The Phenomenology of Religious Life

This meeting is devoted to exploring the character of religious existence, with particular emphasis on the experience of the sacred and the temporality of religious practices.

 Schedule

9:15 - 9:30       Welcoming Remarks, James Faulconer (Brigham Young University)

9:30 - 10:45     Daniel Watts (University of Essex), ‘Kierkegaard, Repetition and Ethical Constancy’

11:00 - 12:15   Crina Gschwandtner (Fordham University), ‘From Fast to Feast: Temporality in the Liturgy’

12:30 - 2          Lunch Break

2:00 - 3:15       Mark Wrathall (University of California, Riverside): ‘Rescuing the Future from the Ordinary: Ruptured Time and the Experience of the Sacred’

3:30 - 4:45       Ward Blanton (University of Kent), ‘Paul's kairos and Ours: Fragility, Faith, Solidarity’

5:00 - 6:15       Laurence Hemming (Lancaster University), ‘Should God Speak? – The Phenomenon of the Religious Voice’

If you are planning to attend, we would be grateful if you could register in advance by sending an email with your name and affiliation (if any) to [email protected] .  The subject line needs to say “Oxford Phg of Religion Conference”.  Registration is free.