4th Global Conference: Spirituality in the 21st Century

4th Global Conference Spirituality in the 21st Century Tuesday 18th March - Thursday 20th March 2014 Prague, Czech Republic Call for Presentations: The contemporary study of spirituality encompasses a wide range of interests. These have come not only from the more traditional areas of religious scholarship - Theology, Philosophy of Religion, History of Religion, Comparative Religion, Mysticism - but also more recently from such diverse fields as Management, Medicine, Business, Counseling, Ecology, Communication, Performance Studies and Education - among many others. This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference invites a broad range of scholars and practitioners who seek to challenge disciplinary silos by exploring the spiritual foundations upon which their fields of inquiry stand. Papers and/or presentations are welcomed from any academic, professional and/or vocational area in which Spirituality plays a part. Papers, performances, presentations, reports, works-in-progress and workshops are invited on issues related to any of the following themes: -Conceptualisations of Spirituality -Interpreting Elements and Examples of Spirituality -Cultural Expressions of Spirituality via Art, Dance, Film, The Internet, Literature, Music, Radio, Television and/or Theatre -Spirituality and Communication -The Liminal Elements and Facets of Spirituality -Spirituality and Cultural Identity -Research and/or Pedagogical Approaches to Spiritual Work -Childhood Spirituality -Teaching Spirituality -Spirituality and Healing -Spirituality Compassion and Reconciliation -Spirituality and Addiction, Health Care, Medicine, and/or Nursing -Spirituality in Counseling, Hospice Care, Psychology, Psychiatry, Social Work, Therapy and/or Wellbeing -Spiritual Pilgrimages -Spiritual and Ecological Maintenance of Health and Life of Human Beings -Development of Personality as a Process of Spirit Creation -Spirituality and the Environment -Spirituality and Gaia -Spirituality in Business and/or Management The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. Presentations, Papers and performances will be considered on any related theme. What to Send 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 11th October 2013. All submissions are minimally double blind peer reviewed where appropriate. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 17th January 2014. Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to the Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract f) up to 10 key words E-mails should be entitled: S21-4 Abstract Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs John L. Hochheimer: Hoch@siu.edu Rob Fisher: s21-4@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the Ethos programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/spirituality-in-the-21st-century/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.