CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Tuesday October 13 8.30am Registration opens 9.00am Opening of conference 9.30am Key Lecture
10.30am Coffee
11.00am Paper presentations 12.30am Lunch
1.30pm Mending the World? – Future co-operation 2.30pm Paper presentations
4.00pm Coffee
6.15pm Buffet hosted by Church of Sweden Research Unit and International Department Wednesday October 14
8.15am Morning Service in the Cathedral of Uppsala 9.00am Key Lecture
10.30am Coffee
11.00am Paper presentations 12.30pm Lunch
1.45pm Mending the World? – Future co-operation 2.45pm Paper presentations
4.15pm Coffee
4.45pm Guided tour 1) Cathedral of Uppsala 2) Castle of Uppsala and Peace Museum 3) Gustavianum 6.30pm Reception at the residence of the Archbishop of Church of Sweden
Thursday October 15 9.00am Key Lecture 10.30am Coffee
11.00am Paper presentations 12.30pm Lunch
2.00pm Panel: Mending the World for a Future 3.30pm End of conference
Key Lecture and paper presentations, Tuesday Key Lecture. Tuesday 9.30am
R. Simangaliso Kumalo, Professor in the School of Religion, Philosophy & Classics at University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. God´s Hospitality is for all: An Afro-Theological Perspective on State and Migration in South Africa.
Paper presentations. Tuesday 11.00am
The Janus Face of Religion: Religion as a Weapon in Conflicts and a Source of Peace 1
Rabbinical Attitudes Towards Violence and Peace in Judea, Samaria and Gaza ("Yesha"), 1960-2005. Gershon Greenberg, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, American University, Washington, U.S.A.
Truth and Violence in Islam. Jutta Sperber, Dr., Private Lecturer University of Rostock, Germany
Unmending and Mending The World – Quest for Religion Without the Politics of Religion. Imtiyaz Yusuf, Assistant Professor, Lecturer and Director, Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding, Mahidol University, Thailand Transformation of Society: A Religious Goal or a Religious Heresy? 1
A Contribution to the Swedish Debate of Immigration. Theological Inputs from Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Niclas Blåder, Dr., Researcher at Church of Sweden Research Unit, Sweden.
"We are at a Good Place". An Anthropological Study of Meaning-Making, Identity Formation and Diversity in Church of Sweden. Kristina Helgesson-Kjellin, Dr., Researcher at Church of Sweden Research Unit, Sweden.
Religion and Development: What Does it Mean and How Can Religion Contribute? 1
Preaching Finance Parables in the Financial Crisis. Sandra Hübenthal, Profesor, Lehrstuhl für Exegese und Biblische Theologie, University of Passau, Germany
Negotiating Relevance. Religion and Development in Tanzania. Richard F. Sambaiga, Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Perception of FBO Leaders about Church-Based Social and Development Work. The Case of Selected Evangelical Churches in Ethiopia. Aklilu Dalelo, Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Education, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Meaning and Learning: Religious Models for Transformation in Local Contexts 1
Challenging Trends in Church of Sweden Confirmation. Erika Willander, Dr., Researcher in Sociology, Church of Sweden, Sweden
What are the Others Doing? Ecumenical and International Perspectives on Religious Formation. Jacob Wirén. Dr., Post Doctoral Researcher at Church of Sweden, The Archbishop’s Theological Secretary, Sweden
Made in Africa? Visions and Debates of Theological Education Amongst Lutherans and Evangelicals in Africa.
Johannes Zeiler, Ph.D. Candidate in World Christianity and Interreligious Studies, Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University, Sweden
Paper presentations. Tuesday 2.30pm
The Janus Face of Religion: Religion as a Weapon in Conflicts and a Source of Peace 2
Chaos in the Middle East: Functions of Religious Affiliation and Jihadism as Civilizational Criticism. Jan Hjärpe, Professor Emeritus, Lund University, Sweden
God and Guns in the U.S.: The Role of Religion in Public Discourse on Gun Violence. Katie Day, Professor, Church and Society, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Making the Circle Safer. Intercultural Bible Reading in the Context of Sexual Violence. Charlene van der Walt, Professor, Department of Old and New Testament, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
The Pedagogy of Grace. The Immigrant Experience as a Practice of Grace. Reginaldo P. Braga, Assistant Professor of Christian Education, The Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, U.S.A
Transformation of Society: A Religious Goal or a Religious Heresy? 2
Becoming a Community for Others. Choosing Theologically to Embrace Human Plurality. Mark Godin, Dr., Visiting Lecturer, Theology and Religious Studies, University of Chester, UK
A Good Secularity. Perspectives on Liberal Democracies in the Light of the Two Kingdoms Doctrine. Torbjörn Johansson, Dr., Lutheran School of Theology in Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
Partners as Transforming Agents. The Relationship Between the Church of Sweden and the Bund der Evangelischen Kirchen in der DDR, Between 1969 and 1989 and its Relevance for the Widening of "Enabling Spaces" for the Protestant Churches in the GDR. Almut Bretschneider-Felzmann, Ph.D. Candidate, Leipzig University, Germany
Religion and Development: What Does it Mean and How Can Religion Contribute? 2
Rebuilding the Paulinerkirche in Leipzig - Rebuilding a Scattered Memory. Stefan Groop, Assistant Professor, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
The 17th Century as an Era of Crises and Theological Reform Programs - What Can it Mean for Us Today. Urban Claesson, Professor, Researcher at Church of Sweden Research Unit, Sweden
Changing Religion in Society. The Example of Dagens Nyheter 1909 and the Devil. Sven Thidevall, Dr. of Theology, Researcher, Church of Sweden
Mending the Memory? A Socio-Pastoral Approach for Re-Experiencing the Peaceful Religion Through Ruwatan.
