International Conference on Japanese Spiritual Heritage in Brazil

Date: Aug. 24, 2008 – Aug. 27, 2008

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International Conference on Japanese Spiritual Heritage in Brazil August 24-27, 2008 In the year of Japanese immigration to Brazil, the Mokiti Okada Foundation, in partnership with the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC/SP), through its Postgraduate Program in Religious Studies and supported by the Brazilian Association of Japanese Studies (ABEJ), will hold the International Conference: Japanese Spiritual Heritage in Brazil - Modalities of Religious Transplantation and Cultural Adaptation since 1908. The event will take place at the headquarters of the Mokiti Okada Foundation from August 24-27 and will bring together speakers from Japan, the United States, Australia, Germany and Great Britain. The Conference is being coordinated by Professor Frank Usarski (PUC-SP) and Professor Neide Nagae (UNESP/FMO). The Messianic College project area is helping to organize the meeting. Registration is now open and more information is available at: Hotsite: www.fmo.org.br/conferencia2008 E-mail: conferencia2008@fmo.org.br Telephone: (11) 5087-5169/5134.

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