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AASR 2008 Conference Program
Conference Program for AASR sessions
Australian Association for the Study of Religion (AASR)
7/07/2008
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: 401-401 - Engineering
Theme: Religion and Gender
Joseph Gelfer, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Gendered Spirituality and the Problem of Spatial Representation (30 min)
Majella Franzmann, University of Otago, New Zealand
Veiling and Power: Investigating the Concept in Manichaean Texts (30 min)
Stephen Hunt, University of the West of England
'The Right Not to Be Offended': The Secularized Discourse of the Anti-Gay Christian Movements (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Matthew Dillon, University of New England, Australia
Cassandra: Mantic, Maenadic, or Manic? Gender and the Nature of Prophetic Experience in Ancient Greece (30 min)
Angela Coco, Southern Cross University, Australia
Gender: Pagan Style (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
Australian Association for the Study of Religion (AASR)
7/07/2008
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: 401-401 - Engineering
Theme: Identity and Gender and Contemporary Islam
Yaghoob Foroutan, Australian National Unversity, Canberra
Labour Market and Religious Tolerance in Multicultural Australia (30 min)
Roxanne Marcotte, University of Queensland, Australia
Representations of Muslim Women and the Internet: Where to Begin? (30 min)
Ibrahim Abraham, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
"Riba" and Recognition: Religion, Finance, and Multiculturalism (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Toni Tidswell, University of New England, Australia
Strange Spaces: The Spiritual World of Muslim Women in China (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
Australian Association for the Study of Religion (AASR)
7/08/2008
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: 401-401 - Engineering
Theme: Psychological Aspects of Spiritual Practices
Maureen Miner, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Does Religion Compromise Autonomy? (30 min)
Bagher Ghobary Bonab, University of Tehran, Iran
The Relationship between Attachment to God and Reliance on God (30 min)
Philip Hughes, Christian Research Association/Edith Cowan
Subjective Wellbeing, Purpose and One's Approach to Life (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Richard Hutch, University of Queensland, Australia
The Spirituality of Scuba Diving: How Sport Frames Life for In-Depth Living (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
Australian Association for the Study of Religion (AASR)
7/08/20081:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: 401-401 - Engineering
Theme: Emerging Forms of Change in Religious Organisations
Stephen Hunt, University of the West of England
The Emerging Church: Characteristics and Typology (30 min)
Marion Maddox, Macquarie University, Ryde, NSW, Australia
Rise Up Warrior Princess Daughters: The Megachurch Phenomenon and its Attitude to Gender (30 min)
Lesley Hughes, University of New South Wales, Australia
Social Care Work and Religious Life in Australia (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Douglas Golding, University of Queensland, Australia
Sleeping with the Enemy: Religion and the Media in Contemporary Australia (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
Australian Association for the Study of Religion (AASR)
7/09/2008
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: 401-401 - Engineering
Theme: Cross-Cultural Investigations
Angela Coco, Southern Cross University, Australia
Using Sense-Making Methodology in Religious Ethnography (30 min)
Wendy Sargent,
Meets West: Exploring Themes of Spirituality and Feminism in Relation to the Reverence of Hindu Goddesses and the Struggles of Feminists within India (30 min)
Glenys Eddy, University of Sydney, Australia
The Applicability of James' Model of the Self to the Western Buddhist Experience of Self-Transformation (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Catherine Laudine, University of Newcastle, Australia
Spiritual Practices as Environmental Activism in an Australian Ashram (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
Australian Association for the Study of Religion (AASR)
7/10/2008
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: 401-401 - Engineering
Theme: The Penny Magee Lecture and the Charles Strong Lecture
Barbara Kameniar, University of Melbourne, Australia
Thai Buddhist Women, 'Bare Life' and Bravery (30 min)
Marion Maddox, Macquarie University, Ryde, NSW, Australia
'There Isn't a Racist Bone in My Body': Race and Religion in the Vocabulary of Fear (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
Australian Association for the Study of Religion (AASR)
7/10/2008
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: 401-401 - Engineering
Theme: Presidential Address and Annual General Meeting
Kathleen McPhillips, University of Western Sydney
What's the Problem with Religion? (75 min)
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