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Apocalyptic Times: Spirituality in Global Revolt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 7-8th September 2023, University of Exeter and Online<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent years, ideas and practices of spirituality have become increasingly visible within activist and protest movements across the political spectrum, from ecological and decolonizing movements to populist revivals of religious nationalism and \u2018traditional values\u2019. The last few decades have seen not only a global rise of transnational, inter-religious right-wing politics, but also pushback in the form of alternative and counter-spiritualities, both within religious establishments and in spiritual traditions historically marginalised or overlooked. Across these movements, white, Euro-American accounts of secularization have been provincialized and challenged. The apocalyptic has also been revived as an enduring, powerful \u2013 and sometimes problematic \u2013 mode of critique, from eco-apocalyptic literature to the political ideology of russkiy mir<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this workshop, we seek to think with and against apocalyptic framings of the present day to try to make sense of spirituality as a contemporary form of political and cultural critique. Does spirituality offer a helpful lens through which to make sense of recent movements for political and social change? Can thinking with, rather than about, spirituality help de-centre white, Euro-American narratives \u2013 or might it reinforce those very narratives? And how do we make sense of these \u2018critical spiritualities\u2019 in relation to histories of the secular and critiques of secularization theory?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This two-day workshop aims to bring together scholars from across disciplines and geographical regions to examine the role of spirituality within contemporary political and cultural critique, and to explore their relationship to histories of the secular. The workshop aims to bring into dialogue theoretical work on religion and the secular, with empirical case studies of spirituality\u2019s role in recent political and social activism. In doing so, the workshop aims to explore a global history of contemporary critical spirituality by asking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Possible topics for discussion include, but are by no means limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, please contact us by email (ir299@exeter.ac.uk<\/a>) or on twitter (@CritSpirit<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n This workshop is funded by the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Apocalyptic Times: Spirituality in Global Revolt 7-8th September 2023, University of Exeter and Online In recent years, ideas and practices of spirituality have become increasingly visible within activist and protest movements across the political spectrum, from ecological and decolonizing movements to populist revivals of religious nationalism and \u2018traditional values\u2019. The last few decades have seen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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