Yoshua Budiman Harahap, Reverend at Javanese Christian Churches (GKJ), Indonesia.
Gender and Reproductive Health: Different Approaches and Their Religious Implications
Black Beads and White Beads: African Indigenous Symbols as Redemptive Tools for the Church´s Response to Women´s Sexual and Reproductive Health. Lilian Cheelo Siwila, Lecturer and Programme Leader Systematic Theology, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Theology as Liberating Gatekeeper of Reproductive Health. Carolin Ahlvik-Harju, Ph.D. Candidate in Theological Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Reflections on the Theological and Biblical Foundations for Community Based Health Work. The Case of Mentor Mother Model. Adamu Addissie, Assistant Professor, & Addise Amado, Project Coordinator, Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology , Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Key Lecture and paper presentations, Wednesday Key Lecture. Wednesday 9.00am
Christine Beasly, Professor, Politics and International Studies (POLIS), the University of Adelaide, Australia. Beyond Care and Vocabularies of Altruism.
Paper presentations. Wednesday 11.00am
The Janus Face of Religion: Religion as a Weapon in Conflicts and a Source of Peace 3
The Role of the Holy Sites in the Old City of Jerusalem in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Håkan Bengtsson, Dr. of Theology, Assistant Lecturer in New Testament Exegesis, Uppsala University, Sweden
Christian Zionism as Indicator of Theological and Political Positions. Maria Leppäkari, Assistant Professor, Åbo Akademi University, Finland and Director at the Swedish Theological Institute, Jerusalem & Göran Gunner, Assistant Professor, Researcher at Church of Sweden Research Unit, Sweden
American Christian Zionists. Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem. Elizabeth Phillips, Dr., Tutor in Theology and Ethics, Westcott, House, University of Cambridge, UK
Religion and Development: What Does it Mean and How Can Religion Contribute? 3
The Future of Generosity. What On Earth Are We Here For. Michael R. Trice, Assistant Professor for Constructive Theology and Theological Ethics, Seattle University, U.S.A
Women, Religious Freedom and Butterflies – Aporia, Hybridity and Oeconomia as Resources and New Horizons of Solidarity. Elisabeth Gerle, Professor, Researcher at Church of Sweden research Unit, Sweden
Reading the Bible to Overcome the Violence. Edgar Antonio López, Assistant Professor, Department of Theology, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
Meaning and Learning: Religious Models for Transformation in Local Contexts 2
Choral Singers, Worship and an Experience of Participation. Caroline Gustavsson, Dr., Senior Lecturer, Stockholm School of Theology, Sweden
From Dichotomy to Harmony: Can Interdisciplinary Research Rescue Professional Prejudices? Addise Amado, Coordinator of Projects and Community Services at EGST and Facilitator of the Research Project, Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology (EGST), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Freedom of Religion or Belief: An Exclusive Right for Some or an Achievable Right for All?
Conversion, Reconversion and Anti-Conversion Debate in India: A Theological/Missiological Response. K. David Udayakumar, Head of the Department, Missiology, Gurukul Lutheran Theological College and Research Institute, India
Freedom of Religion in India in the Context of Rightwing Politics and Secular-Liberal Constitution. John Varughese, RZIM Chair of Apologetics and Professor of Theology; Interim Academic Dean, South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS), Bangalore, India
Christian Perceptions of Persecution. Kajsa Ahlstrand, Professor at Department of Theology, Church and Mission Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden & Göran Gunner, Assistant Professor, Researcher at Church of Sweden Research Unit, Sweden
Paper presentations. Wednesday 2.30pm
The Janus Face of Religion: Religion as a Weapon in Conflicts and a Source of Peace 4
Toward a Nonviolent Koinonia. An Ecumenical Enquiry into Being the Church in the Midst of Global Violence. Nindyo Sasongko, Graduate Student, Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry, Seattle, U.S.A.
