2006 Conference on Contemporary Pagan Studies
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Paganism in Public Spaces: Social, Legal and Political Interactions
November 17th, 2006
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Washington
Convention Center - 140B |
CCPS was held in conjunction
with the Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Religion. This year we had 48 people attend CCPS. The
sessions went well and all of the presenters did a great job.
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| This year we focused
on contemporary Pagan interaction in the public sphere. Pagans do
not exist in a vacuum. They interact daily with other people as individuals,
as part of larger public institutions and as the "public". These interactions
can provide opportunities for understanding, misunderstanding, or
apathy. |
Agenda for 2006 Conference
on Contemporary Pagan Studies
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| 9AM |
Registration |
| 9:30AM – 10:45A |
Sharkey's End: Paganism's Public Challenge and the Limitations
of Legitimacy in the Minnesota Twin Cities, Murphy Pizza, University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
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Public Spirituality, Personal Religion: Pagan Activists and
Political Community, Laurel Zwissler, University of Toronto |
| 11:00A – 12:30P |
A discussion of Paganism and the psychological establishment
with:
Judy Harrow, Cherry Hill Seminary
Amanda Wolfe, Georgia State University |
12:30P –2PM |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 2P – 3:15P |
Quirky Neighbours or Occult Corruptors of Youth? Pagans and
Witches in the newsmedia, Mandy Furney, University of Waterloo |
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Performing “Religion” in Public: The Pagan Cluster
at the Interfaith, Pam Detrixhe, Temple University |
| 3:30P – 5:30P |
Directions in Pagan Studies: the next 5 years |
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We will discuss some directions that our field may take in the
next 5 years. This session will consist of a roundtable style
discussion of the position papers. Click
here to see the position papers. |
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| If you have any questions
you can email Cat at cat@paganstudies.org |
