2012 Australian Association for the Study of Religion Conference

University of Western Sydney

Parramatta Campus, 28-30 September 2012

Deadline for submissions of abstracts (individual paper or panel

proposals): 31 May, 2012

At the local and global level, religion is changed through social processes, but religion also impacts on societies at the structural and grass roots levels. As modernity and (de)secularisation are multilateral processes, the conference explores the multiple types of (de)centralisation, pluralism and voluntarism of religious life.

First Call for Individual or Panel Presentations

• Individual paper proposals (200-300 words) • Panel proposals (200 word for the panel concept and 200-300 words on each panel paper).

• For each paper, please provide a bio (up to 50 words) of the presenter(s).

• Please submit your abstract to Alan Nixon at: A.Nixon@uws.edu.au

Local Organising Committee

Julia Howell

Alphia Possamai-Inesedy

Adam Possamai

Judith Snodgrass

Irena Veljanova

Programme Committee

Carole Cusack, University of Sydney

Jamila Hussein, University of Technology, Sydney.

Jay Johnston, University of Sydney and

University of New South Wales

Paul Oslington, Australian Catholic University.

Adam Possamai, University of Western Sydney Malcolm Voyce, Macquarie University

The event is hosted by the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, the School of Social Sciences and Psychology and the School of Humanities and Communication Arts.

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