Venue: College of Social Sciences, National Chung Cheng University

Day Two

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Registration

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Asia Association for Global Studies (AAGS) Annual Meeting (Rm. 115)

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Sessions 1a and 1b

Session 1a: Spirituality in a Global Age (Rm. 115)

1. Rodriguez, Girardo. The Globalization of the New Spirituality and its Expression in Japan: The Case of Mt. Ikoma (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan)
2. Bechler, Silke. Religion on Stage: The Vedic Sacrifice in Transcultural Public Spheres (University of Heidelberg, Germany)

Session 1b: Religious and Cultural Dialogue in the Global Village (Rm. 119)

1. Bernardo, Henry. Welcoming the "Other": Interreligious Dialogue in Catholic Higher Education Institutions in Cavite, Philippines (De La Salle University, Philippines)
2. Uddin, Md. Sayed. The Impact of Globalization on Social Values in the Muslim World (International Islamic University, Malaysia)

12:00 PM -1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 PM-3:00 PM: Session 2

Session 2: Globalization and Religious Thought (Rm. 115)

1. Christian Etzrodt. The Neo-Calvinist Foundation of Globalization (Akita International University, Japan)
2. Bei, Dawei. Daniel Quinn on Religion: Saving the World through Anti-Globalism? (Hsuan Chuang University, Taiwan)
3. Voulgarakis, Van. Mary, Athena and Kuan-yin: What the Church, the Demos and the Sangha can Teach us about Religious Pluralism in Relation to Doctrinal Conformity to Socio-cultural standards (Chih Lee Institute of Science and Technology, Taiwan)

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM:  Final Words: Derrick M. Nault (AAGS Founder/Director)(University of Calgary), Rab Paterson (AAGS Vice President)(International Christian University, Japan), Anita Bhela (University of Delhi, India), Christian Etzrodt (Akita International Univerity, Japan). Jou-juo Chu (National Chung Cheng University).