SYMPOSIUM: Faith in Motion: Religion in the 21st Century
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The twenty-first century is often characterised as an era of unprecedented mobility and
interconnectivity, but it is also marked by efforts to reinforce national borders and curtail human
movement. Paradoxes of mobility and immobility in our increasingly unequal world come into
sharp focus when viewed through the lens of religion. Sociologists, anthropologists, and scholars of
comparative religion have long called attention to the way that religion constitutes space and place,
linking particular localities to encompassing cosmic schemes. The world’s major religious
traditions emerged in the context of expanding empires and markets becoming, arguably, the first
truly global social movements. In the current globalising context, relocating individuals re-establish
religious communities, or transport portable, malleable beliefs and rituals. Some ‘lose their religion’
in increasingly secular contexts; others adopt ‘foreign’ religions. What is certain is that religion
mutates and accommodates with movement.
With the support of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation ‘Faith and Globalisation’ Initiative, the UWA
Mobilities and Belonging Initiative research cluster, and the Centre for Muslim States and Societies, we are
proud to present the Faith in Motion symposium.
Speaker(s) |
Conveners: Debra McDougall, Farida Fozdar, Samina Yasmeen and Mark Jennings
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Location |
The Michael Chaney Case Study Room, UWA Business School
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Contact |
Debra McDougall
<[email protected]>
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Start |
Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:00
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End |
Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:00
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Submitted by |
Emily Buckland <[email protected]>
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Last Updated |
Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:52
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