CFP: New Forms of Public Religion
Monique Ingalls
10.30 a.m. Wednesday 5th to 2 p.m. on Friday 7th September 2012
Divinity School & St John’s College, University of Cambridge
The fact that religion has not privatised, but remains an important
aspect of public life, is now well recognised. But talk of ‘public
religion’ can be vague and unfocused. The aim of this conference is to
explore – with new findings – the forms which public religion is
taking today, not only in the West, but elsewhere in an increasingly
connected world.
The conference streams indicate the main arenas in relation to which
public religion will be discussed, and on which papers are invited.
Additional suggestions are also welcome:
The Market and Religion
Politics and Religion
Law and Religion
Religion, Media and Civil Society
Violence (State and Non-state) and Religion
Religion in Public Places and Spaces
Religion, Health and Welfare
Religion and Education
Religion and Migration
Speakers include:
Lori Beaman
José Casanova
The Rt Hon Charles Clarke
Grace Davie
Pamela Dickey-Young
Stewart Hoover
The Rt Revd Graham James
Meredith McGuire
Nancy Nason-Clark
Jim Spickard
Linda Woodhead
The conference will showcase thirty or so projects funded by the
Religion and Society Programme which have new findings in this area.
These will be supplemented by the papers received through this open
call.
Individual paper proposals (max. 200 words) should be submitted to:
Peta Ainsworth, p.ain...@lancaster.ac.uk by 30th April 2012.
The conference is subsidised by the sponsors and costs £100 per
delegate, £50 for postgraduates/unwaged (for the entire conference) or
£50 per day, £25 for postgraduates/unwaged. The conference fee
excludes accommodation and evening meals. Registration will open 5th
March.
A limited number of bursaries are available for postgraduates in the
UK who need to travel some distance to Cambridge. Please send an email
with your registration form to Peta Ainsworth stating in one paragraph
why you require assistance and how much your travel costs will be.
Therese Smith
Would anyone know of any published sources on The Redeemed Christian Church
of God, a Nigerian Pentecostal church, or indeed anything on African
Pentecostals? I have one source
- 'Shades of Belonging: African Pentecostals in 21st Century Ireland' by
Abel Ugba (2009)
But not much else.
Any suggestions gratefully received, thanks!
Therese
Kind regards,
Professor Therese Smith
Professor Therese Smith
UCD School of Music
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University College Dublin
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Ph.: 353-1-716-8455
Michael Webb
The only source I can think of (and am not sure whether it will help) is Ogbu Kalu's writings - I have his 2009 book titled African Pentecostalism but just can't put my hands on it right now. His (posthumous) 2010 article in Pneuma journal on 'Holy Praiseco: Negotiating Sacred and Popular Music and Dance in African Pentecostalism' is excellent. there are a lot of journal articles by various people - Birgit Meyer has written quite a lot.
Michael
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From: srm...@googlegroups.com [srm...@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Therese Smith [theres...@ucd.ie]
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:56 PM
To: 'Monique Ingalls'; 'Sacred/Religious Music SIG'
Subject: RE: [SRM-SIG] CFP: New Forms of Public Religion
Monique Ingalls
I agree with Michael that Ogbu Kalu's book is an excellent source on the topic. The Journal of Religion in Africa is a good place to look for additional articles on African Pentecostalism, and Rosalind Hackett is another scholar that has published quite a lot on the topic. Here are a few resources on Pentecostalism in West Africa that I've found helpful:
Hackett, Rosalind. “Charismatic/Pentecostal Appropriations of Media Technologies in Nigeria and Ghana.” Journal of Religion in Africa 28(3): 258-277.
Marshall-Fratani, Ruth. 1998. “Mediating the Global and Local in Nigerian Pentecostalism.” Journal of Religion in Africa 28 (3): 278-315.
Ojo, Matthews A. 2006. The End-Time Army: Charismatic Movements in Modern Nigeria. Trenton, NJ and Asmara, Eritrea: Africa World Press.
Gifford, Paul. 2004. Ghana's New Christianity: Pentecostalism in a Globalizing African Economy. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
Best regards,
Monique
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Monique M. Ingalls, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow in Popular Music & Culture
Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge
