Rethinking Tradition and Modernity through Inter-Religious Encounter: Insights from Argentina, Ghana, and India
This research symposium brings together scholars from the Global South to explore the complex interactions between tradition, modernity, and religion in diverse cultural contexts. Focusing on Argentina, Ghana, and India, the event will examine how religious dialogue and practices contribute to redefining the concepts of tradition and modernity in these regions.
The symposium features presentations by Visiting Fellows from the Global South and includes a documentary screening, a reading group session, and a drinks reception. It is an interdisciplinary event that offers valuable insights into inter-religious encounters and their impact on shaping cultural and societal narratives.
Organised by CRASSH, in partnership with the Faculty of Divinity, and the Cambridge Interfaith Programme.
The event will be filmed and pictures will be taken. Photos may be used on CRASSH's website and social media. If you do not wish to be recorded or photographed please let the event organisers know by emailing [email protected].
Programme:
12:45 - 13:15 | Registration
13:15 - 13:30 | Introduction
Joanna Page (Professor of Latin American Studies and Director of CRASSH)
Jörg Haustein (Professor of Global Christianity, Faculty of Divinity)
13:30 - 13:50 | Documentary Screening: Travelling Ethnographers. Research Chronicles (Chaco – USA)
Selected and presented by Agustina Altman (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
13:50 - 14:35 | Indigenous Christianities as ‘Border Zones’: Shaping Modernities in the Argentine Chaco
Agustina Altman (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
14:35 - 15:15 | Tradition and Modernity in Brahmo New Dispensation: Vernacular Interfaith Traditions in Pre-Colonial Bengal
Anindya Sekhar Purkayastha (Institute of Language Studies and Research, Kolkata, India)
15:15 - 15:45 | Tea & Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:30 | Harmony in Diversity: The Spiritual Odyssey of a Woman King in Modern-Day Cape Coast, Ghana
Felicity Apaah (University of Ghana)
16:30 - 17:30 | Reading Group Session on Inter-Religious Encounters
Please read the following text:
Eva Spies, ‘Being in Relation: A Critical Appraisal of Religious Diversity and Mission Encounter in Madagascar’, Journal of Africana Religions, 7:1 (2019), 62-83
17:30 - 18:30 | Drinks Reception
Speakers:
Agustina Altman (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Anindya Sekhar Purkayastha (Institute of Language Studies and Research, Kolkata, India)
Felicity Apaah (University of Ghana)
Registration for the event will close on 5 February 2025.