[Tlc] Religion and Culture Conference -- Chiang Mai

[justinm at ucr.edu]

FYI.
Thanks,
justin

The Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture

Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

invites you to an international conference on 

“RELIGION AND CULTURE”

June 24 – 30, 2007

The Conference is being planned and hosted by Payap
University’s Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture,
and is being co-sponsored by a large number of academic and
religious organizations including the American Society for
Buddhist-Christian Studies, Harvard University’s Center for
the Study of World Religions, ASIANetwork, International
Network of Engaged Buddhists, AMAN (Asian Muslim Action
Network), Church of Christ in Thailand, Asian Christian Higher
Education Institute, The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA),
and the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand.

The Conference will coincide with the publication of the Thai
translation of H. Richard Niebuhr’s Christ and Culture. 
Keynote presentations and panels will focus on the relation of
religion and culture from inter-religious and cross-cultural
perspectives.   Speakers and panelists will include leading
international scholars from Buddhist, Christian, East Asian,
Hindu, Islamic, Modern Tribal and Secular traditions. 
Speakers will represent a variety of academic fields and
disciplines, including the comparative study of religion, the
history of religion, the study of particular religious
communities, theology, and the social sciences.

Participants are invited to submit papers for presentation at
the conference on a variety of topics related to the
relationship between religion and culture in various religious
and cultural settings.  Papers may focus on a topic or theme
from a particular religious tradition, or they may be
comparative.  Specific paper topics may fall under, but are
not limited to, the general categories listed below: 

Methodological Approaches to the Study of Religion and Culture

Critique of Neibuhr’s Understanding of Religion and Culture 

Contemporary Challenges to the Relevance of Religion

Religion and Government     Religion and Science      
Religion and Art                               

 	 Religion and Peace-making		Religion and Sexuality

       		 Religion and Economics		Religion and Spirituality

The paper should be 15-25 pages, double spaced, and in a
legible font like Times New Roman or Courier in size 12. The
deadline for submission of abstracts is February 1, 2007 and
the full paper by March 15,2007. Please submit your paper to
isrc at csloxinfo.com as an attachment, or if not possible, send
a hard copy to 

The Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture
Crystal Spring Campus
48/5 Huay Kaew Road
T. Sutep, Chiang Mai 50200
Thailand


The cost for registration for the Conference will be $600 U.S.
 This includes lodging (Amari Rincome Hotel) and all meals
from Sunday dinner, June 24, through Saturday lunch, June 30,
as well as an all-day excursion and evening cultural show on
June 27. 

For further information, please contact us at
isrc at csloxinfo.com or check our website at
http://isrc.payap.ac.th/ 

______________
Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
2617 Humanities Building
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu