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CESNUR 2004 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCERELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS, CONFLICT, AND DEMOCRACY: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES |
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CESNUR 2004 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCERELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS, CONFLICT, AND DEMOCRACY: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES |
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at Baylor University, Waco, Texas |
International conference organised by CESNUR (Center for Studies on New Religions), Torino, Italy and The J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, Baylor University, Waco, Texas,
in co-operation with ISAR (Institute for the Study of American Religion), Santa Barbara, California
June 17, 2004
7.30 p.m. Welcome cocktail [Dillard Hughes Alumni Center].
Introductory remarks by Massimo INTROVIGNE (CESNUR), J. Gordon MELTON (ISAR), and Derek H. DAVIS (Baylor University)
June 18, 2004
10 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
SESSION 1 (PLENARY) [Kronzer Great Hall]
Chair: Derek H. DAVIS
Welcome: Robert SLOAN (President, Baylor University)
Whither New Religions Studies: Defining and Shaping a New Area of Study - David G. BROMLEY (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Can’t Get No Respect: On Studying the Occult as a New Religious Movement - J. Gordon MELTON (Institute for the Study of American Religion)
Of “Cultists” and “Martyrs”: The Study of New Religious Movements and the Study of Suicide Terrorism in Conversation – Massimo INTROVIGNE (CESNUR)
The Never-Ending Saga: Lessons from the Jehovah’s Witness Moscow Dissolution Case - James RICHARDSON (University of Nevada – Reno)
1 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. LUNCH [Dillard Hughes Alumni Center]
3 p.m – 5.30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
SESSION 2 [Room 2]
Chair: Forrest JACKSON
New Age Milieu in Lithuania: The Case of the Academy of Parapsychology - Milda ALISAUSKIENE (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania)
The Master Race and the Family of Light: Conflict, Spiritual Purification and Bio-Political Agendas in J.J. Hurtak’s “Book of Knowledge” - Carol S. MATTHEWS (Kluge Center, Library of Congress)
Revelation and Experience in the Theosophic Tradition - Reender KRANENBORG (Free University of Amsterdam)
The Wisdom of Indigo Children - Sarah W.WHEDON (University of California)
SESSION 3 [Kronzer Great Hall]
Chair: Michael W. HOMER
Early Christian Proselytism: Implications for Interfaith Dialogue Between Christians and Pagans - Michael COOPER (Trinity International University)
What has space got to do with it? Spatial Religious Communities and Violence - Martha BRADLEY (University of Utah)
Religion: Conflict and Peace – The Swedenborgian Perspective - Jane K.WILLIAMS-HOGAN (Bryn Athyn College)
SESSION 4 [Room 3]
Chair: Nikandrs GILLS
The Relation between State and Religion in Turkey in the European Union Accession Process - Mustafa Cenap AYD (Graduate Student, Bogazici University)
Romanian Challenges to Religious Pluralism: The Churches and State - Cristian ROMOCEA (Oxford Centre for Mission Studies)Cinderella Goes to Market: The Religious Situation in Post-communist Romania - Lucian TURCESCU (St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia)
Religious Liberty and National Identity: The Case of Ukrainian Nation-Building - Victor YELENSKY (Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences)
SESSION 5 [Room 4]
Chair: Bernadette RIGAL-CELLARD
Marco Vassi: “Metasex” and Zen Spiritual Search - J. Edgar BAUER (Heidelberg, Germany)
Aaron Beck on Violence and the Problem of Violence in New Religious Movements - Dale COKER (Ph.D. candidate, University of Leuven)
The Use of Violence in Religion and Spirituality: A Comparison between Dogville (2003) (by Lars Von Trier) and The Alchemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, Anno 1459 (1616) (by Johann Valentin Andreae) - Sébastien GREGOV (Melun, France)
SESSION 6 [Room 5]
Presiding and responding: James T. RICHARDSON
Panelists: Peter CUMPER (University of Leicester); Eileen BARKER (London School of Economics); Derek H. DAVIS (Baylor University).
9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
SESSION 7 (PLENARY) [Kronzer Great Hall]
Chair: James T. RICHARDSON
Fifty Years of the Unification Church: A Sociological Appraisal - Eileen BARKER (London School of Economics)
After the Messiah: Spirit Certainties, Earthly Empires, and Competing Heirs – James A. BEVERLEY (Tyndale Seminary, Toronto)
Calling for Unification and Peace: The Unification Movement in Latvia - Nikandrs GILLS (University of Latvia)
50 Years of Unification? Conflicts, Responsibilities and Rights - George D. CHRYSSIDES (University of Wolverhampton)
Respondent: Dan FEFFERMAN (International Coalition for Religious Freedom)
11 a.m. – 11.15 a.m. COFFEE BREAK
11.20 a.m. – 13.20 a.m.
