STATES OF BELIEF (February 25-27)
University of Sydney, Woolley Common Room, Woolley Building
Modernity has been analysed as a process of secularisation where
religion progressively declines in favour of 'rational' or 'scientific'
understandings of the world. This is supported, in some contexts, by
declining participation in traditional religious practice. The decline,
however, is neither uniform nor representative. Religion has recomposed
itself, sometimes through an eclectic combining of religious creeds and
sometimes through more extreme expressions of belief. As such rather
than seeing a disappearance of religion what we face is its
reconfiguration. Modernity has not excluded faith or religious belief,
rather it constitutes a stimulus for the recomposition of religiosity,
the reorientation of religious sentiment and has itself triggered new
unexpected expressions of religiosity.
Plenary Sessions from:
Prof. Raphaël Liogier (University of Aix, Marseilles)
Prof. Roland Boer (Newcastle University)
A/Prof. Marion Maddox (Centre for Research on Social Inclusion,
Macquarie University)
Dr William McLure (Australian National University)
Prof. Paul Morris (Victoria University, N.Z)
Dr Philip Quadrio (University of NSW)
Prof. Garry Trompf (University of Sydney)
Dr Ray Younis (Central Queensland University)
Papers by:
Dr Rachael Kohn (ABC Radio)
Mr Manas Ghosh (Charles Sturt University)
Mr Mehmet Ozalp (Executive Officer: Affinity Intercultural Foundation)
Dr Paulus Ryanto (University of Sydney)
Contact: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
The conference is sponsored by: the *Department of Studies in Religion*
(USYD), *Observatoire du Religieux* based in the University of Aix,
Marseilles (France), the *Journal of Religious History* and the *Centre
for Research on Social Inclusion* (MACQ).
This conference will also serve as an opportunity to celebrate the 50^th
anniversary of the Journal of Religious History (Blackwell). The JRH
50th Celebrations begin 12 noon Wednesday 25th Feb. with lunch &
speeches at Holme building, followed by past editors presentations.
'States of Belief' attendees are welcome at own cost, RSVP John:
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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