Abstract: This workshop will engage participants in creative dialogue around the politics of the intimate within alternative spiritual spaces. “Politics of the intimate” refers to how power operates within close-knit communities, where power can be...
Abstract: This comprehensive study investigates the intricate facets of alternative spiritualities entrenched within the socio-cultural and religious tapestry of South Asian Muslim nations. It explores the profound role played by these alternative...
Abstract: The contemporary spiritual landscape has witnessed a series of scandals and confusions involving spiritual teachers, prompting the inception of the Association for Spiritual Integrity (ASI). The ASI seeks to enhance the discourse, aiming for...
Abstract: In my paper, I would like to read Emily Dickinson's poems from the perspective of environmental spirituality, for which the key elements will be spirituality inspired by the earth, taken from pagan practices and ecofeminist works (Merchant...
Abstract: What is the role of devotion beyond faith? - centred around this question, this paper intends to explore in depth how the idea of devotion and the position of devotee may become an important tool of resistance within the South Asian, especially...
Abstract: Have you noticed how impact anywhere on a web affects even seemingly distant parts? Whether a dragonfly hitting a spider web, or the way cultural and religious ideas shape our relationships with each other across time and place? In this hands...
Abstract: This presentation unveils a novel method for comprehending alternative spiritualities within Indigenous communities. Utilizing a surrogate deeply connected to the Kágaba (Kogi) and I’kʉ (Arhuaco) communities, interviews were conducted...
Abstract: Climate change has severely compromised the livelihoods of people that are overwhelmingly dependent on the natural environment, particularly those in developing countries that are usually the least able to cope with the associated social and...
Abstract: Vision Lab Collective is an international socially-engaged art and research collective, based at Harvard Divinity School. We create artistic and literary works, performances, scholarly research projects, and other innovative spaces of...
Abstract: The workshop will motivate “inner decolonization” and invite experimentation to cultivate an inner awareness of being “self-sovereign” with Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga. Various historical examples, including the context of the Brahma Kumaris...
