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Latvijas Reliģiju pētniecības biedrības2. starptautiskā zinātniskā konference

Latvijas Reliģiju pētniecības biedrība

LATVIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION

BETWEEN EAST AND WEST:Youth, Religion and Politics

October 16–17, 2014University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

2nd International Scientific Conference of the Latvian Society for the Study of Religion

Jaunatne, reliģija un politikaLatvijas Universitāte, Rīga2014. gada 16.-17. oktobrī

Daugavpils Universitāte

2nd International Scientific Conference of the Latvian Society for the Study of Religion6

Conference Programme

Thursday, October 16

9.00–9.30 Conference Opening (Small Hall)

9.30–10.30

Chair:

Plenary Session Keynote: Inta mieriņa (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia, Latvia)Religious Identity and Collective Action: the Mobilising Potential of Religion among Nowadays’ YouthLeons taivans (University of Latvia)Room: Small Hall

11.00–13.00 Issues and Challenges in Research on Muslim Youth

Chair: Agnese Haijima University of LatviaRoom: Small HallPetra Kuppinger (Monmouth College, USA) At Home: Youth, Islam, and Identity in a German CityIlyas Mohammed (Middlesex University, UK) Islamists and Virtual Therapeutic ZonesAnita Stašulāne (Daugavpils University, Latvia) Factors Determining the Political Participation of Muslim Youth in LatviaLeons Taivans (University of Latvia, Latvia) S. Huntington Revisited: Russian Orthodox Tradition’s Kinship with Islam?

7BETWEEN EAST AND WEST:Youth, Religion and Politics

Conference Programme

Religious and Political Engagement of Youth I

Chair: Maija Grizāne Daugavpils University, LatviaRoom: Senate HallMustafa Tekin (Istanbul University, Turkey) Youth Religiousity and Politics of Religion in TurkeyChristoffer Størup (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Orthodox Geopolitics in Moldovan EthnopoliticsElena Knorre (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) Boris Knorre (National Research University, Russia) The Youth Initiatives of Religious Communities in the Orthodox Church at Modern RussiaHajnalka Fényes (University of Debrecen, Hungary) The Effect of Religiosity on Voluntary Activity of Higher Education Students in Cross-Border Central-Eastern European Region

14.00–16.00 Historical Perspectives

Chair: Michael Strmiska SUNY-Orange, USARoom: Small HallMaija Grizāne (Daugavpils University, Latvia) Why to become an Orthodox? A case of the Old Believers’ youth in Dinaburg district at the end of the 19th centuryGuntis Dišlers (Latvian Christian Academy, Latvia) National and Religious Identity of Latvians between East and West: Conversions in Vidzeme in the Mid-19th CenturyStavros Panyiotou (Department of Antiquities and Byzantine Studies, Cyprus) Theoretical and Methodological Issues on Christianity and Islam in the Medieval Mediterranean according to John DamascenusAgnese Haijima (University of Latvia, Latvia) Christian Missionaries as European Diplomats in the 16th century Japan with Focus on Francis Xavier

82nd International Scientific Conference

of the Latvian Society for the Study of Religion

Conference Programme

Explaining the Soviet and Post-Soviet Issues

Chair: Hajnalka Fényes University of Debrecen, HungaryRoom: Senate HallRasa Pranskevičiūtė (Šiauliai University, Lithuania) Acting in the Underground: Life as a Hare Krishna Devotee in the Soviet Republic of LithuaniaAndris Priede (University of Latvia, Riga) The Role of Polish Clergy in Maintaining the Catholic Identity in the Soviet LatviaAtko Remmel (University of Tartu, Estonia) Soviet Secular Youth Rituals in EstoniaEvgeny Arinin (Vladimir State University, Russia) Religiosity in Post-Soviet Russia (Students of Vladimir State University, 2003-2013)

9BETWEEN EAST AND WEST:Youth, Religion and Politics

Conference Programme

Friday, October 17

9.00–10.00

Chair:

Plenary Session: Keynotes (Small Hall)Alexandros Sakellariou (Panteion University of Athens, Greece)Youth, religion and socio-political engagement: Belonging, believing and participatingJānis Priede (University of Latvia)

10.30–12.30 Religious and Political Engagement of Youth II

Chair: Petra Kuppinger Monmouth College, USARoom: Small HallRoberto Scalon (University of Turin, Italy) Roberta Ricucci (University of Turin, Italy) Growing up Nearby the Pope. Italian Young People and Their Religious BelongingRita Hegedűs (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary) Type of Youth Religiosity in HungaryTatiana Malevich (The Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) Ksenia Kolkunova (St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University, Russia) Youth and Spirituality: the Russian CaseIbrahim Abraham (University of Helsinki, Finland) Moral Development in a Developing Economy in Moral Crisis: Evangelical Youth Culture in South Africa Today

102nd International Scientific Conference

of the Latvian Society for the Study of Religion

Conference Programme

Religious Issues in Secular Context I

Chair: Simon Gordt University of Bern, SwitzerlandRoom: Senate HallKonstantinos Kornarakis (University of Athens, Greece) “I Was Only Human”: Puberty Crisis, Self Identity and Vampire Movies in Religious ContextSaburo Shawn Morishita (Tenri University, Japan) Settling Things: Materiality in a Japanese New Religious MovementIngrid Khashab (Lebanese University, Lebanon) Where the Fault Lines Meet: How Religion and Politics Affect the Lives of Lebanese StudentsMykola Palinchak (Uzhgorod National University, Ukraine) Models of Church-State Relations in Central and Eastern Europe: Key Features and Dynamic

13.30–15.30 Youth and Nature-based Spirituality in Europe and Worldwide: Reinterpretation and Innovation, Continuity and Change within Nature and Society

Chair: Rasa PranskevičiūtėLithuanian University of Health Sciences, LithuaniaRoom: Small HallMare Kõiva (Estonian Literary Museum, Estonia) Twenty Five Years of Experience Bringing Together Nature ReligionsMichael Strmiska (SUNY-Orange, USA) Politics in Paganism: A Comparative Study of the Political Perspectives of Followers of Norse-Germanic Paganism in America and EuropeJulia Andreeva (MAE RAS, Russia) Rasa Pranskevičiūtė (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania) Spiritual-ecological Seeking among Youth in the Post-Soviet Countries: the Case of AnastasiansJan Kapusta (Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic) Contemporary Maya Spirituality: The Mountains, Trees, and Ends of the World

11BETWEEN EAST AND WEST:Youth, Religion and Politics

Conference Programme

Religious Issues in SecularContext II

Chair: Saburo Shawn Morishita Tenri University, JapanRoom: Senate HallJoachim v. Wedel (Szczecin University, Poland) Messianic Youth Religions and Luther’s Zwei-Reiche-LehreJānis Ešots (University of Latvia, Latvia) The Youth in Shiite Iran: Between Traditionalism and RationalismBülent Sönmez (Dicle University, Turkey) East and West: Difference and OppositionSimon Gordt (University of Bern, Switzerland) Religious Marks within European School Systems

Towards New Perspectives

Chair: Ingrid Khashab Lebanese University, LebanonRoom: TBA Marika Laudere (Daugavpils University, Latvia) Socially Engaged Buddhism in Latvia: “Latvia for Tibet”Zane Šteinmane (University of Latvia, Latvia) The Role of the Middle Eastern Classic Secular Texts in Forming National Identity and Intercultural Relations: Mu’allaqatKārlis Dimdiņš (Daugavpils University, Latvia) Youth Involvement in the Sufi Movement: Case Study in Latvia