The Free-Religion Colloquium, November 18th, Andrew James Brown: “The Quiet Opening — An introduction to Imaoka Shin'ichirō's understanding of free-religion”

 

The Free-Religion Colloquium is a new series of programs of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF).  These programs will explore the concept of Free-Religion. The second program in this series will take place on November 18, 2026. (The times for the program in different countries and cities is shown below.)

The program for November is entitled “The Quiet Opening — An introduction to Imaoka Shin'ichirō's understanding of free-religion”.


This program will be presented by Andrew James Brown. Andrew is a philosophically/theologically inclined writer with deep sympathies towards Imaoka Shin’ichirō’s understanding of a creative, inquiring, free and liberative religion/spirituality (jiyū shūkyō 自由宗教). He has also translated many of Imaoka-sensei’s essays into English, which are referenced below. Andrew is also Minister of the Unitarian Church in Cambridge, England.


This session will consist of a half-hour long introduction to, and overview of, Imaoka Shin'ichirō's free-religion, followed by an hour for questions, answers and conversation
 

Session A: 9:00 London (GMT), 10:00 France, Germany, 14:30 Dehli, 18:00 Tokyo

Session B: 18:00 London (GMT), 13:00 New York, 10:00 Seattle, 8:00 Honolulu


Zoom Meeting link for both sessions:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81698922645?pwd=6gH0ayOA4EBNbffebUPJwX7GAbuPaU.1

Meeting ID: 816 9892 2645
Passcode: 018610


You may also register for the program on the IARF Website by clicking this link:

https://iarf.net/events/

To access a selection of Imaoka Shin'ichirō's essays in English, and also a version of the same essays but with the Japanese text included, please click on the following link:

https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-quiet-openingimaoka-shinichiros.html


If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me via the contact form on this blog, or Stephen Polmar , Ph.D.,M.D. at 

stephen.polmar@gmail.com

For the Free-Religion Colloquium Advisory Committee