British Sociological Association

Sociology of Religion Study Group

A Sociology of Spirituality

29th March - 1st April 2004

Clifton Hill House

University of Bristol

Provisional Programme

Thursday 1st April

8.00 - 9.00 Breakfast

A 9.15 - 11.00

Andrew K. T. Yip
Narratives of Spirituality and Sexuality: The Case of British Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Muslims

Ian G. Williams
'A Dangerous Devotion?' Commemorating the Day of Ashura in a northern UK city. A Religio-Social study of Shi'a Muslim traditions and identities in the UK

Paul Chambers
Contentious Headscarves: the regulation of spirituality

11.00 - 11.30

Coffee

A 11.30 - 1.15

William H. Swatos, Jr.
Spirituality and Soteriology in the Work of Max Weber

Kieran Flanagan
Who owns spirituality? Sociology as theology's debt collector

Ivan Varga
Georg Simmel's contribution to the understanding of contemporary spirituality

1.20 Lunch

Depart

Monday 29 March

Tuesday 30 March

Wednesday 31 March