New issue of Nova Religio has been published!
The Table of Contents of Nova Religio 21, 1 (August 2017) is up on Nova Religio’s website at nr.ucpress.edu.
You can also access the Table of Contents through a notice that has been posted on Nova Religio’s Facebook page.
The article titles and authors are listed below. Additionally there are book reviews and book notes.
Nova Religio 21.1 is the last issue produced by Scott Lowe before he retired as co-general editor. We have enjoyed working with Scott as part of Nova Religio’s editorial team, and we are happy that he will continue to read papers submitted to Nova Religio from time to time.
We are pleased that Marie Dallam has come on board as co-general editor of Nova Religio.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Confucianism as an “Organized Religion”: An Ethnographic Study of the Confucian Congregation
Na Chen and Lizhu Fan
Sound and the Social Aesthetics of Religious Pluralism in Southern Uganda: The Jjajja Ndawula Community
Peter J. Hoesing
Happiness Is Not Only Your Right; It’s Your Duty! Salto Quântico and the Search for the Good Life
E. Stone
Field Notes
Rejecting Women’s Ordination: The 60th General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church
Laura Vance
Reviews
www.cesnur.org/2017/ted_answer.htm
An Answer and an Open Letter about TED's Video on Cults
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We are scholars of new religious movements, sometimes labeled as "cults," with substantial academic experience in this field.The 2018 CESNUR Conference
Co-organized by:
Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR)
Weixin College, Nantou County, Taiwan
Taiwan WeiXin World Peace Promotion Association, Nantou County, Taiwan
International Society for the Study of New Religions (ISSNR)
TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS: EAST ASIA, THE WEST, AND BEYOND
Weixin College, Taichung Branch, Taichung, Taiwan, 17-23 June 2018
Call for Papers
CESNUR 2018 will be organized at the Taichung Branch of Weixin College, an accredited university in Taiwan, in cooperation with Taiwan WeiXin World Peace Promotion Association, an organization specialized in hosting academic conferences. The dates have been set to allow participants to attend a significant religious festival in Taiwan, centered on the unveiling of a 25-meters high golden statue of Guiguzi by the Taiwanese new religion Weixin Shengjiao, the parent organization of Weixin College. Guiguzi was a Chinese sage who, according to the tradition, during the Warring States period in China operated the first school of military strategy and diplomacy in world history. As happened for other figures in Chinese history, he was divinized after his death and is regarded by Weixin Shengjiao as the embodiment of the Bodhisattva Wang Chan Lao Zu. The cult of Guiguzi is largely spread in both Mainland China and Taiwan, and it is expected that the unveiling of the statue on June 18 will be attended by thousands of members of many different religions, including Christians, who obviously do not regard Guiguzi as a divinity but respect his historical role as a promoter of peace through diplomacy.
Participants to the conference are expected to arrive in Taipei airport on June 17, from where buses will take them to Taichung. On June 18, they will attend the festival centered on the unveiling of Guiguzi’s statue in Nantou County. Conference sessions at Weixin college will be on June 19, 20, and in the morning of 21. A field trip will explore different new religions of Taiwan on June 21 (afternoon), 22, and 23, concluding in Taipei, from where they will be able to fly back home on the late evening of June 23 or on June 24. We will post soon offers and costs for packages including all hotels and meals.
We welcome papers on this year’s theme: “Tradition and Innovation in Religious Movements: East Asia, the West and Beyond.” More specifically we welcome lectures that examine perceptions and practices related to orthodoxy, tradition, and innovation in religious movements. In addition, we welcome specific examinations of the religious relations between East Asia and the rest of the world, of the inculturation of Western religions and movements in East Asia, and the globalization of movements origination in East Asia. We would also like to discuss the relations between esotericism, orthodoxy, and innovation, and the multiple meanings of “tradition/s.”
Papers and session proposals should be submitted by E-mail before the close of business on Monday, January 8th, 2018 to cesnur_to@virgilio.it, accompanied by an abstract of no more than 300 words and a CV of no more than 200 words. PhD students should attach a letter of support from their advisor.
The 2018 CESNUR Conference
Co-organized by:
Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR)
Weixin College, Nantou County, Taiwan
Taiwan WeiXin World Peace Promotion Association, Nantou County, Taiwan
International Society for the Study of New Religions (ISSNR)
TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS: EAST ASIA, THE WEST, AND BEYOND
Weixin College, Taichung Branch, Taichung, Taiwan, 17-23 June 2018
Call for Papers
CESNUR 2018 will be organized at the Taichung Branch of Weixin College, an accredited university in Taiwan, in cooperation with Taiwan WeiXin World Peace Promotion Association, an organization specialized in hosting academic conferences. The dates have been set to allow participants to attend a significant religious festival in Taiwan, centered on the unveiling of a 25-meters high golden statue of Guiguzi by the Taiwanese new religion Weixin Shengjiao, the parent organization of Weixin College. Guiguzi was a Chinese sage who, according to the tradition, during the Warring States period in China operated the first school of military strategy and diplomacy in world history. As happened for other figures in Chinese history, he was divinized after his death and is regarded by Weixin Shengjiao as the embodiment of the Bodhisattva Wang Chan Lao Zu. The cult of Guiguzi is largely spread in both Mainland China and Taiwan, and it is expected that the unveiling of the statue on June 18 will be attended by thousands of members of many different religions, including Christians, who obviously do not regard Guiguzi as a divinity but respect his historical role as a promoter of peace through diplomacy.
