Based on Pro­fes­sor Anna Halafoff’s work, this annu­al con­fer­ence will explore the ris­ing sig­nif­i­cance of spir­i­tu­al­i­ty in Aus­tralia, as well as spir­i­tu­al harm and spir­i­tu­al abuse in trau­ma-informed, inter­dis­ci­pli­nary ways, gen­er­at­ing solu­tions for address­ing and pre­vent­ing spir­i­tu­al harms and abus­es. Addi­tion­al­ly, Dr Rah­ma­nara Chowd­hury will join as a keynote speak­er, explor­ing ‘Abuse in Mus­lim Con­texts — […]

We are delight­ed to announce that the 10th Bien­ni­al Meet­ing of the Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­a­tion for the Cog­ni­tive and Evo­lu­tion­ary Sci­ences of Reli­gion (IACESR) will be held at Masaryk Uni­ver­si­ty in Brno, Czech Repub­lic, from July 1st-3rd 2026. This event has been grant­ed Spe­cial IAHR Con­fer­ence sta­tus by the Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­a­tion for the His­to­ry of Reli­gions, recog­nis­ing […]