Feb 15, 2006

Call for Papers - Alternative Expressions of the Numinous

The Queensland Society for the Study of Religion (QSSR) in conjunction with the
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, University of Queensland
and the Straight Out of Brisbane Festival (SOOB) presents the inaugural QSSR conference

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***Alternative Expressions of the Numinous***
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**Date: Friday 18 - Sunday 20 August 2006

**Venue: School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Australia

**Conference Chairs:

Helen Farley
Danielle Kirby, and
Julie Washington

**Confirmed Speakers:

*Professor Emeritus Philip C. Almond

Selected books:

The Witches of Warboys: An Elizabethan Story of Bewitchment (forthcoming) Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern England (2004) Rudolph Otto: An Introduction to his Philosophical Theology (1984)

*Associate Professor Lynne Hume

Selected books:

Popular Spiritualities: The Politics of Contemporary Enchantment (co-editor) (forthcoming)
Ancestral Power: The Dreaming, Consciousness and Aboriginal Australians (2002)
Witchcraft and Paganism in Australia (1997)

*Associate Professor Richard A. Hutch

Selected books:

Lone Sailors and Spiritual Insights: Cases of Sport and Peril at Sea (2005) The Meaning of Lives: Biography, Autobiography and the Spiritual Quest (2000) Religious Leadership: Personality, History, and Sacred Authority (1991)

***Call for Papers:

Abstracts (250 words) are invited for, but not limited to, the following strands:

*Esotericism
*Mysticism
*Alternative expressions of major religions
*Religions of re-enchantment
*Popular culture religions
*Indigenous religions
*Paganism and Neo-Paganism
*New Religious Movements
*Personalised religion
*Alternative methodologies

The conference committee is open to proposals for workshops and panels.

***Deadlines

Abstracts: Friday 2 June

Workshop/Panel proposals: Friday 19 May

***For more information contact:

Helen Farley
Conference Co-Chair
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics
St Lucia Q 4072
Australia

Ph: + 617 3878 8723 (Outside Australia)
07 3878 8723
Fax: +617 3365 1968 (Outside Australia)
07 3365 1978
Email:
h.farley@uq.edu.au
d.kirby@uq.edu.au
j.washington@uq.edu.au

***The Queensland Society for the Study of Religion (QSSR) is an incorporated not-for-profit association dedicated to fostering the interdisciplinary academic study of religion. It publishes a twice-yearly, peer-reviewed journal, Khthónios. A special issue of Khthónios will be published containing selected conference proceedings.

***Straight Out of Brisbane (or "SOOB") is a festival of independent and emerging arts, culture and ideas. The festival runs this year from August 15th to 20th in Brisbane, Australia's 3rd largest city. Former speakers and performers include hip-hop artist Buck 65, religious renegade John Safran, political blogger Tim Blair and crikey.com.au political correspondent, Cristian Kerr.

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