1st Global Conference
Spirituality And….Culture
including a guided tour of Belém and the Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon
Saturday 17th March 2018 – Sunday 18th March 2018
Lisbon, Portugal
Final Conference Programme
Saturday 17th March 2018
08.30 – 09.00
Registration
09.00 – 09.30
Welcome and Opening Remarks
09.30 – 10.30
Session 1: Round Table ‘What is Spirituality?’
10.30 – 11.00
Tea and Coffee
11.00 – 12:30
Session 2: Spirituality and Humanity
Chair: Seán Moran
To Prefer a Preference for the Poor
Benny Mattis (USA)
Can a Black Nationalist Spirituality Advance Equality in the Face of Rising White Nationalism?
Alan Scot Willis (USA)
Capitalist Colonialism, Social Change, Healing, and the Resurgence of Critical Spirituality
Taqdir Bhandal (Canada)
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30
Session 3: Dysfunctional Spirituality?
Chair: Erin Kavanagh
Spirituality Gone Wrong?
Dominic Kirby (Ireland)
Disparities Between Spirituality and Religiosity in African Culture and its influence on African Social-Political Development
Ilemobayo John Omogunwa (Nigeria)
Research Insights into Demonic Possession and Effective Exorcism Techniques
Jayant Athavale (India)
15.30-16.00 Tea and coffee
15:45
Tour (circa 3 hours)
The bus will leave promptly at 15.45 from outside the conference hotel. At the end of the tour you have the option to either catch the bus back to the conference hotel or remain in Lisbon city centre.
Sunday 18th March 2018
09.30 – 10.30
Session 4: Women and Spirituality
Chair: Dominic Kirby
Doors of Hope – Baha’i Western-Women Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Shay Rozen (Israel)
Religious Portraits: British Women and their Encounters with Persian Islam and Zoroastrianism
Serena Vianello (Italy)
10.30 – 11.00 Tea and coffee
11.00 – 12.30
Session 5: Spirituality, Global Rights and Travel
Chair: Vengala Sujata Raju
A Buddhist Perspective on Global Warming – Our Irresistible Fate?
Shimo Sraman and Abhijeet Chowdhury (Thailand)
Swami Vivekananda’s Spiritual Universalism: Uniting All Cultures in the Modern Global Village
Monica Prabhakar (India)
Travel and Spirituality: A North African Perspective
Mohamed Laamiri (Morocco)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00
Session 6: Spirituality, Consciousness and Peace
Chair: Erhabor Idemudia
The Pertinence of the Upanisadic Understanding of Consciousness in the Contemporary World
Vengala Sujata Raju (India)
The Pragmatic Relevance of Traditional Indian Philosophies in the Contemporary Meaning of Spirituality and Cultural World-views
Rekha Navneet (India)
15.00 – 16.00
Session 7: Spirituality, Illness and Death
Chair: Emma Sdegno
Culture, Spirituality and Health Illness Behaviour: An African perspective
Erhabor Idemudia (South Africa)
The Structure of Illness Space: Video and Illness Experience as Spiritual Practice
Nicholas Serenati (USA)
16.00 – 16.20 Tea and coffee
16.20-17.20
Session 8: Spirituality and the Arts
Chair: Benny Mattis
John Ruskin’s Art Criticism and Spirituality
Emma Sdegno (Italy)
Spirituality and Culture: Drawing Between the Lines
Erin Kavanagh (UK)
17.20
Final Remarks and Call to Action
18.00
Goodbyes, Photographs, Departures