CESNUR 2006 International Conference
Religion, Globalization, and Conflict: International Perspectives
July 13-16, 2006
San Diego State University, San Diego, California
International conference organised by CESNUR (Center for Studies on New Religions), Torino, Italy and the Department of Religious Studies and the Society for the Academic Study of Religion at San Diego State University, in co-operation with ISAR (Institute for the Study of American Religion), Santa Barbara, California
PROGRAMME
Thursday July 13, 2006
7.30 p.m. Welcome Session [Casa Real]
Welcome
Rebecca MOORE, presiding and introducing
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, San Diego Premiere of a new documentary by Stanley Nelson
Panel following the film features former Peoples Temple members Don Beck, the Rev. Hue Fortson, LauraLaura Johnston Kohl, and Neva Sly
Friday July 14, 2006
9.00 a.m. - 11 a.m.
SESSION 1 (PLENARY) [Council Chambers]
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
Chair: Massimo INTROVIGNE
Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Information: The Problem of Government Secrecy and Document Classification - Rebecca MOORE (San Diego State University)
France's Picard About Law and Neo-Phare: The First Conviction for “Abus de Faiblesse” – Susan J. PALMER (Concordia University, Montreal)
Jehovah's Witnesses Finally Win in Germany: A Monumental Decision - James T. RICHARDSON (University of Nevada - Reno)
Provocation or Persecution? The "Bibelforscher" in the Third Reich (An Examination of the Conflict Between Jehovah's Witnesses and the Nazis) - George D. CHRYSSIDES (University of Wolverhampton)
Free Here - Imprisoned There: Religious Liberty Issues and Article 29 from an International Perspective - Eileen BARKER (London School of Economics)
11 a.m. Coffee break
11.15 a.m. - 12.45 p.m.
SESSION 2 (PLENARY) [Council Chambers]
NEW RELIGIONS, GLOBALIZATION, AND POPULAR CULTURE
Chair: J. Gordon MELTON
Who Is Irma Plavatsky? Theosophy, Rosicrucianism, and the Internationalization of Popular Culture from the Dime Novel to "The Da Vinci Code" - Massimo INTROVIGNE (CESNUR, Torino, Italy)
New Traditions About Jesus and the New Religiosity - Reender KRANENBORG (Free University of Amsterdam)
Katerian Catholicism: The Travails of the Global Church in Native North America - Bernadette RIGAL-CELLARD (Université Michel de Montaigne - Bordeaux 3)
The True Buddha School: An Ethnic Church in America - Constance A. JONES (California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco)
1 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. LUNCH
3 p.m - 5.15 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
SESSION 3 [Room 1 - Council Chambers]
ISLAM, IMMIGRATION AND GLOBALIZATION
Chair: Bernadette RIGAL-CELLARD
Not "Convert" or Die" but "Convert and Die": Laws Against Apostasy as Obstacles to Islamic Democracy - Charles A. McDANIEL (Baylor University, Waco, Texas)
Immigrants' Religions as New Religions - Pino LUCÀ TROMBETTA (University of Bologna)
Islamic Terrorism in Canada? The June 2006 Toronto Crisis – James BEVERLEY (Tyndale University College, Toronto)
SESSION 4 [Room 2 - Calmecac]
RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY AND RELIGIOUS RESPONSES
Chair: James T. RICHARDSON
A Holistic Model of Ethical Behavior Based Upon a Metaperspectival Hierarchy of the Traditional Groupings of Virtues, Values, and Ideals - John LaMUTH (Victor Valley College)
Children of the Island Pond Raid - Multimedia presentation, followed by a video - Jean SWANTKO WISEMAN (attorney and member, Twelve Tribes)
Panel discussion and questions from the audience
SESSION 5 [Room 3 - Cantico]
GLOBALIZATION, IMMIGRATION AND THE QUEST FOR RELIGIOUS AUTHENTICITY
Chair: Reender KRANENBORG
The Neo-Hindu Transformation of an Iowa Town - Scott LOWE (University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire)
The Orisa Movement in Trinidad: A Quest for Authenticity - Stephen D. GLAZIER (University of Nebraska - Lincoln)
The Politics of Gender Within the Hare Krishna Movement - E. Burke ROCHFORD (Middlebury College)
Thich Nhat Hanh's Upayc Path: Adeptly Turning the Dharma Wheel in the West - Sandra A. WAWRYTKO (San Diego State University)
6.00 p.m. - 11.00 p.m. The Prado at Balboa Park (Loggia Room)
RECEPTION AND BANQUET - GLOBAL RELIGION: THE SICILIAN CONNECTION
(in co-operation with Regione Siciliana - Assessorato dei Beni Culturali ed Ambientali e della Pubblica Istruzione)
