Religious Diversity and Cultural Change in Scotland: Modern Perspectives 9.45-10.00: Introduction: Dr Leah Robinson and Dr Steven Sutcliffe 10-10.45 Keynote Professor Callum Brown (Glasgow): ‘The Humanist Condition: How the West was Re-moralised for Atheism’ 10.45-11 Coffee 11-12.30 Panel One: Expressions of Popular and New Religion Dr Leah Robinson (Edinburgh): ‘God on our Side? Theological Understandings of Scottish Soldiers at War’ Dr Steven Sutcliffe (Edinburgh): ‘ “I think he is a Tolstoyan”: Dugald Semple, Food Reform and Conscientious Objection in World War I and after’ Dr George Chryssides (York St JohnYork St John UniversityYork St John University): ‘A New Religion in an Old Country: How Scotland shaped the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ 12.30-1.30 Lunch (bring your own) 1.30-3 Panel Two: Cultural Change and Established Traditions Dr Marion Bowman (Open University):‘Walking Back to Happiness’ Dr Khadijah Elshayyal (Edinburgh): ‘Muslims in Scotland: new findings from the 2011 Census’ Dr Hannah Holtschneider (Edinburgh): ‘Interpreting Jewish migration to Scotland’ Interpreting Jewish migration to Scotland’? 3-3.15: Tea 3.15-4.45: Panel Three: New Discourses Christopher Cotter (Lancaster): ‘Discourse, (Non-)Religion, and Locality: Religion-Related Discourses in Edinburgh’s Southside’ Krittika Bhattacharjee (Edinburgh): ‘The everyday life of a visitor spot: the place of the ‘special’ on the island of Iona’ Liam Sutherland (Edinburgh): ‘ “One Nation, Many Faiths”: Banal Nationalism, Religious Pluralism and Public Space in Scottish Interfaith Literature’ 4.45/5 closing comments Dr Scott Spurlock (Glasgow/SRCN) Apr 19 2016 09.45 - 17.00 Religious Diversity and Cultural Change in Scotland: Modern Perspectives 19 APRIL 2016 - A One Day Conference organised by Scottish Religious Cultures Network (SRCN), with Religious Studies and the Centre for Theology and Public Issues, Edinburgh Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX Find us on google maps Book now
Religious Diversity and Cultural Change in Scotland: Modern Perspectives 9.45-10.00: Introduction: Dr Leah Robinson and Dr Steven Sutcliffe 10-10.45 Keynote Professor Callum Brown (Glasgow): ‘The Humanist Condition: How the West was Re-moralised for Atheism’ 10.45-11 Coffee 11-12.30 Panel One: Expressions of Popular and New Religion Dr Leah Robinson (Edinburgh): ‘God on our Side? Theological Understandings of Scottish Soldiers at War’ Dr Steven Sutcliffe (Edinburgh): ‘ “I think he is a Tolstoyan”: Dugald Semple, Food Reform and Conscientious Objection in World War I and after’ Dr George Chryssides (York St JohnYork St John UniversityYork St John University): ‘A New Religion in an Old Country: How Scotland shaped the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ 12.30-1.30 Lunch (bring your own) 1.30-3 Panel Two: Cultural Change and Established Traditions Dr Marion Bowman (Open University):‘Walking Back to Happiness’ Dr Khadijah Elshayyal (Edinburgh): ‘Muslims in Scotland: new findings from the 2011 Census’ Dr Hannah Holtschneider (Edinburgh): ‘Interpreting Jewish migration to Scotland’ Interpreting Jewish migration to Scotland’? 3-3.15: Tea 3.15-4.45: Panel Three: New Discourses Christopher Cotter (Lancaster): ‘Discourse, (Non-)Religion, and Locality: Religion-Related Discourses in Edinburgh’s Southside’ Krittika Bhattacharjee (Edinburgh): ‘The everyday life of a visitor spot: the place of the ‘special’ on the island of Iona’ Liam Sutherland (Edinburgh): ‘ “One Nation, Many Faiths”: Banal Nationalism, Religious Pluralism and Public Space in Scottish Interfaith Literature’ 4.45/5 closing comments Dr Scott Spurlock (Glasgow/SRCN) Apr 19 2016 09.45 - 17.00 Religious Diversity and Cultural Change in Scotland: Modern Perspectives 19 APRIL 2016 - A One Day Conference organised by Scottish Religious Cultures Network (SRCN), with Religious Studies and the Centre for Theology and Public Issues, Edinburgh Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX Find us on google maps Book now
Apr 19 2016 09.45 - 17.00 Religious Diversity and Cultural Change in Scotland: Modern Perspectives 19 APRIL 2016 - A One Day Conference organised by Scottish Religious Cultures Network (SRCN), with Religious Studies and the Centre for Theology and Public Issues, Edinburgh
