
尋道會人文組講座：
天堂、地獄、永生信念的歷史
主辦：尋道會人文組
時間：下午二時半至四時
地點：香港基督徒學會，旺角道11號藝旺商業大廈10字樓
講員：傑森．西爾維斯特
語言：英語
報名：[email protected]
查詢：華馬克：6898 8406（英語）
人們常以為，宗教核心教義信念是永恆不變的，尤其是他們自己宗派的當今信仰，從一開始便已固定於他們的宗教傳統之內。但實情不然。就像猶太教，自從起源於數千年前，已經歷了多次重大的神學變革。猶太教信仰形成並影響了後來的基督教和伊斯蘭教；諷刺地，後者繼承的某些古老猶太教信念，即使在猶太教徒之間，也已變得過時。
講者將會帶大家走上一趟迷人的歷史旅程，講解猶太教天堂、地獄、及永生信念的蛻變過程：從一神教的萌芽，到因被巴比倫俘虜而讓祭司接觸到瑣羅亞斯德教的二元論，及至馬加比革命及其世界末日想象如何激發了大量末世的思想、傳播者、和著作。整個過程最終來到基督宗教的興起；其惹人畏懼的教義，又影響著後來的穆罕默德。
作家和業餘歷史學家傑森．西爾維斯特一直是Time Out Hong Kong並《澳洲無神論者》雜誌的專欄作家，亦是一個美國無神論者網絡直播的常客。他的書《瘋狂之彰顯》是知識性與娛樂性兼備的猶太教和基督教教義歷史總結，極盡揶揄之能是，也是理查德．道金斯理性和科學基金會的首本上架電子書。傑森的網上筆名是Diogenes of Mayberry。他曾獲邀與美國著名作家大衛．邁克菲一同出席上年五月菲律賓無神論學會主辦的「理性與人文主義」會議。
The history of beliefs in Heaven, Hell & the Afterlife
Organizer: Humanist Group of Unitarian Universalists Hong Kong
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Place: Hong Kong Christian Institute, 10/F, 11 Mongkok Rd
Speaker: Jason Sylvester
Language: English
Registration: [email protected]
Enquiry: Marc: 6898 8406
YouTube
PowerPoint
People have a tendency to think that the core dogmatic beliefs--particularly their own contemporary, denominational understandings--are unchanging and that these beliefs were encoded into their tradition from the beginning. This is not the case. Especially for Judaism, which has undergone several, major theological shifts since its origins millennia ago; changes which have shaped and influenced later Christianity, and Islam, even while these beliefs were going out of fashion among Jews.
Jason will take us on a fascinating historical journey, illuminating the transitions in Jewish thinking about heaven, hell, and afterlife: from the days of budding monotheism, through the Babylonian conquest which exposed the exiled priests to Zoroastrian dualism, to the Maccabean Revolt and the sense of impending annihilation that sparked an explosion in apocalyptic thinking, preachers, and writings; culminating in the rise of Christianity, its doctrine of terror, and the influence of these beliefs on later Mohammad.
Writer and amateur historian Jason Sylvester has been a featured author in Time Out Hong Kong, was a regular guest on a US-based atheist webcast, and has been a contributing writer to The Australian Atheist. His book Manifest Insanity is an entertaining, informative, and thoroughly irreverent summary of the history of Judeo-Christian doctrines and was the first e-book to be listed by the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science. He was an invited speaker to the Philippine Atheist Society "Reason & Humanism" conference in May 2015, along with the popular US speaker David G McAfee. Jason is known to his fans by his pen-name, Diogenes of Mayberry.
尋道會人文組講座：
天堂、地獄、永生信念的歷史
主辦：尋道會人文組
時間：下午二時半至四時
地點：香港基督徒學會，旺角道11號藝旺商業大廈10字樓
講員：傑森．西爾維斯特
語言：英語
報名：[email protected]
查詢：華馬克：6898 8406（英語）
人們常以為，宗教核心教義信念是永恆不變的，尤其是他們自己宗派的當今信仰，從一開始便已固定於他們的宗教傳統之內。但實情不然。就像猶太教，自從起源於數千年前，已經歷了多次重大的神學變革。猶太教信仰形成並影響了後來的基督教和伊斯蘭教；諷刺地，後者繼承的某些古老猶太教信念，即使在猶太教徒之間，也已變得過時。
講者將會帶大家走上一趟迷人的歷史旅程，講解猶太教天堂、地獄、及永生信念的蛻變過程：從一神教的萌芽，到因被巴比倫俘虜而讓祭司接觸到瑣羅亞斯德教的二元論，及至馬加比革命及其世界末日想象如何激發了大量末世的思想、傳播者、和著作。整個過程最終來到基督宗教的興起；其惹人畏懼的教義，又影響著後來的穆罕默德。
作家和業餘歷史學家傑森．西爾維斯特一直是Time Out Hong Kong並《澳洲無神論者》雜誌的專欄作家，亦是一個美國無神論者網絡直播的常客。他的書《瘋狂之彰顯》是知識性與娛樂性兼備的猶太教和基督教教義歷史總結，極盡揶揄之能是，也是理查德．道金斯理性和科學基金會的首本上架電子書。傑森的網上筆名是Diogenes of Mayberry。他曾獲邀與美國著名作家大衛．邁克菲一同出席上年五月菲律賓無神論學會主辦的「理性與人文主義」會議。
29 Jan 2016 (Fri)
Progressive Christian Fellowship of UUHK joins (Marc: [email protected], 6898 8406):
Francis of Assisi and Killed Friars in Morocco
Time: 7-9pm
Place: 909 CCWu Bldg, 302-308 Hennessy Rd, Wan Chai
Presented by: Anatolia Cultural and Dialogue Centre
Details: here
Francis of Assisi and Killed Friars in Morocco
Time: 7-9pm
Place: 909 CCWu Bldg, 302-308 Hennessy Rd, Wan Chai
Presented by: Anatolia Cultural and Dialogue Centre
Details: here
23 Jan 2016 (Sat)
IARFHK Talk: Sikhism as Pioneer of Right of Religious Freedom
Organizer: International Association for Religious Freedom (Hong Kong Chapter) (IARFHK)
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Place: Hong Kong Christian Institute, 10/F, 11 Mongkok Rd, Kowloon
Speaker: Gurmel Singh Niamatpuri, Khalsa Diwan (Sikh Temple) Hong Kong
Language: English
Registration: [email protected]
Enquiry: Marc Wathen (Director, IARFHK): 6898 8406
Gurmel will talk about how Sikhism believes in religious freedom, tolerance and welfare for all. He will share some practical and historical events of Sikhism about freedom of religion, and the present situation of Sikhism in India.
Gurmel Singh Niamatpuri has been working as Manager/Religious Instructor of Khalsa Diwan (Sikh Temple) Hong Kong since 2009. He has been taking part in interfaith programmes in Hong Kong and abroad, delivering lectures for Sikh studies at HKU and CUHK, and has taught a short course of Sikh studies at CUHK. Holding an M.A. in Sikh Studies, his first job was Assistant Research Scholar in Sikh History Research Board, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, India. He has shared the basic tenets of Sikhism to some 25,000 local and international students and visitors during his time in Hong Kong.
講座：錫克教作為宗教自由權的先鋒
主辦：國際宗教自由協會（香港分會）
時間：下午2:30-4:00
地點：香港基督徒學會（九龍旺角道11號藝旺商業大廈10字樓）
講員：Gurmel Singh Niamatpuri（香港錫克廟）
語言：英語
報名：[email protected]
查詢：華馬克：6898 8406（英語）
講者將談論錫克教如何信奉宗教自由、寬容和全人類福祉。他將分享一些錫克教關於宗教自由的具體歷史事件，以及錫克教在印度的現況。
Gurmel Singh Niamatpuri 2009年起出任香港錫克廟的經理暨宗教導師。他一直參與香港和海外的跨宗教項目，並在香港大學和中文大學作有關錫克教的演講，亦曾於中大教授關於錫克教的短期課程。他是錫克教研究文學碩士，第一份工作是在印度SGPC作錫克教歷史的助理研究學者。在港期間，他曾向約25,000名學生和訪客解釋錫克教的基本信仰原則。
Organizer: International Association for Religious Freedom (Hong Kong Chapter) (IARFHK)
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Place: Hong Kong Christian Institute, 10/F, 11 Mongkok Rd, Kowloon
Speaker: Gurmel Singh Niamatpuri, Khalsa Diwan (Sikh Temple) Hong Kong
Language: English
Registration: [email protected]
Enquiry: Marc Wathen (Director, IARFHK): 6898 8406
Gurmel will talk about how Sikhism believes in religious freedom, tolerance and welfare for all. He will share some practical and historical events of Sikhism about freedom of religion, and the present situation of Sikhism in India.
Gurmel Singh Niamatpuri has been working as Manager/Religious Instructor of Khalsa Diwan (Sikh Temple) Hong Kong since 2009. He has been taking part in interfaith programmes in Hong Kong and abroad, delivering lectures for Sikh studies at HKU and CUHK, and has taught a short course of Sikh studies at CUHK. Holding an M.A. in Sikh Studies, his first job was Assistant Research Scholar in Sikh History Research Board, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, India. He has shared the basic tenets of Sikhism to some 25,000 local and international students and visitors during his time in Hong Kong.
講座：錫克教作為宗教自由權的先鋒
主辦：國際宗教自由協會（香港分會）
時間：下午2:30-4:00
地點：香港基督徒學會（九龍旺角道11號藝旺商業大廈10字樓）
講員：Gurmel Singh Niamatpuri（香港錫克廟）
語言：英語
報名：[email protected]
查詢：華馬克：6898 8406（英語）
講者將談論錫克教如何信奉宗教自由、寬容和全人類福祉。他將分享一些錫克教關於宗教自由的具體歷史事件，以及錫克教在印度的現況。
Gurmel Singh Niamatpuri 2009年起出任香港錫克廟的經理暨宗教導師。他一直參與香港和海外的跨宗教項目，並在香港大學和中文大學作有關錫克教的演講，亦曾於中大教授關於錫克教的短期課程。他是錫克教研究文學碩士，第一份工作是在印度SGPC作錫克教歷史的助理研究學者。在港期間，他曾向約25,000名學生和訪客解釋錫克教的基本信仰原則。
14 Jan 2016 (Thu)
Humanist Group joins (Marc: [email protected], 6898 8406):
Imaging Heaven and Hell: Social Origins and Impacts of Afterlife Imagery
An anthropological talk by Graeme LANG
Time: 7pm
Place: Hong Kong Museum of History, Lecture Hall, G/F, 100 Chatham Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui
Presented by: Hong Kong Anthropological Society & Hong Kong Museum of History
Details: here
Imaging Heaven and Hell: Social Origins and Impacts of Afterlife Imagery
An anthropological talk by Graeme LANG
Time: 7pm
Place: Hong Kong Museum of History, Lecture Hall, G/F, 100 Chatham Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui
Presented by: Hong Kong Anthropological Society & Hong Kong Museum of History
Details: here
