Hans Ucko Explained
| Hans Ucko |
| Birth Date: | 1946 |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Known For: | Interfaith Dialog |
| Occupation: | Minister Church of Sweden |
Hans Ucko (born 1946) is a priest of the Church of Sweden and a member of the World Council of Churches (WCC).He has been extensively involved in interfaith dialog, particularly between Christians and Jews.He has written a number of books on the subject.
Birth and education
Hans Ucko was born in 1946 in Sweden and educated in France, Sweden, Israel, and India. He studied in Paris at the "Institut Eglise et Monde Juif" and in Jerusalem at the Swedish Theological Institute and at the Shalom Hartman Institute.He obtained a Ph.D. in Theology from Serampore College, Calcutta.
Career
From 1981 to 1989 Ucko was the Church of Sweden's Executive Secretary for Jewish-Christian Relations, interreligious dialogue and East Asian Relations.Ucko was appointed Program Secretary in the WCC's Office on Interreligious Relations and Dialogue. He was President of Religions for Peace Europe. In 2003 he delivered the Dr Stanley Samartha Memorial lecture to the Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue, speaking on the topic: "Towards an ethical code of conduct for conversion".[1] This became the subject of an article in "Current Dialogue".[2]
Ucko edits the WCC's "Current Dialogue" publication.He sits on the Board of Trustees of Hartford Seminary.He is an official observer at the International Council of Christians and Jews.[3] As of 2012 he was a member of the council of the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children, and co-chair of the Arigatou Foundation's joint campaign with UNICEF.
Bibliography
Ucko has written several books and articles on inter-religious dialog.
- Book: Common roots, new horizons: learning about Christian faith from dialogue with Jews . registration . Hans Ucko . WCC Publications . 1994 . 2825411280 . 100.
- Book: Vom Judentum lernen: Gemeinsame Wurzeln- neue Wege . Hans Ucko . O. Lembeck . 1995 . 3874763021 . 149.
- Book: People of God, Peoples of God: A Jewish-Christian Conversation in Asia . Hans Ucko . WCC Publications . 1996 . 2825411728 . 112.
- Book: The Jubilee Challenge: Utopia or Possibility? . WCC . Geneva . 1996.
- Book: Möte med människor av annan tro . Hans Ucko . Norma . 1998 . 9172170026 . 156.
- Book: Raices comunes, nuevos horizontes: Aprendiendo sobre la fe cristiana desde el diálogo con los judíos . Hans Ucko . Centro Luterano de Montevideo . 1999 . 9974670020 . 125.
- Book: A New Millennium: From Dialogue to Reconciliation : Christian and Jewish Reflections . Hans Ucko . Anti-Defamation League . 2000 . 94.
- Book: The People and the People of God: Minjung and Dalit Theology in Interaction With Jewish-Christian Dialogue . Hans Ucko . LIT Verlag Münster . 2002 . 3825855643 . 202.
- Book: Worlds of memory and wisdom: encounters of Jews and African Christians . Jean Halpérin . Hans Ucko . World Council of Churches Publications . 2005 . 2825414298 . 161.
- Book: Faces of the Other: A Contribution to Inter-religious Relations And Dialogue by the Group "Thinking Together" . Thinking Together . Hans Ucko . World Council of Churches . 2005 . 2825414646 . 63.
- Book: Hermeneutical Explorations in Dialogue: Essays in Honour of Hans Ucko . Hans Ucko . Anantanand Rambachan . Melchizedec Thomas Thangaraj . A. Rashied Omar . Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge . 2007 . 8184580150 . 147.
Notes and References
- Web site: Arun Shourie to deliver Stanley Samartha memorial lecture . Asia Pacific Ecumenicaql News . September 2009 . 2012-04-13 . dead . https://archive.today/20130112054809/http://www.apenews.org/newsread.asp?nid=224 . 2013-01-12 .
- Towards an Ethical Code of Conduct for Religious Conversions . Current Dialogue . 50 . February 2008 . WCC . Hans Ucko . 2012-04-13.
- Web site: Hans Ucko - Program Secretary, Interreligious Relations, WCC . Arigatou International . 2012-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070156/http://www.arigatou.ch/en/council/mission/resume/HansUcko.htm . 2016-03-04 . dead .
