{"id":5010,"date":"2019-02-04T16:55:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T16:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/upgrade-understandingunbelief\/?page_id=5010"},"modified":"2020-09-07T09:38:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T08:38:04","slug":"cultures-of-unbelief","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/events\/current-events\/cultures-of-unbelief\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultures of unbelief"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"breadcrumb \"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/\" rel=\"index\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/events\/current-events\" rel=\"up\">Current Events<\/a><\/nav>\n<h4>Date: Tuesday 28 May to Thursday 30 May 2019<br \/>\nVenue: Pontificia Universita Gregoriana Central Building<br \/>\nAddress: Piazza della Pilotta, 4, 00187 Rome, Italy<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>TUESDAY 28 MAY<\/h3>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">10:00 &#8211; 11:00 \u00a0 <\/span>Registration<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">11:00 &#8211; 11:30 \u00a0 <\/span>Welcome addresses (Aula Magna)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">11:30 -13:30 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Parallel Session 1: Understanding Unbelief<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 120px\"><strong>Room CO12<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Chair: Miguel Farias<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>1. Josh Bullock &amp; David Herbert, Kingston University London<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Reaching for a new sense of connection? The sociality of nonreligion in Europe<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2. Will Gervais, University of Kentucky<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Indirectly measuring unbelief<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3. Ann af Bur\u00e9n, Uppsala University, S\u00f6dert\u00f6rn University<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Co-producing secularity in Sweden &#8211; The Muslim mainstream<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>4. Katie Aston, Independent researcher<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>After lives: What and who is left behind?<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 120px\"><strong>Room L210<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Chair: Jonathan Lanman<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>1. Anna Strhan &amp; Rachael Shillitoe, University of York<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Nonreligious childhood: Growing up unbelieving in contemporary Britain<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2. April Faye Manalang, Norfolk State University<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Minority millennials and disaffiliation from religious communities: What unbelief means for millennials in the 21st century<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3. Marjaana Lindeman, University of Helsinki, Uffe Schjoedt, Aarhus University,\u00a0 Michiel van Elk, University of Amsterdam &amp; Pinja Marin, University of Helsinki<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Uncovering the hidden nature of unbelief<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>4. JOINT SESSION: Public Engagement projects: Paul Merchant, National Life Stories, The British Library<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Religious unbelief in oral history archives;<\/em> <strong>&amp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Stephen Pett, RE Today Services<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Exploring unbelief in the religious education classroom<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808080\">13:30 &#8211; 15:00<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Lunch<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">15:00 \u2013 19:10<\/span>\u00a0 The Culture of Unbelief 50 Years On (Aula Magna) See separate programme<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">19:10 \u2013 20:00<\/span>\u00a0 Drinks Reception<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>WEDNESDAY 29 MAY<\/h3>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">9:00 \u2013 9:15<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Registration<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">9:15 \u2013 10:30 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Keynote: Lori Beaman, University of Ottawa (Aula Magna)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">10:30 \u2013 11:00<\/span>\u00a0 Morning tea<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">11:00 \u2013 13:00<\/span>\u00a0 Parallel Session 2: Understanding Unbelief<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 120px\"><strong>Room CO12<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Chair: Stephen Bullivant<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>1. Valerie van Mulukom, Coventry University<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Global secular worldviews: What secular beliefs do non-believers have across the globe, and what psychological functions do they serve?<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2. Atko Remmel, University of Tartu, Estonia<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Mis)understanding unbelief in Estonia<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3. Timothy Stacey, Leiden University<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Understanding unbelief amongst community organisers in Vancouver, Canada.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>4. Joanna Malone, University of Kent<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The nature and experience of non-belief for older-adults<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 120px\"><strong>Room L210<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Chair: Joanna Malone<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>1. Yutaka Osakabe, Sophia University, Tokyo<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Practicing without believing? Expressions of sacred in human relationships amongst Japanese unbelievers: its consistency and inconsistency<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2. Benjamin Purzycki, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology &amp; Adam Baimel, Oxford University<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Material insecurity predicts greater commitment only to moralistic deities: Testing the existential security hypothesis of religious commitment in 14 societies<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3. Masoumeh Sara Rahmani, Coventry University<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Understanding unbelief in the mindfulness subculture<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>4. Robert Ross, Macquarie University<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Investigating Supernatural Belief and Unbelief Implicitly Using the Affect Misattribution