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08:30-13:30

Tour pre-congreso: Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial

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17:00-17:30

Sesión de bienvenida online (en directo)

17:00 (hora de Madrid)
Moderator
Pablo Fernández Cabrerizo, Spanish Language Support Assistant, Common Ground Research Networks, Spain
Zoom

Sesión virtual

Sesión asincrónica de acceso permanente

Sesión virtual

Sesión asincrónica de acceso permanente
La ecologia de la comunicación para la salvación en el catolicismo

Luiz Guilherme Leite Amaral, Student, PhD Student, Universidade de Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Sesión virtual

Sesión asincrónica de acceso permanente
Holbach y la construcción de una sociedad posreligiosa

Encarnación Ruiz Callejón, Profesora Titular , Departamento de Filosofía II, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

La libertad religiosa en Galdós

Pablo Núñez Díaz, Profesor-tutor, Departamento de Literatura Española y Teoría de la Literatura, UNED Asturias, Asturias, Spain

La religión india vista por Guido Gozzano: La realidad, la ficción y la interpretación

Fernando Cid Lucas, Lector de Español, Ateneo Linguistico de la Universidad de Macerata (Italia)., Universitá di Macerata, Macerata, Italy

08:00-09:00
09:00-09:30

Inauguración del Congreso

Speaker
José Luis Ortega-Martín, Professor, Foreign Languages, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Speaker
Luis Roger Castillo, Chair, Religion in Society Research Network, Spain
Speaker
Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa Núñez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Salón de Grados

Sesión virtual

Sesión asincrónica de acceso permanente

Sesión virtual

Sesión asincrónica de acceso permanente

Sesión virtual

Sesión asincrónica de acceso permanente
09:30-10:30

Sesión plenaria (en inglés): Tim Jensen

"Nature and the Climate Crisis: Why it Matters for Scholars of Religion"
Speaker
Tim Jensen, Adjunct Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Salón de Grados
10:30-11:00

Pausa para café

11:00-11:10

Pausa

11:10-11:55

Mesa redonda

"Tema destacado 2024—Espacios, viajes, experiencias: Las religiones en reposo y en movimiento"
Salón de Grados
11:55-12:05
12:05-13:20

Sesión plenaria (en español): José Ramón Polo Sabau

"Las relaciones entre el Estado y las confesiones religiosas en el Derecho español: Antecedentes y claves de interpretación"
Speaker
José Ramón Polo Sabau, Professor of State Ecclesiastical Law, University of Malaga, Spain
Salón de Grados
13:30-14:45

Almuerzo

14:45-15:00

Pausa

15:00-16:15
Montessori, el niño y Dios: El Atrio, espacio privilegiado para acercarse al Misterio

Guzmán Pérez Montiel, Profesor colaborador asociado, Facultad de Teología Moral, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain

15:00
15:00-16:15
Los orígenes del sacrificio de animales en Grecia: Continuidad y pervivencia de una experiencia ritual

Juan Piquero, Lecturer, Departamento de Filología Clásica, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain

15:00
Negociaciones rituales y articulación de una identidad religiosa en disidencia: Las comunidades cristianas en el Imperio sasánida

Aitor Boada Benito, Investigador Contratado, Departamento de Filología Clásica, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

15:20
15:00-16:15
Rebeldía espiritual y religiones nómadas: Moriscos marroquíes en el s.XXI

Isabel Aspe Montoya, Head of History & Geography Department (official)., History & Geography, IES Federico Baraibar. Basque Government., Álava, Spain

15:00
«Cristo en el Cáliz» - de Jerusalén a Bulgaria: Imágenes del «sacramento de los sacramentos» en algunas iglesias búlgaras, traídas por los peregrinos a Tierra Santa (s. XIX)

Vladislava Spasova Ilieva, Antropóloga y Dra. en Ciencias de las Religiones, Instituto de Etnología y Estudios Folclóricos con Museo Etnográfico, sección Estudios comparativos folclóricos , Academia Búlgara de las Ciencias, Sofia, Bulgaria

