Inform Seminar XXXV

New Religious Movements and Gender

Saturday, 26 November 2005, 9.30am - 4.30pm
The London School of Economics and Political Science

Religions play a major role in shaping notions of gender roles and sexuality. New religious movements, in tension with society, often challenge mainstream concepts of gender. In some cases, they may reinforce stricter, more conservative gender roles; yet others may offer more liberal or radically different gender roles. In addition, these gender roles may be believed to be divinely sanctioned and therefore to be non-negotiable.

This Seminar will consider the issue of religion and gender from various perspectives, inviting members of new religious movements, former members, academics and others to share their views and experiences.

Registration: Includes a morning coffee, buffet lunch and afternoon tea.
Advance: ?35 (?14 students/unwaged), After 14 November 2005: ?40 (?20 students/unwaged).

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Inform Seminars are intended to help participants to understand, or at least recognise, different perspectives. The presence of speakers on an Inform programme does not mean that Inform endorses their position.

9.30am - 10.00am: Registration

10.00am - 10.10am: Welcome and Introduction

10.10am - 10.35am: Prof Eileen Barker PhD OBE FBA, Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics;
Chair and Honorary Director, Inform
Male and Female, Created S/He Them

10.35am - 11.00am: Eric Bolou, British Raelian Movement
Gender and the Raelian Movement

11.00am - 11.25am: Dr Susan Palmer, Professor of Religious Studies at Dawson College, Quebec, Canada
Women in New Religions: Oppressed or Empowered?

11.25am - 11.50am: Coffee

11.50am - 12.15pm: Frederic Lamond, Gardnerian Wiccan
Social and Political Effects of Gender-balanced Polytheism versus Patriarchal Monotheism

12.15pm - 12.40pm: Wim Haan, Blaise Pascal Institute, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Tritiya-Prakriti: People of the Third Sex in ISKCON

12.40pm - 1.05pm: UK Representative of the Honourable Minister Louis Farrakhan
Men and Women in the Nation of Islam

1.05pm - 2.00pm: Lunch

2.00pm - 2.25pm: To be announced

2.25pm - 2.50pm: Dr Bettina Schmidt, Lecturer for the Study of Religions, Faculty of Theology,
University of Oxford
Religion as Means of Empowerment for Women from the Caribbean

2.50pm - 3.35pm: Group Discussions

3.35pm - 4.00pm: Tea

4.00pm - 4.30pm: General Question and Answer Session with Speakers

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