The Grounding the Sacred through Literature and the Arts conference provides papers and presentations from artists, writers, musicians, academics and religious participants who are interested in the interplay between the arts and the sacred.
You are invited to participate in this conference which brings writers, artists, musicians, academics, researchers, religious and members of the public together to discuss where creativity sits in relation to religion and the search for meaning. Guest presenters include Imam Afroz Ali, Carmel Bird, Kathleen Deignan (Iona Spirituality Institute), Kevin Hart (University of Virginia), Maeve Louise Heaney, David Jasper (Glasgow University), Vivien Johnson, Rachael Kohn, Genevieve Lacey, David Malouf, Michael McGirr and Thaddeus Metz (University of Johannesburg). More than 60 papers will be delivered by researchers and practitioners.
About the conference
The conference asks how literature and the arts can make the sacred tangible: do they enable us to touch the sacred? Do they offer a way of structuring our experiences of the sacred? Do they provide a common ground for people of different faiths – or none – to explore the ineffable? And where does creativity sit in relation to religion and the search for meaning? Are a sense of the sacred and the means to express it essential for human flourishing?
Grounding the Sacred will be held from 23-26 July 2015 at Australian Catholic University, 25A Barker Road, Strathfield NSW 2135, Australia. The conference is part of ACU’s 25th anniversary celebrations. For further details, visit http://www.acu.edu.au/660851. Inquiries can be made of the conveners, michael.griffith – at – acu.edu.au or elaine – dot – lindsay- at – acu.edu.au. The conference is not in a p
Bookings are essential, preferably by 8 July 2015. Program and registration details are available at: http://www.acu.edu.au/groundingthesacred or from elaine.lindsay@acu.edu.au. The conference is supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
What: Grounding the Sacred through Literature and the Arts Conference
When: 23-26 July 2015
Where: Australian Catholic University, 25A Barker Road, Strathfield NSW 2135, Australia
Cost: $340, whole conference; $190 unwaged
Bookings: are essential, preferably by 8 July 2015. Program and registration details are available at: http://www.acu.edu.au/groundingthesacred
More Information: elaine.lindsay@acu.edu.au
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