15:40
17:00-18:30

Actividad de campo: Museo Nacional de Antropología

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21:00-23:00

Cena del Congreso: La Posada De la Villa

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08:30-09:00

Mesa de registro abierta

Facultad de Filología - UCM
09:00-09:10
Salón de Grados
09:10-10:10

Sesión plenaria (en inglés): Santiago Manzarbeitia Valle

"Spiritual Meaning and Function of Medieval Mural Painting: Catechesis, Liturgy and Peregrinatio"
Speaker
Santiago Manzarbeitia Valle, Lecturer, Department of the History of Art, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Salón de Grados
10:10-10:40

Pausa para café

10:40-10:50

Pausa

10:50-12:05
El espacio religioso hitita: Desarrollo del espacio ritual en el Imperio Hitita y sus estados sucesores

Rodrigo García Beni, Student, MA Classical Studies, Universidad Complutense de Madrid/Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain

10:50
Tiempo eje y religión: El debate y el estado de la cuestión

Javier Ruiz Calderón, Associate Professor, Philosophy, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid), Madrid, Spain

11:10
El alma en tránsito: Representaciones sobre las postrimerías en Nueva España

Berta Gilabert Hidalgo, Profesora de Carrera, Historia, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico

11:30
10:50-12:05
La importancia de la Educación Religiosa Escolar en la escuela colombiana: De la obligatoriedad a la libertad religiosa

Edwin Giovanni Becerra Duitama, Student, Doctorado en Ciencias de la Educación, Universida Metropolitana de Educación Ciencia y Tecnología - UMECIT, Boyacá, Colombia

10:50
10:50-12:05
Los aparatos teóricos como método de análisis en la conversión religiosa

Dulce Angélica Márquez Mendoza, Student, Maestría, Instituto de Investigaciones Histórico Sociales, Veracruz, Mexico

11:10
12:05-12:15

Pausa

12:15-13:00
12:15-13:00
Room 6
13:00-14:15

Almuerzo

14:15-14:30

Pausa

14:30-16:10
14:30-16:10
Introducción al orishaísmo como modalidad de turismo espiritual: Un espacio de enriquecimiento cultural sin estereotipos

Adonis Díaz Fernández, Spanish Instructor III, Modern Languages & Linguistics, The University of the West Indies, Tunapuna-Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago

14:30
Etnografía del rito gitano: Flamenco, cante jondo y duende divino

Azahara Valverde Alonso, Student, Filosofía y Ciencia Política - Máster en Gestión del Bienestar, URJC, Madrid, Spain

15:10
14:30-16:10
¿Vuelve la Teología-Política?: Religión y política en la ciudad secular

Javier López De Goicoechea, Profesor contratado doctor, Derecho Internacional, Eclesiástico y Filosofía del Derecho, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

14:30
Derecho y espiritualidad: Una conexión necesaria

Rafael Domingo Oslé, Alvaro d'Ors Professor of Law, Institute of Culture and Society, University of Navarra, Madrid, Spain

14:50
Ofensas a los sentimientos religiosos en el Derecho internacional

Alberto José Ferrari Puerta, Investigador predoctoral FPU , Departamento de Derecho Internacional, Eclesiástico y Filosofía del Derecho , Universidad Complutense de Madrid , Madrid, Spain

15:10
16:10-16:20

Pausa

16:20-16:50
Salón de Grados
08:30-13:30
17:00-18:00

Online Welcome and Training Session (Live)

22nd May, 5:00 PM // 17:00 (CET)
Tamsyn Gilbert, Research Network Producer, Common Ground Research Networks, United States
Zoom

Shifting Contexts

Asynchronous Session
The Art of Robert Campbell: A Liberating Spiritual Praxis

Judith Huacuja, Professor of Art History, Art and Design, University of Dayton, Ohio, United States

Global Education in the Jesuit Tradition: Intercultural Practices as Truth and Reconciliation

Laura Spitz, Vice Provost and Professor of Law, Seattle University, Washington, United States
Eduardo Penalver, Seattle University

