International Conference on "Rapid Religious Cultural Change"
- Date
- 23-24 & 30-31 October 2020
- Registration Fee
- Free of charge
- Language
- English
While religious cultural change has been studied, there is a critical need for more research to determine the influences and processes of intentional religious cultural change and innovation. This need can be met through a collaboration among theologians, philosophers, ethicists, anthropologists, sociologists, and religious studies scholars, to name a few. To accomplish this work scholars will gather for a conference at Hong Kong Baptist University with a focus on rapid religious change in East Asian forms of religion. The central question is “Why do religious beliefs at times change very quickly and what kinds of societal impacts do these changes have?” This conference will generate new knowledge regarding how religions end, arise, and endure across time and space.
Day 1: 23 October 2020 (Friday)
Time | Session | ||||
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New York | Lagos/ London | Cairo | New Delhi | China/ HK/ Singapore | |
06:00-06:30 | 11:00-11:30 | 12:00-12:30 | 15:30-16:00 | 18:00-18:30 | Opening Ceremony |
06:30-07:30 | 11:30-12:30 | 12:30-13:30 | 16:00-17:00 | 18:30-19:30 | Keynote Speech 1 by Prof. Shun-hing CHAN, Hong Kong Baptist University |
07:30-09:00 | 12:30-14:00 | 13:30-15:00 | 17:00-18:30 | 19:30-21:00 | Session 1: Religion and Social Movements in Hong Kong |
09:00-10:30 | 14:00-15:30 | 15:00-16:30 | 18:30-20:00 | 21:00-22:30 | Session 2: Christianity in the Asian and African Context |
Day 2: 24 October 2020 (Saturday)
Time | Session | ||||
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New York | Lagos/ London | Cairo | New Delhi | China/ HK/ Singapore | |
06:00-07:00 | 11:00-12:00 | 12:00-13:00 | 15:30-16:30 | 18:00-19:00 | Keynote Speech 2 by Prof. Michael PUETT, Harvard University |
07:00-08:30 | 12:00-13:30 | 13:00-14:30 | 16:30-18:00 | 19:00-20:30 | Session 3: Religion, Space and Secularism in China and Hong Kong |
08:30-10:00 | 13:30-15:00 | 14:30-16:00 | 18:00-19:30 | 20:30-22:00 | Session 4: Religion, Culture, and Social Change in Contemporary China |
Day 3: 30 October 2020 (Friday)
Time | Session | ||||
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New York | Lagos/ London | Cairo | New Delhi | China/ HK/ Singapore | |
06:00-07:00 | 11:00-12:00 | 12:00-13:00 | 15:30-16:30 | 18:00-19:00 | Keynote Speech 3 by Prof. Gavin FLOOD, University of Oxford |
07:00-08:30 | 12:00-13:30 | 13:00-14:30 | 16:30-18:00 | 19:00-20:30 | Session 5: Religion, Identity, and Nationalism |
08:30-10:00 | 13:30-15:00 | 14:30-16:00 | 18:00-19:30 | 20:30-22:00 | Session 6: Women, Gender and Religion |
Day 4: 31 October 2020 (Saturday)
Time | Session | ||||
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New York | Lagos/ London | Cairo | New Delhi | China/ HK/ Singapore | |
06:00-07:00 | 11:00-12:00 | 12:00-13:00 | 15:30-16:30 | 18:00-19:00 | Keynote Speech 4 by Prof. J. Derrick LEMONS, University of Georgia |
07:00-08:30 | 12:00-13:30 | 13:00-14:30 | 16:30-18:00 | 19:00-20:30 | Session 7: Religion, Music, and Art |
08:30-10:00 | 13:30-15:00 | 14:30-16:00 | 18:00-19:30 | 20:30-22:00 | Session 8: Concluding Session |
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