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International Conference on "Rapid Religious Cultural Change"

23-24 & 30-31 October 2020
ConferenceM.A. in Ethics and Public AffairsCentre for Sino-Christian Studies
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)

TimeSession
New YorkLagos/ LondonCairoNew DelhiChina/ HK/ Singapore 
06:00-06:3011:00-11:3012:00-12:3015:30-16:0018:00-18:30Opening Ceremony
06:30-07:3011:30-12:3012:30-13:3016:00-17:0018:30-19:30Keynote Speech 1 by Prof. Shun-hing CHAN, Hong Kong Baptist University
07:30-09:0012:30-14:0013:30-15:0017:00-18:3019:30-21:00Session 1: Religion and Social Movements in Hong Kong
09:00-10:3014:00-15:3015:00-16:3018:30-20:0021:00-22:30Session 2: Christianity in the Asian and African Context

 

Day 2: 24 October 2020 (Saturday)

TimeSession
New YorkLagos/ LondonCairoNew DelhiChina/ HK/ Singapore 
06:00-07:0011:00-12:0012:00-13:0015:30-16:3018:00-19:00Keynote Speech 2 by Prof. Michael PUETT, Harvard University
07:00-08:3012:00-13:3013:00-14:3016:30-18:0019:00-20:30Session 3: Religion, Space and Secularism in China and Hong Kong
08:30-10:0013:30-15:0014:30-16:0018:00-19:3020:30-22:00Session 4: Religion, Culture, and Social Change in Contemporary China

 

Day 3: 30 October 2020 (Friday)

TimeSession
New YorkLagos/ LondonCairoNew DelhiChina/ HK/ Singapore 
06:00-07:0011:00-12:0012:00-13:0015:30-16:3018:00-19:00Keynote Speech 3 by Prof. Gavin FLOOD, University of Oxford
07:00-08:3012:00-13:3013:00-14:3016:30-18:0019:00-20:30Session 5: Religion, Identity, and Nationalism 
08:30-10:0013:30-15:0014:30-16:0018:00-19:3020:30-22:00Session 6: Women, Gender and Religion 

 

Day 4: 31 October 2020 (Saturday)

TimeSession
New YorkLagos/ LondonCairoNew DelhiChina/ HK/ Singapore 
06:00-07:0011:00-12:0012:00-13:0015:30-16:3018:00-19:00Keynote Speech 4 by Prof. J. Derrick LEMONS, University of Georgia
07:00-08:3012:00-13:3013:00-14:3016:30-18:0019:00-20:30Session 7: Religion, Music, and Art
08:30-10:0013:30-15:0014:30-16:0018:00-19:3020:30-22:00Session 8: Concluding Session 

 

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Enquiry:

Telephone: 3411 5370

Email: cscs@hkbu.edu.hk