Noah Karger, Student, PhD, University of Notre Dame, Illinois, United States

08:00-09:00

Registration Desk Open and Welcome Coffee

Faculty of Philology, Complutense University of Madrid

Action and Reflection

Asynchronous Session
Development of New Age Spirituality in the Soviet Latvia Cultural Space and Its Legacy Nowadays

Solveiga Krumina Konkova, Leading Researcher, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Philippine "Folk" and the Christian Mystical Tradition

Philip Conklin, Student, PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, United States

Contemporary Views

Asynchronous Session
Spirituality in Times of COVID-19: Impacts of Online Engagement

Siobhan Bygate, Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Aide Abril Saucedo Medina, Latin America Research Director , Research Program, Bridging Spiritual Cultures UK , Coahuila, Mexico

The Persuasive Power of the Biblical Metanarrative of Fall and Condemnation in Protestant Sermons: Whoever Believes in Him Is Not Condemned

Martin Adam, Associate Professor, English Language and Literature, Masaryk University, Jihoceský kraj, Czech Republic

Jesse Eugene Herriott, Student, Ordained Ministry (Unity Minister), Unity Institute and Seminary (UWSI), Missouri, United States

09:00-09:30

Conference Opening

José Luis Ortega-Martín, Professor, Foreign Languages, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Luis Roger Castillo, Chair, Religion in Society Research Network, Spain
Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa Núñez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Plenary Room

Complex Considerations

Asynchronous Session
The Way and the Ladder: Two Models of Spirituality and Their Philosophical Background

Daniel Sorin Farcas, Research and Development Director, Institutul Evanghelic de Studii Religioase, Romania

Online Poster Session

Asynchronous Session

Dynamic Forces

Asynchronous Session
Leaving Religion as a Letting Go Ritual in Narratives about Apostasy

Magdalena Grabowska, Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages, University of Gdansk, Poland, Poland

The Freedom of Religion or Belief Nexus with Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Projects in Kenya and Indonesia

Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen, Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society, University of Groningen, Netherlands

On an End-Time Revival Mission: Ghanaian Pentecostal Migrants and Placemaking in Sydney, Australia

Dorcas Dennis, Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religion, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Soodeh Mansouri, Student, Graduate, University of California - Santa Barbara, United States

09:30-10:30

Plenary Session (in English): Tim Jensen

"Nature and the Climate Crisis: Why it Matters for Scholars of Religion"
Speaker
Tim Jensen, Adjunct Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Plenary Room
10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

Surviving the Forgotten Pandemic and the Role of the Catholic Church: A Challenge to AIDS and a Fight for Life Among South Africa's Migrants

Ron Nerio, Research Programs Director, CUNY Office of Research, City University of New York, New York, United States

Sacred Theft and Narrative Construction: Monasteries of Conques and Vézelay in Medieval France

Xinran Li, Student, Master of Divinity, Harvard University, Massachusetts, United States

Anugrah Brij, Student, Postgraduate Degree in Theology, Senate of Serampore College (University), West Bengal, India

Maddison Frye, Student, Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership, Regent University, Virginia, United States

11:10-11:55

Talking Circle

"Religious Commonalities and Differences"
Room 3
11:10-11:55

Talking Circle

"2024 Special Focus—Spaces, Movement, Time: Religions at Rest and in Movement"
Room 1
11:10-11:55

Talking Circle

"The Politics of Religion"
Room 2
11:55-12:05

Transition Break

12:05-13:20

Plenary Session (in Spanish): José Ramón Polo Sabau

"Las relaciones entre el Estado y las confesiones religiosas en el Derecho español: Antecedentes y claves de interpretación"
Speaker
José Ramón Polo Sabau, Professor of State Ecclesiastical Law, University of Malaga, Spain
Plenary Room
12:05-13:45
The Problem of Theistic Religion’s Supposed Role as a Handmaid of Politics : A Call for Critical Thinking in Dealing with the (Im)migrant Problem

Isidoro Talavera, Philosophy Professor and Lead Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences, Franklin University, Ohio, United States

12:25
Shared Radicalism: Black Anglicans in the Early US Republic and Women in the Early Rastafari Movement

Daive Dunkley, Professor and Chair, Black Studies & Peace Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri, United States

12:45
12:05-13:45
Was Shenoute of Atripe a Creator of Coptic Nationalism?