Presiding and introducing: Rebecca MOORE (San Diego State University)
The Magic of 9/11: Lessons from a Sicilian Survey - Massimo INTROVIGNE (CESNUR, Torino)
After the Palermo Conference: New New Religions - Revisiting a Concept - J. Gordon MELTON (Institute for the Study of American Religion, Santa Barbara, California)
Saturday July 15, 2006
10 a.m - 11.30 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
SESSION 6 [Room 3 - Cantico]
MORMON HISTORICAL ISSUES
Chair: Catherine WESSINGER
Richard Bushman's Apologia for Joseph Smith – James BEVERLEY (Tyndale University College, Toronto)
Freemasonry and the Mormon Priesthood - Michael W. HOMER (Utah State Historical Society)
Panel discussion - Questions from the audience
SESSION 7 [Room 1 - Council Chambers]
VIEWS OF GLOBALIZATION AND RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
Chair: George D. CHRYSSIDES
Globalization and Religion - Mehran REZAIE (Daftar Tablighat Islam, Mashhad, Iran)
Globalisation or Aquarius: Are "We" Talking From the Same Thing? - Sébastien GREGOV (French University of Nanterre, Paris)
Group Adhesion and the Raëlian Ideology - Céline CASTILLO (Doctoral Candidate, UQAM, Montréal)
Tantra in the West: Identity and Difference – Sthaneshwar TIMALSINA (San Diego State University)
SESSION 8 [Room 2 - Calmecac]
ETHICAL ISSUES
Chair: Constance A. JONES
Jehovah's Witness and the Anti-Cult Movement: Human Rights Issues - John B. BROWN (Pagan Unity Campaign, Tucson, Arizona)
Resolving Religious Crisis for Sustainable Democracy in Nigeria - Vasudev DAS (Institute for Applied Spiritual Technology, Ibadan, Nigeria)
11.45 a.m. - 12.20 p.m. LUNCH
12.30 p.m. Buses leave for the field trip:
MYSTICAL AND THEOSOPHICAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Visits to Point Loma and Lomaland (home of Katherine Tingley and the Theosophical Society) and to Self-Realization Fellowship in Encinitas (home of Paramahansa Yogananda in the U.S.) Buses will return to downtown San Diego and campus around 6:00 p.m. Dinner on your own.
Sunday July 16, 2006
10.00 a.m. - 12.30 a.m CONCURRENT SESSIONS
SESSION 9 [Room 1 - Council Chambers]
LEGAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES
Chair: Michael W. HOMER
Tea Party at the U.S. Supreme Court: An Analysis of the Hallucinogenic Tea Case - James T. RICHARDSON (University of Nevada - Reno)
The Witch Hunt, the Oppression of the Ecstatic Contemplative in Contemporary U.S. American Culture - Jeffrey S. BROOKS (Tucson, Arizona)
Freedom, Equality, Privileges: Some Remarks on Church-State Issues - Ringo RINGVEE (Department of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Republic of Estonia)
SESSION 10 [Room 2 - Calmecac]
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Chair: Eileen BARKER
Religion, Women and Freedom of Speech in Denmark: Three Crucial Factors for a Healthy Society - Irene Maria BRIONES MARTINEZ (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Nativist Millennialism: Finding the Paradigm in Disparate Cases of Alien Invasion of the Land - Jean ROSENFELD (University of California Los Angeles)
Religious Liberty in an Age of Religious Extremism - Filip SPAGNOLI (National Bank of Belgium)
SESSION 11 [Room 3 - Cantico]
CASE STUDIES
Chair: Massimo INTROVIGNE
Contributing Factors in the Growth of Druidry in North American: A Case Study of Ár nDraíocht Féin - Michael COOPER (Trinity International University)
Occultism for the Teenaged Viewer: The Case of the Witch-Girl in Popular Media - Kenneth GRANHOLM (Åbo Akademi University)
Accounting for One Enoch in Religious Literature: Beowulf, the Book of Moses and LDS Apologetics - Daniel HADLEY (Graduate Student, Harvard Divinity School)
The "Rest" of Israel in Mexico: The Re-structured Church of the Holy Ghost - Genaro ZALPA (Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico)
A post-conference tour to the Unarius Academy of Science, a UFO religion, and to the Twelve Tribes in Valley Center (not included in the full package registration), is being arranged for Sunday afternoon and will be guided by Diana Tumminia (the leading scholar of Unarius). Please E-mail Rebecca Moore remoore@mail.sdsu.edu if you are interested in participating
- Registration Form
- Housing Options
We do not handle housing options. Please consult the following links:
San Diego Convention and Visitors Center
- Some Suggested Budget Hotels
- Form for those wishing to use on-campus accommodations (dormitory)
