NEW YORK (DPS, Dec. 1) -- On January 9-11, 1989, two internationally prominent theologians, Bishop Krister Stendahl and the Rev. Dr. Kosuke Koyama, will be featured speakers at Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the seminary's Continuing Education Program.

Koyama and Stendahl will initiate a series of conversations on the theme "Causes for Joy and Signs of Hope."

Koyama is Rockefeller Professor of Ecumenics and World Christianity at Union Theological Seminary in New York. His interests include studies of the issues posed by Christianity's transplantation to East Asia. His recent work has examined the theological and pastoral implications of nuclear weapons.

Stendahl has recently retired as Lutheran Bishop of Stockholm. Before his consecration as bishop, he served as dean and professor of New Testament at Harvard Divinity School. Stendahl's scholarship has focused on Jewish-Christian relations and studies of the Gospel of Matthew and Pauline Christianity. He has, during his career, been an active participant in ecumenical and interfaith dialogue

The Continuing Education Program at EDS is co-sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. This year Koyama and Stendahl are co-occupants of the Coburn Chair of Theology for the Mission of the Church, an endowed lecture chair established in honor of the Rt. Rev. John B. Coburn, retired Bishop of Massachusetts.

Further information about the three-day series of lectures may be obtained by contacting Gordon Bugbee, Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle Street, Cambridge' Massachusetts 02138. Tel. (617)868-3450. The deadline for registration is December 10.