Miloš David, Student, PhD, Institute of Eastern Christianity, Hussite Theological Faculty, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

12:05
Al-Haram al-Sharif and al-Aqsa Mosque as a Contested Religious Site

Moshe Ma'oz, Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Truman Institute, Hebrew University, HaDarom, Israel

12:25
The Return of the King: Messianic Expectations in Iberian and Slavonic Cultures

Enrique Santos Marinas, Associate Professor, Department of German Philology and Slavic Philology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Svetlana Maliavina, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

12:45
12:05-13:45
Friendship, Difference, and the Common Good

Margaret Gower, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies and Theology, Saint Mary's College, Indiana, United States

12:05
Parenting Strategies of Religious Families to Foster Religious Beliefs in a Secular Society

Quinn Galbraith, Sociology and Family Life Research Librarian, BYU, Utah, United States

12:25
The Spiritual Power of Immigrant Children: Spirituality in Times of Crisis and Conflict

David Escobar Arcay, Associate Professor, School of Ministry, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Florida, United States
Wilma Robles Melendez, Professor, Early Childhood and Leadership, Fischler College of Education, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, United States

12:45
Learning and Values of Purisimians: The Heart of Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion's Diamond Jubilee Celebration

Glenn Bermejo Baes, Vice Rector, Head - Planning and Development, Graduate School Professor, Administration and Faculty, Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion, Capiz, Philippines

13:05
12:05-13:45
The Challenge of Secularism to Religion: A South African Christian Perspective

Pieter Verster, Research Associate, Practical and Missional Theology, Faculty of Theology and Religion, Free State, South Africa

12:05
The Otherworldly-secular Conflict and Faith-Based Housing: Menzil Community in Turkey

Abu Bakarr Bah, Presidential Research Professor of Sociology, Sociology Department, Northern Illinois University, Illinois, United States
Osman Aydogan, Research Assistant, Sociology, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey

12:45

David Krantz, National Science Foundation IGERT-SUN Fellow, Arizona State University, United States

13:05
12:05-13:45
Values of Swiss Muslims : A Microscopis Analysis of Data Gained by Participant Observation

Mathieu Cudré Mauroux, PhD Student, Chair of Comparative Religious History and Interreligious Dialogue, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

12:05
Ethical-legal Dimensions of Religious Death Practice of Samadhimaran in Jainism and Hinduism

Rishabh Gandhi, PhD Scholar, Department of Law and Governance, Vishwakarma University, Maharashtra, India

12:25
Clandestine Migration: Embodied Liminality and Restorative Spirituality

Isabel Rodrigues, Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Rhode Island, United States

12:45
Sacred and Profane Powers in an Afro-Colombian Maroon Community: An Angolan Legacy?

Thomas Desch Obi, Associate Professor, History, City Univeristy of New York, New York, United States

13:05
12:05-13:45
The Great Dechurching of America, 2000-2020: The Rise of a Secular Worldview as the New Civil Religion in America?

Derrick Hudson, Director, Graduate Program in Natural Resources and Energy Policy (NREP), Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado, United States

12:05
The Protestant Ethic vs. Confucius' Rationalism : Culturally Explaining the Rise of China

Fang Deng, Professor, Sociology, Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States

12:25
Jewish Identity in Modern Day Cuba: An Interplay of Continuity and Transformation

Jay Sweifach, Professor, Social Work, Yeshiva University, New York, United States

12:45

Maddie Shorman, Student, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, United States
Andrew Wong, Student, Master of Theology, Dallas Theological Seminary, Texas, United States

13:05
13:45-15:00

Lunch

15:00-16:15
The Abbey of Saint-André as a Center for Global Chinese Catholic Networks (1927-1949)