Participants to the conference are expected to arrive in Taipei airport on June 17, from where buses will take them to Taichung. On June 18, they will attend the festival centered on the unveiling of Guiguzi’s statue in Nantou County. Conference sessions at Weixin college will be on June 19, 20, and in the morning of 21. A field trip will explore different new religions of Taiwan on June 21 (afternoon), 22, and 23, concluding in Taipei, from where they will be able to fly back home on the late evening of June 23 or on June 24. We will post soon offers and costs for packages including all hotels and meals.
We welcome papers on this year’s theme: “Tradition and Innovation in Religious Movements: East Asia, the West and Beyond.” More specifically we welcome lectures that examine perceptions and practices related to orthodoxy, tradition, and innovation in religious movements. In addition, we welcome specific examinations of the religious relations between East Asia and the rest of the world, of the inculturation of Western religions and movements in East Asia, and the globalization of movements origination in East Asia. We would also like to discuss the relations between esotericism, orthodoxy, and innovation, and the multiple meanings of “tradition/s.”
Papers and session proposals should be submitted by E-mail before the close of business on Monday, January 8th, 2018 to cesnur_to@virgilio.it, accompanied by an abstract of no more than 300 words and a CV of no more than 200 words. PhD students should attach a letter of support from their advisor.
In Antwerp, on 29-30 May, CESNUR co-organizes the first international scholarly conference on Reverend Moon and the Unification Movement. And for the first time we will have in the same conference scholars from the three main branches in which the Unification Movement divided after the death of Reverend Moon
Life and Legacy of Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Movements
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Antwerp, Belgium 29-30 May 2017 Faculty of Comparative Study of Religion and Humanism (FVG) Bist 164. 2610 Wilrijk (Antwerpen) Tel : + 32 3 830 51 58
Would you please send me the transcripts of the different lecturers from that conference. Thank You. Karen Noble.. E-mail Karenrnoble@yahoo.com just the lecturers from each of the three branches of Unification Movements.
The 2017 CESNUR conference program is now published. Please check CESNUR website for it. ISSNR members will have a business meeting on Tuesday, July 4 from 1.45 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. The place of the meeting will be announced during the registration.
Online: overview of the attitudes of European States towards new religious movements (by JF Mayer).
english.religion.info/2016/11/05/research-a-brief-overview-of-the-attitudes-of-western-european-s...
Also available as PDF document: www.religion.info/pdf/2016_11_nrms.pdf
english.religion.info
In the 1990s, some Western European countries published reports and established state agencies or state-sponsored information centres to deal with “cults”. Why did such an intriguing development o...The 2017 CESNUR conference
Co-organized by:
Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR)
The Israeli Information Center for New Religious Movements (MEIDA)
The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
The Goldstein-Goren International Center for Jewish Thought, Ben Gurion University
International Society for the Study of New Religions (ISSNR)
HOLY LANDS AND SACRED HISTORIES IN NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
2 July - 7 July 2017
The 2017 CESNUR conference will for the first time take place in Jerusalem.
We welcome papers especially on this year's theme: "Holy Lands and Sacred Histories in New Religious Movements."
Jerusalem, a sacred place to the three monotheistic religions, is a thriving hub for contemporary religious activity. Accordingly, the conference will look at the ways New Religious Movements perceive, create, and reinterpret holy places and sacred histories.
We welcome lectures who will examine perceptions and practices related to holy lands and sacred histories in new religious movements at large, as well as specific examinations of The Holy Land and its sacred history in Jewish, Muslim and Christian new religious movements, as well as the (re)creation and invention of new holy spaces and sacred histories.
Papers and session should be submitted by E-mail before the close of business on Monday, January 2nd 2017 to cesnur_to@virgilio.it, accompanied by an abstract of no more than 300 words and a CV of no more than 200 words. PhD students should attach a letter of support from their advisor.
The conference will begin on Sunday afternoon, July 2nd 2017, with a reception and plenary session. Conference sessions will run through the day on Monday and Tuesday (3-4 July), through Wednesday Morning. Wednesday (July 5th) afternoon will be dedicated to a local tour in Jerusalem, which will focus on contemporary Jewish, Muslim and Christian encounters. An additional tour of new and old religious sites in Northern Israel will be offered on Thursday and Friday (6-7 July).
Next CESNUR conference will be held in Jerusalem on July 3-5, 2017. International Society for the Study of New Religions (ISSNR) members will have a special event there. See you then!
International Society for the Study of New Religions (ISSNR) members meet every year during the CESNUR conferences, every member has an online access to the International Journal for the Study of New Religions. Have you considered becoming a member of ISSNR? You can become a member of ISSNR by subscribing a journal online following this link: journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/IJSNR/about/subscriptions
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IJSNR is published in cooperation between The International Society for the Study of New Religions (ISSNR) and Equinox.
University of California Press
In celebration of this week's annual meeting for the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), we are pleased to offer free access to the latest issue of Nova Religio: a special issue on New Relig...On July 5-10, 2016 ISSNR together with CESNUR, Korean Academy of New Religions and Daejin University coorganized international conference "Religious Movements in a Globalized World; Korea, Asia, and beyond".
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