SESSION 8 [Kronzer Great Hall]
Chair: Reender KRANENBORG
Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism: A Legal and Critical Analysis - Younes SOUALHI (International Islamic University of Malaysia)
Religious Freedom: The Islamic Perspective - Ghalia BOUHEDDA (International Islamic University of Malaysia)
Contemplating Protestant Islam: A Look at Islamic Reform Movements Through the Lens of Sixteenth-Century Christianity - Charles McDANIEL (Baylor University)
SESSION 9 [Room 2]
Chair: Constance JONES
Religious Conversions and Cultural Conflict Among Indian Communities in Mexico - Genaro ZALPA (Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes)
The Spirituality of the El Shaddai DWXI-PPFI: An Attempt to Understand a Filipino Religious Movement - Esmeralda FORTUNADO-SANCHEZ (University of Santo Tomas, Manila)
National Public Policy Resulting From Effects of World War II on Jehovah’s Witnesses - Zane Pushaw ALTMAN (Graduate Student, University of Colorado at Boulder)
China as a (New) Religion Exporting Nation: The Case of the Local Church and the True Jesus Church - Connie JONES (California Institute of Integral Studies) and J. Gordon MELTON (Institute for the Study of American Religion)
SESSION 10 [Room 3]
Chair: Martha BRADLEY
Litigation Involving The Children of God / The Family – Michael HOMER (Utah State Historical Society)
Justifying Government Intervention: Diversity, Religious Conflict and the Dutch Government - Christiaan RAVENSBERGEN (Theological University Kampen)
Freedom of Religion or Belief in the OSCE Religion: Challenges to Law After September 11 – Eugenia RELAÑO PASTOR (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
An Analysis of the Peyote Way Church of God in the Legal Field - Bernadette RIGAL-CELLARD (Université Michel de Montaigne – Bordeaux 3)
SESSION 11 [Room 4]
Chair: James BEVERLEY
Fear in the Psychosocial Universe of Apocalyptic Groups - Lorraine DEROCHER (Research Assistant, Sherbrooke University)
A Man on a Mission From God: The Most Dangerous Thing in the World - Brett L. MERS (United States Air Force Academy)
Holy Land, Holy Power: An American Approach to Religious Nationalism in Israel/Palestine - Robert O. SMITH (Baylor University)
1.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. LUNCH [Dillard Hughes Alumni Center]
3 p.m. – 6 p.m. FIELD TRIP
Presiding and introducing : Stuart WRIGHT (Lamar University)
The Branch Davidians and the Waco Media, 1993-2003 - Catherine WESSINGER (Loyola University, New Orleans)Leadership Failure and Leadership Success in the Davidian Tradition – Bill PITTS (Baylor University)
Responses by members of the Branch Davidians.
7.30 p.m. – 10 p.m. BANQUET [Dillard Hughes Alumni Center]
The U.S. Congress and Religious Liberty – The Hon. Congressman Chet EDWARDS
9.15 a.m. – 11 a.m.
SESSION 12 (PLENARY) [Kronzer Great Hall]
Chair: J. Gordon MELTON
Researching Scientology: Premises, Promises, and Problematics - Douglas E. COWAN (University of Missouri – Kansas City)
The Church of Scientology’s Ongoing Quest for Legal Recognition World-Wide – Derek H. DAVIS (Baylor University)
An Analysis of SMI (Scientology Missions International): An Immutabile Model of Technological Missionary Activity - Bernadette RIGAL-CELLARD (Université Michel de Montaigne - Bordeaux 3)
11.10 a.m. – 11.20 a.m. COFFEE BREAK
11.30 a.m. – 1 p.m. PANEL DISCUSSION Scholars (J. Gordon MELTON, Douglas E. COWAN, Derek H. DAVIS, Bernadette RIGAL-CELLARD) in conversation with members of the Church of Scientology (Al BUTTNOR, Martin WEIGHTMAN)
1.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. LUNCH [Dillard Hughes Alumni Center]
3 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Chair: Douglas E. COWAN
Krishnakant DESAI will present the position of the ISKCON Revival Movement, opening the floor to responses and interacting with scholars.
SESSION 14 [Room 3]
Chair: George D. CHRYSSIDES
Satanists in Estonia - Ringo RINGVEE (Department of Religious Affaire, Republic of Estonia)
The Religion of Secularism - Paul DIAMOND (Barrister, Cambridge, UK)
Holy Ghost Hysteria: From the Convulsionnaires to the Televangelist Faith Healers - Forrest JACKSON (Dallas, Texas)
SESSION 15 [Room 2]
Chair: Milda ALISAUSKIENE
Twelve Tribes’ Next Generation: Worldview, Conflict of Culture - Jean SWANTKO WISEMAN (Attorney, Vermont)
Re-imagining Elohim: Rethinking the Mormon Doctrine of God for the 21st Century - James K. WALKER (Arlington Baptist College)
The Unification Church: An Analysis of Its Paradoxical Church-State Relationship - Daeseob KIM (graduate student, Baylor University)
SESSION 16 [Kronzer Great Hall]
Chair: Mike HOMER
Strategies of the Christian Anti-Gay Lobby - Stephen HUNT (University of the West of England)
Religious and Political Ritualism in Democratic and Non-Democratic Systems - Maria MARCZEWSKA-RYTKO (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin)
Modern Offshoots of “Naturphilosophie” : A Strategic Alliance Against a Violent World or the Emergence of New Religions ? - Sylvain Pierre IMBS (Meudon, France)
SESSION 17 [Room 5]
Chair: Jane WILLIAMS-HOGAN
Have You Heard My Good News? The European Approach to the Regulation of Religious Broadcasting - Peter CUMPER (University of Leicester)
Why “Unchurched Religion” Spread in Europe? - Pino LUCÀ TROMBETTA (University of Bologna)
New Religious and Spiritual Movements in Slovenia - Ales CRNIC (University of Ljubljana)
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