Jin Lu, Professor, English and World Languages, Purdue University Northwest, Indiana, United States

15:20
Church Politics in Mid-Victorian Britain: The London Union on Church Matters, 1848-1865

Michael Turner, Roy Carroll Distinguished Professor, History Department, Appalachian State University, North Carolina, United States

15:40
15:00-16:15
Jesus’ Approach in Liberation of the Poor, Luke 4:18-19: A Lesson for Nigerian Leaders

Mary Emilia Aboekwe, Senior Lecturer, Department of Religion and Human Relations, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State, Nigeria., Anambra, Nigeria

15:00
Religion's Multifaceted Social Influence on Consumption

Kenneth Lord, Dean, College of Business, Eastern Michigan University, Michigan, United States
Sanjay Putrevu, Dean and Dorn Research Professor, Business, Bentley University, Massachusetts, United States
Elizabeth Olson, Student, Doctoral Student, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, United States

15:20
Spiritual Care in Times of War: Secular and Religious Approaches in Israel

Sarah Werren, Postdoc Researcher, Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel

15:40
15:00-16:15
Spirits and Social Agency

Sanaa Riaz, Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Colorado, United States

15:00
The Biblical Snake in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context: The Symbol of Evil, Good Fortune or the Divine

Deborah Gruber, Assistant Professor, Classical Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, CUNY Queens College, New York, United States

15:20
Religious Freedom as Understood by the UAE and the New Alliance of Virtue: A Conceptual and Historical Analysis

C Donald Smedley, Senior Research Fellow; Director, Center for Track Two Diplomacy and Religious Freedom, Rivendell Institute at Yale University, Connecticut, United States

15:40
15:00-16:15
From Germany to Mount Zion: Christian Students' Sojourn in Jerusalem

Christine Bohlander, Student, PhD Candidate, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

15:00
Spirituality and Violent Crisis Manifested on the Tattooed Body: A Mexican Migrant in Denmark

Maja Balle, PhD Student, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University Center, København, Denmark

15:20
17:00-18:30

Case Study Evening: National Museum of Anthropology

Included in the Conference Registration, but please book your spot via Special Events
21:00-23:00

Conference Dinner - La Posada De la Villa

Please book your spot via Special Events
08:30-09:00

Registration Desk Open

Faculty of Philology, Complutense University of Madrid
09:00-09:10

Daily Update

Plenary Room
09:10-10:10

Plenary Session (in English): Santiago Manzarbeitia Valle

"Spiritual Meaning and Function of Medieval Mural Painting: Catechesis, Liturgy and Peregrinatio"
Speaker
Santiago Manzarbeitia Valle, Lecturer, Department of the History of Art, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Plenary Room
10:10-10:40

Coffee Break

10:40-10:50

Transition Break

10:50-12:05
Religious Trauma: A Phenomenological Inquiry into Impacts on Millennials

Sarah Farrell, Student, PhD, Our Lady of the Lake University, United States

10:50
Transitions and Changes in the Spirituality of Migrants: A Case Study with Rural Youth from Peru

Juan Dejo, Vicepresident of Research, Philosophy & Theology, University Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, Lima, Peru
Mariana Dupuy, Teacher, Humanities, Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, Lima, Peru

11:10
11:30
10:50-12:05
Biblical Narratives in the Handmaid’s Tale

Bina Nir, A lecturer , Department of Multidisciplinary Studies, The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Israel

11:10
Fostering Community Cohesion: The Role of Recognition in Religious Discourse

Gerard Ryan, Director, Master of Divinity and Master in Theological Studies Degrees and Assistant Professor of Political Theology , Theology, Regis College, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

11:30
10:50-12:05
Stilling the Storm: Christology, Cosmology, Theodicy - Faith and Discipleship in Quantum Perspective

Stephen W. Need, Associate Professor, Theology, University of Notre Dame, London, United Kingdom

10:50
Metaphorical Conceptualization of Inner Peace in Islamic and Christian Literature: A Comparative Analysis

