Background
Hans Ucko was born in 1946 in Sweden and educated in France, Sweden, Israel, and India.
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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 Doctor of Philosophy in Theology from Serampore College, Calcutta.
Career
He has written a number of books on the subject. Ucko was appointed Program Secretary in the WCC" General’ s Office on Interreligious Relations and Dialogue. He was President of Religions for Peace Europe.
In 2003 he delivered the Doctor Stanley Samartha Memorial lecture to the Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue, speaking on the topic: "Towards an ethical code of conduct for conversion".
This became the subject of an article in "Current Dialogue". Ucko edits the WCC"s "Current Dialogue" publication.
He sits on the Board of Trustees of Hartford Seminary.
Membership
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 United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.
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The People