20 Feb., University of Johannesburg, seminar day: "Post-secularism 2020: Entering into discussion with Hägglund on Religion and Spirituality"
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20 Feb., University of Johannesburg
Hosted by: Lily Nortjé-Meyer & Brima Govender van Niekerk
Department of Religious Studies
University of Johannesburg
Room AR 610
Post-secularism 2020: Entering into discussion with Hägglund on Religion and Spirituality
Central text:
Hägglund, M 2020. This Life. Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom. New York: Anchor Books
(www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/248368/this-life-by-martin-hagglund/ - with some free excerpts available)
Programme
09:30 Coffee & muffins
10:00 What is post-secularism? (Christo Lombaard, Unisa)
10:30 Finitude, Temporality and the Criticism of Religion in Hägglund's
“This Life…” (David Biernot, Prague)
11:15 A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back in again. Or: On
Hägglund's (ab)use of the secular (Kristof Vanhoutte, Basel)
12:00 The implications of Hägglund on Religion and Spirituality (Arlyn Culwick,
Cape Town)
12:45 Lunch (can be bought at the café at the nearby Art Centre)
14:00 Reactions and discussions
18:00 Dinner (in Melville)