Program
The program might be subject to minor changes.
Wednesday, August 17
09:00-12:00 Pre-conference workshop
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Registration
14:00-14:45 Board meeting, Nordic Association for the Sociology of Religion (only for board members)
15:00-15:30 Coffee with sandwiches
15:30-17:30 Sessions
4. Governance of Religious Diversity
7. Media Dynamics of Nationalism and Religion
8. Religion and Spirituality in Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga
11. Religion and Non-religion Across Generations and (Non-)Religious Transmission
17:45-18:00 Conference opening
18:00-19:00 The Berndt Gustafsson memorial keynote: Professor Detlef Pollack, University of Münster – “Dechurchification and Religious Individualization”
19:00-21:30 Mingle
Thursday, August 18
08:30-10:30 Sessions
4. Governance of Religious Diversity
7. Media Dynamics of Nationalism and Religion
11. Religion and Non-religion Across Generations and (Non-)Religious Transmission
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:00 Keynote: Professor Masooda Bano, University of Oxford – “ Islamic Educational Establishments in Europe: Adapting to Time”
12:00-13.30 Lunch
12:00-13:30 Editorial meeting, Nordic Journal of Religion and Society (only for the editorial staff)
13:30-15:30 Sessions
2. Nonreligion in a Complex Future
6. Rethinking Nordic religious complexity from organizational, cultural and value perspectives
9. Challenges and Changes as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic
12. Impact of COVID-19 in Religious Communities, Societies and Everyday Experiences
15:30-16:00 Coffee with sandwiches
16:00-17:30 Sessions (Shorter session)
1. Orthodox and Catholic Churches in the Nordic Countries
3. Meeting for the project group on Complexity and Beyond in Studies of Religiosity in the Nordic Countries (CBSR)
10. Religion and Emotions: Organizational and Communal Viewpoints
13. Open session
17:30-18:30 General assembly, Nordic Association for the Sociology of Religion
19:30 Conference dinner
Friday, August 19
08:30-10:30 Sessions
5. Gender and new forms of Leadership in Religious Communities
6. Rethinking Nordic religious complexity from organizational, cultural and value perspectives
12. Impact of COVID-19 in Religious Communities, Societies and Everyday Experiences
13. Open session
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:00 Keynote (Zoom): Professor Mitsutoshi Horii, Shumei University – “‘Religion’ in the Sociology of Religion"
12:00-13.30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Evaluation and discussion on the next conference
14:30-15:00 Coffee with sandwiches