Lorena Bort Mir, Associate Professor, Applied Linguistics, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Susan Ghaffaryan, Univeristy of Religions and Denominations, Iran

11:30
10:50-12:05
Mindfulness and Its Relation to Self-Transformation and Evolving Inspiration in Society

Shimo Sraman, Buddhist Monk, Wat Mai Amataros (Buddhist Monastery), Krung Thep Maha Nakhon [Bangkok], Thailand
Shimul Roy, Buddhist Monk, Buddhist Studies, Lumbeni Buddha Vihar, Madhya Pradesh, India
Ratan Barua Sramon, Student, Buddhist Studies, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

11:10
12:05-12:15

Transition Break

Plenary Room
12:15-13:00
Room 3
The Givenness of Identity Across Time: How We Ought to Find Ourselves in Relationship to the Divine

Brianna Holmes, Licensed Professional Counselor and Associate Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Counseling, Live Life Well Counseling, Utah, United States
Samuel Major, Student, PhD Student, Brigham Young University, Utah, United States

12:15
12:15-13:00
12:15-13:00
12:15-13:00
When Birth and Death Entwine: Rituals around Pregnancy Losses at the Royal Victoria Birthing Center Celebrated by Spiritual Care Professionals

Nathalie Tremblay, Spiritual Care Professional, Psychosocial Service, Montreal Children Hospital - affiliated to McGill University, Quebec, Canada

12:15
13:00-14:15

Lunch

14:15-14:30

Transition Break

14:30-16:10
Dislocation and Disorientation in the Worship of Dionysus

Luke Gorton, Senior Lecturer, Religious Studies, University of New Mexico, New Mexico, United States

14:30
Translating Religious and Secularist Worldviews in the Public Sphere

Salah Basalamah, Chair and Associate Professor, School of Translation and Interpretation, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

15:10
Bullfighting and Mysticism: A Few Notes Towards the Transmutation of the Soul

Jiri Mesic, Assistant Professor, Departament of English and German Philology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

15:30
14:30-16:10
From Brazil to the World: Transnational Lusophone Megachurches

Andrew Johnson, Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Metro State University, Minnesota, United States

14:30
Cults as Religious Foundation: An Object Oriented Practices Approach to Aztec-Catholic Contact

Laura Ammon, Associate Professor of Religion, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies , Appalachian State University , North Carolina, United States
Cheryl Claassen, Research Professor, Anthropology, Appalachian State University, North Carolina, United States

14:50
Exploring Philanthropy in Yemen from the Perspective of Expatriates and Local Charitable Organizations

Sumaia Al Kohlani, Associate Professor, Government and Society, United Arab Emirates University, Abū Z̧aby [Abu Dhabi], United Arab Emirates

15:10

Siddhesh Mukerji, Senior Lecturer, Social, Therapeutic, and Community Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom

15:30
14:30-16:10
Enforced Homogeneity and the Politics of Sanatana: Construction of a Popular Hindu Identity in Contemporary India

Daisy Barman, Assistant Professor, Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, Bangalore, India, Karnataka, India

14:30
The Female Convert: 'Outcaste' by the Community

Ivy Imogene Hansdak, Associate Professor, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

14:50
Unmasking the Deviance Undercurrent: The Anatomy of Sexual Depravity in Pastoral Contexts

Mashudu Muthivhi, Lecturer, Human Sciences, University of Venda, Limpopo, South Africa

15:10

Khatereh Taher, Student, M.A. School of Religious Studies, McGill University, Quebec, Canada

15:30
14:30-16:10
GodLight: Intersections between Science and Spirituality

Robert Barthelemy, Director/President, Collaboration Studies, Collaborative Innovation Institute, Ohio, United States

14:30
Navigating Self-spirituality through Movement : An Exploration of Yoga as an Approach for Inner and Outer Peace

Sarah Green, Director, Consultancy and Research , Dr Sarah Green Consultancy and Research , United Kingdom

14:50
16:10-16:20

Transition Break

16:20-16:50