Religious Studies and Jewish Christian Dialogue in Sweden, During the Years Preceding the Holocaust: A Case Study in the Responsibility and Powerlessness of Scholars. Hanna Stenström, Dr., Sweden
Bridging the Gap – a Prophetic Muslim-Christian-Hindu Effort to Educate the Youth in Malaysia. Göran Wiking, Dr., Sweden
Transformation of Society: A Religious Goal or a Religious Heresy? 3
Radical Liturgical Theology. Petra Carlsson, Dr., International Postdoctoral Researcher at Uppsala University, Sweden and Nottingham University, UK
Repairing the World, Queering Citizenship? Alternative Constellations of Citizenship in Queer Church. David K. Seitz, Ph.D. Candidate, Human Geography, Women and Gender Studies, Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto, Canada
Relationality, Embodiment and Brokenness. A Feminist Theological Perspective on Societal Transformation. Lovisa Nyman, Ph.D. Candidate, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, Sweden
Religion and Development: What Does it Mean and How Can Religion Contribute? 4
An Ecosophical Worldview for a Sustainable Justice. Eskil Jonsson, Dr., Business Administration, Uppsala University, Sweden
Conversion as a Perspective of Human Development. Theodros Assefa Teklu, Dr., Lecturer in Theology and Dean of Students Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology (EGST), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Pressures of our Time: Reflections on Revelation 18 in the Light of Fear, Hope and Gender in a Post-Apartheid South Africa. Miranda Pillay, Senior Lecturer, Department of Religion and Theology, Western Cape University, South Africa
Meaning and Learning: Religious Models for Transformation in Local Contexts 3
Who do we Serve? Using Action Research in Practical Ecclesiology. Jonas Ideström, Dr., Researcher at Church of Sweden Research Unit, Sweden & Tone Stangeland Kaufman, Dr., Norwegian School of Theology MF, Oslo, Norway
Parish and Community: A Visual Ethnography of Social Significance and Meaning. Pete Ward. Professorial Fellow in Ecclesiology and Ethnography at Durham University, UK.
Reading the Books of Life. A Prophetic-Protreptic Model of Social Engagement. Joas Adiprasetya, Dr., President of Jakarta Theological Seminary, Indonesia
Key Lecture and paper presentations, Thursday Key Lecture. Thursday 9.00am
Mark Juergensmeyer is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Global Rise of Religious Violence--Why Now? and Why Religion?
Paper presentations. Thursday 11.00am
The Janus Face of Religion: Religion as a Weapon in Conflicts and a Source of Peace 5
Christian Zionism. How to Understand, Assess and Challenge. Hans Morten Haugen, Professor, Diakonhjemmet University College, Oslo, Norway
A Theology of American Empire: Christian Zionism and the Demonization of Islam. Robert O. Smith, Academic Director, University of Notre Dame Jerusalem Global Gateway, Jerusalem
The Remaining Few. Networking and Making Sense of a Changed Ecclesiastic Landscape. Kristian Steiner, Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, Malmö University, Sweden & Anders Lundberg, Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, Linneus University, Sweden
Transformation of Society: A Religious Goal or a Religious Heresy? 4
Transforming Surveillance Societies. Eric Stoddart, Dr., Lecturer in Practical Theology, St Mary’s College, University of St Andrews, Scotland
Transforming the Church in Surveillance Society. Susanne Wigorts Yngvesson, Dr., Associate Professor in Ethics, Lecturer at Stockholm School of Theology in Systematic Theology and Human Rights, Sweden
Called to Mutuality - Rereading Lutheran Theology. Cecilia Nahnfeldt, Assistant Professor, Head of Church of Sweden Research Unit, Sweden
Religion and Development: What Does it Mean and How Can Religion Contribute? 5
Truth and Truth-Telling in Contexts of Transitional Justice – Theological Perspectives from South Africa. Louis van der Riet, Ph.D. Candidate, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, & VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gender and Gender Equality: A Critical Discourse Analysis about Public Policy in Colombia. MG Henry David Quintero Lopez, MG, Magister in Education & Glenn Leroy Peña Martinez, MG, Magister in Education, Pontificia
Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
Theological Reflection and Political Analysis from a Liberation Theology Perspectiv. Olle Kristensson, Dr., Director for Ecumenical Theology at the Christian Council of Sweden, Sweden
Meaning and Learning: Religious Models for Transformation in Local Contexts 4
Religious Models As Institutional Logics. Stig Linde, Dr., Social Work, Lecturer, School of Social Work, Lund University, Sweden
Healing the World Through States? Contextually Engaged Prophetic Diakonia. Ville Päivänsalo, Assistant Professor, Global Theology, Worldviews and Ideologies, University of Helsinki, Finland
