2024 Conference: Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts

Dates: April 24-27, 2024

Our 2024 conference explored the many ways in which spiritual practices, especially those from beyond the religious mainstream, mirror and resist the imperial contexts in which they are rooted. Given the pervasiveness of imperial, extractive and settler colonialist systems, we assume that all spiritualities have colonial dimensions and, as such, have possibilities for anti-colonial or decolonial responses. See the full list of abstracts and presenter bios below.

 

2024 Conference Abstracts (listed alphabetically by title)

ealom, tayla. 2024. “Disruption, Reclamation and Delight: A Critical Organic Autoethnography of a Black Mother’s Childbirth As Liberatory Transpersonal Consciousness.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
ealom, tayla. 2024. “Disruption, Reclamation and Delight: A Critical Organic Autoethnography of a Black Mother’s Childbirth As Liberatory Transpersonal Consciousness.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Butler, Susan. 2024. “Eco-Restoration and Regeneration As Decolonization.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Butler, Susan. 2024. “Eco-Restoration and Regeneration As Decolonization.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Tejedo, Joel, and Carolyn Tejedo. 2024. “Eco-Theology, Spirituality, and Eco-Farming of Spirit-Filled Religion in the Philippines.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Tejedo, Joel, and Carolyn Tejedo. 2024. “Eco-Theology, Spirituality, and Eco-Farming of Spirit-Filled Religion in the Philippines.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Mohinani, Urvashi. 2024. “Embodied Spirituality in Bharatanatyam: Unveiling the Symbiotic Relationship Between Physicality and the Divine in Classical Indian Dance.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Mohinani, Urvashi. 2024. “Embodied Spirituality in Bharatanatyam: Unveiling the Symbiotic Relationship Between Physicality and the Divine in Classical Indian Dance.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Sengupta, Jayita. 2024. “Exploring Spirituality As an Academic, Painter and Seeker.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Sengupta, Jayita. 2024. “Exploring Spirituality As an Academic, Painter and Seeker.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
O’Keeffe, Jac. 2024. “Exploring the Influence of Colonialism on Ethics and Accountability in Alternative Spiritual Teaching and Proposing a New System of Accountability.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
O’Keeffe, Jac. 2024. “Exploring the Influence of Colonialism on Ethics and Accountability in Alternative Spiritual Teaching and Proposing a New System of Accountability.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Miura, Naohito, and Alberto Pereira. 2024. “Glorifying God in Angola and Japan: Decoloniality in Igreja Mundial Do Messias through Prayer, Song, and Breath.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Miura, Naohito, and Alberto Pereira. 2024. “Glorifying God in Angola and Japan: Decoloniality in Igreja Mundial Do Messias through Prayer, Song, and Breath.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Røstvik, Camilla. 2024. “Hag Mountain: A History of the Absence of Witch Memorials in Kristiansand, Norway (or, Why Kristiansand Is Not Salem).” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Røstvik, Camilla. 2024. “Hag Mountain: A History of the Absence of Witch Memorials in Kristiansand, Norway (or, Why Kristiansand Is Not Salem).” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Colin, Mathieu. 2024. “Hail Resistance: Spiritual Resistance to Christian Hegemony Within the Satanic Temple.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Colin, Mathieu. 2024. “Hail Resistance: Spiritual Resistance to Christian Hegemony Within the Satanic Temple.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Mohammed, Dionne. 2024. “Indigenous Intergenerational Trauma and Stories of Healing Through Jesus - Decolonizing The Gospel of Christ.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
Mohammed, Dionne. 2024. “Indigenous Intergenerational Trauma and Stories of Healing Through Jesus - Decolonizing The Gospel of Christ.” in Alternative Spiritualities of Celebration, Resistance, and Accountability: Engaging Our Colonial and Decolonial Contexts. Cambridge, MA.
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