British Sociological Association

Sociology of Religion Study Group

Study Day on

Religion, Film and Popular Culture

University of Kent, Canterbury

Saturday 19 November 2005

10:30am - 4:30pm.

Cornwallis NW Seminar Room 7
on the ground floor of the Cornwallis Building,
in the building next to the Gulbenkian Theatre.

The agenda for the day is as follows (click the titles for abstracts)

10:30am - Welcome and Registration

11am-12 noon Holy Other or Wholly Inadequate: Reflections on the Uncritical Appropriation of Cinematic Christ-Figures
Dr. Chris Deacy, University of Kent

12 noon-12:40pm
Karunamayudu: Taking a Look at an Indian Jesus Film
Dwight Friesen, University of Edinburgh

12:40-1:30pm - Lunch in Rutherford College

1:30-2:30pm Eric Rohmer: Film as Theology
Professor Keith Tester, University of Portsmouth

2:30-2:50pm - Tea/Coffee

2:50pm-3:30pm Religious Motifs, Popular Films, and the Society's Collective Quest
- a case study in contemporary Hong Kong cinema
YAM Chi-Keung, University of Edinburgh

3:30-4:30pm - Panel Discussion
Chair: Professor Robin Gill

Contact details

To register for the Study Day, please contact:

Dr. Chris Deacy
Lecturer in Applied Theology
School of European Culture and Languages
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent CT2 7NF
E-mail: c.deacy@kent.ac.uk
Tel: 01227 827242

There will be a registration fee of £5.00.

Lunch will be available on campus.