STARP AUSTRUMIEM UN RIETUMIEM: Jaunatne, reliģija un politika

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1 Daugavpils Universitāte Latvijas Reliģiju pētniecības biedrība L AT VIAN SOCIET Y FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION Latvijas Reliģiju pētniecības biedrības 2. starptautiskā zinātniskā konference 2nd International Scientific Conference STARP AUSTRUMIEM UN RIETUMIEM: Jaunatne, reliģija un politika Latvijas Universitāte, Rīga gada oktobrī BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: October 16 17, 2014 University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

2 Thursday, October Conference Opening (Small Hall) Plenary Session Keynote: Inta mieriņa (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia, Latvia) Religious Identity and Collective Action: the Mobilising Potential of Religion among Nowadays Youth Chair: Leons taivans (University of Latvia) Issues and Challenges in Research on Muslim Youth Chair: Agnese Haijima University of Latvia Petra Kuppinger (Monmouth College, USA) At Home: Youth, Islam, and Identity in a German City Ilyas Mohammed (Middlesex University, UK) Islamists and Virtual Therapeutic Zones Anita Stašulāne (Daugavpils University, Latvia) Factors Determining the Political Participation of Muslim Youth in Latvia Leons Taivans (University of Latvia, Latvia) S. Huntington Revisited: Russian Orthodox Tradition s Kinship with Islam? 6 2 nd International Scientific Conference

3 Religious and Political Engagement of Youth I Chair: Maija Grizāne Daugavpils University, Latvia Mustafa Tekin (Istanbul University, Turkey) Youth Religiousity and Politics of Religion in Turkey Christoffer Størup (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Orthodox Geopolitics in Moldovan Ethnopolitics Elena Knorre (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) Boris Knorre (National Research University, Russia) The Youth Initiatives of Religious Communities in the Orthodox Church at Modern Russia Hajnalka Fényes (University of Debrecen, Hungary) The Effect of Religiosity on Voluntary Activity of Higher Education Students in Cross-Border Central-Eastern European Region Historical Perspectives Chair: Michael Strmiska SUNY-Orange, USA Maija Grizāne (Daugavpils University, Latvia) Why to become an Orthodox? A case of the Old Believers youth in Dinaburg district at the end of the 19 th century Guntis Dišlers (Latvian Christian Academy, Latvia) National and Religious Identity of Latvians between East and West: Conversions in Vidzeme in the Mid-19th Century Stavros Panyiotou (Department of Antiquities and Byzantine Studies, Cyprus) Theoretical and Methodological Issues on Christianity and Islam in the Medieval Mediterranean according to John Damascenus Agnese Haijima (University of Latvia, Latvia) Christian Missionaries as European Diplomats in the 16th century Japan with Focus on Francis Xavier BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: 7

4 Explaining the Soviet and Post-Soviet Issues Chair: Hajnalka Fényes University of Debrecen, Hungary Rasa Pranskevičiūtė (Šiauliai University, Lithuania) Acting in the Underground: Life as a Hare Krishna Devotee in the Soviet Republic of Lithuania Andris Priede (University of Latvia, Riga) The Role of Polish Clergy in Maintaining the Catholic Identity in the Soviet Latvia Atko Remmel (University of Tartu, Estonia) Soviet Secular Youth Rituals in Estonia Evgeny Arinin (Vladimir State University, Russia) Religiosity in Post-Soviet Russia (Students of Vladimir State University, ) 8 2 nd International Scientific Conference

5 Friday, October Plenary Session: Keynotes (Small Hall) Alexandros Sakellariou (Panteion University of Athens, Greece) Youth, religion and socio-political engagement: Belonging, believing and participating Chair: Jānis Priede (University of Latvia) Religious and Political Engagement of Youth II Chair: Petra Kuppinger Monmouth College, USA Roberto Scalon (University of Turin, Italy) Roberta Ricucci (University of Turin, Italy) Growing up Nearby the Pope. Italian Young People and Their Religious Belonging Rita Hegedűs (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary) Type of Youth Religiosity in Hungary Tatiana Malevich (The Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) Ksenia Kolkunova (St. Tikhon s Orthodox University, Russia) Youth and Spirituality: the Russian Case Ibrahim Abraham (University of Helsinki, Finland) Moral Development in a Developing Economy in Moral Crisis: Evangelical Youth Culture in South Africa Today BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: 9

6 Religious Issues in Secular Context I Chair: Simon Gordt University of Bern, Switzerland Konstantinos Kornarakis (University of Athens, Greece) I Was Only Human : Puberty Crisis, Self Identity and Vampire Movies in Religious Context Saburo Shawn Morishita (Tenri University, Japan) Settling Things: Materiality in a Japanese New Religious Movement Ingrid Khashab (Lebanese University, Lebanon) Where the Fault Lines Meet: How Religion and Politics Affect the Lives of Lebanese Students Mykola Palinchak (Uzhgorod National University, Ukraine) Models of Church-State Relations in Central and Eastern Europe: Key Features and Dynamic Youth and Nature-based Spirituality in Europe and Worldwide: Reinterpretation and Innovation, Continuity and Change within Nature and Society Chair: Rasa Pranskevičiūtė Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania Mare Kõiva (Estonian Literary Museum, Estonia) Twenty Five Years of Experience Bringing Together Nature Religions Michael Strmiska (SUNY-Orange, USA) Politics in Paganism: A Comparative Study of the Political Perspectives of Followers of Norse-Germanic Paganism in America and Europe Julia Andreeva (MAE RAS, Russia) Rasa Pranskevičiūtė (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania) Spiritual-ecological Seeking among Youth in the Post-Soviet Countries: the Case of Anastasians Jan Kapusta (Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic) Contemporary Maya Spirituality: The Mountains, Trees, and Ends of the World 10 2 nd International Scientific Conference

7 Religious Issues in SecularContext II Chair: Saburo Shawn Morishita Tenri University, Japan Joachim v. Wedel (Szczecin University, Poland) Messianic Youth Religions and Luther s Zwei-Reiche-Lehre Jānis Ešots (University of Latvia, Latvia) The Youth in Shiite Iran: Between Traditionalism and Rationalism Bülent Sönmez (Dicle University, Turkey) East and West: Difference and Opposition Simon Gordt (University of Bern, Switzerland) Religious Marks within European School Systems Towards New Perspectives Chair: Ingrid Khashab Lebanese University, Lebanon Room: TBA Marika Laudere (Daugavpils University, Latvia) Socially Engaged Buddhism in Latvia: Latvia for Tibet Zane Šteinmane (University of Latvia, Latvia) The Role of the Middle Eastern Classic Secular Texts in Forming National Identity and Intercultural Relations: Mu allaqat Kārlis Dimdiņš (Daugavpils University, Latvia) Youth Involvement in the Sufi Movement: Case Study in Latvia BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: 11