Procedure<\/em><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808080\">13:00 \u2013 14:00\u00a0<\/span> Lunch<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808080\">14:00 \u2013 16:30<\/span>\u00a0 Parallel Session 3: NSRN<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 120px\"><strong>Room CO12<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Chair: Evelina Lundmark<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>1. Ram\u00f3n Soneira Mart\u00ednez, University of Erfurt<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Unbelief throughout history: Studying atheism in ancient Greece<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2. Leo Igwe, University of Applied Sciences in Munich<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Islam: Two publics and the culture of unbelief in Northern Nigeria<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3. Chris Cotter, University of Edinburgh<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u2018Unbelief\u2019 on the \u2018Celtic fringe\u2019: A comparative study beyond the city in Scotland and Northern Ireland<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>4. Erlend Hovdkinn From, University of Oslo<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Cultures of unbelief in the case of Oslo<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>5.\u00a0 F. LeRon Shults, University of Agder<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Modeling pathways of unbelief across cultural contexts<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 120px\"><strong>Room L210<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Chair: Jacqui Frost<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>1. Donovan Shaefer, University of Pennsylvania<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>From secular bodies to secular affects: Understanding cultures of unbelief through affect theory<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2. Jacqui Frost, University of Minnesota<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>States and traits: The meaning of uncertainty in nonreligious narratives<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3. Sean Moore, University of Alberta<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Examining the multidimensional nature of unbelief: A psychological approach<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>4. Thomas Coleman, Coventry University<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>What do unbelievers believe?: A psychological test of form and function<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>5. Conrad Hackett, Pew Research Center<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>If you don\u2019t go to Church, does religion make a difference?<\/em><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808080\">16:30 \u2013 17:00<\/span>\u00a0 Afternoon tea<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808080\">17:00 \u2013 18:30<\/span>\u00a0 Keynote: Understanding Unbelief Across Disciplines, Across Cultures (Aula Magna) Lois Lee, Jonathan Lanman,<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Stephen Bullivant &amp; Miguel Farias<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808080\">19:30-21:30<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 Conference Dinner<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>THURSDAY 30 MAY<\/h3>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">9:00 \u2013 9:15<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 Registration<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">9:15 \u2013 10:45\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Parallel Session 4: NSRN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 120px\"><strong>Room CO12<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Chair: Evelina Lundmark<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>1. Evelina Lundmark, Uppsala University<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u2018Preach sistah!!!\u2019 \u2013 Co-effecting third spaces of emotive resonance<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2. Justine Ellis, University of Oxford<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Is unbelief the new frontier of interreligious dialogue? Religious literacy in comparative context<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3. Victoria Smolkin, Wesleyan University<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Atheism as a vocation: What can socialists teach us about modern belief and unbelief?<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 120px\"><strong>Room L210<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Chair: Jacqui Frost<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>1. Sofia Nikitaki, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Studying nonreligion academically: An overview of the current methodological challenges for the study of nonbelieving individuals<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2. Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Cultural repertoires of nonreligion<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3. Mari Ovsepyan, University of Oxford<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Reimagining the imaginaries: Towards a biocultural theory of nonreligion<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808080\">10:45 \u2013 11:00<\/span>\u00a0 Morning tea<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808080\">11:00 \u2013 12:30<\/span>\u00a0 Parallel Session 5: Understanding Unbelief<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 120px\"><strong>Room CO12<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Chair: Miguel Farias<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>1. Tomas St\u00e5hl, University of Illinois at Chicago<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>A cross-national exploration of the roots of unbelievers\u2019 views on morality<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2. Hugh Turpin, Coventry University<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Irish Ex-Catholicism and the Morality of Unbelief<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3. Karin van Nieuwkerk, Radboud University Nijmegen<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Cultures and politics of nonbelieving in Egypt<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 120px\"><strong>Room L210<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Chair: Stephen Bullivant<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>1. Christel Manning, Sacred Heart University<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Facing death without religion: the changing nature of unbelief over the life course<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2. Theodoros Kyriakides, The Open University\/University of Cyprus) &amp; Richard Irvine The Open University\/St Andrews University<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Magical thinking in contexts and situations of unbelief<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3. 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