Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 22:49:28 +0100 (BST) From: "J. Bergeron Law.staff" <BERGERON-AT-ollamh.ucd.ie> Subject: CFP: Sacred Fragments in the Texts of Law - CLC97 IN THE WAKE OF THE LAW... CRITICAL LEGAL CONFERENCE 97 4-7 SEPTEMBER 1997 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN SECTION CALL FOR PAPERS Sacred Fragments in the Texts of Law: Playing with Riddles Papers in this section will deal with issues raised by the relationship between the sacred and law both inside and outside the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions. It will explore how the rhetoric of law and religion (separately and together) addresses certain key questions in contemporary historical and social contexts. The Post Modern worlds appears to be teeming with concepts of the sacred. In the West, Classical Hellenistic and Roman mystery religions, originally the religions of the intellectual elites, are re-emerging with a more popularist appeal. They have been joined by Buddhism, Hinduism, Sufism, Neo-Paganism and a range of "Old" and "New" religious movements, a growing awareness of African Traditional Religions and a variety of sacred beliefs, often collectively referred to as The New Age. In North America there is also a growing awareness of Native American Religious Tradition. In all of these, relations with law are implicated. The emergence of Islam as a political force in the East has also led to the need to consider the relationship between religion and law. The presencing of the sacred in contemporary texts of the law is repeatedly discernible. Is this mere survival, or does it indicate that in certain circumstances the sacred remains a motivational force? Papers could draw on a variety of local cultural situations and would be welcome in the following areas or dealing with the following questions/issues * How are Traditions of the Sacred interwoven with Traditions of the Law in the twentieth century? * Is there collusion between male oriented symbols of the sacred and male oriented law to the exclusion of the female? * Is law in the "wake" of the sacred, or vice versa? * The disciplinary rules of religion * The ecclesiastical roots of legal forms * The maintenance of Authority * Religion and the Diaspora: with reference to globalisation, postcolonialism, nature and function, community and identity * Western Law and non-Christian religions or religious movements * Minority religions in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East * Legal and Sacred spaces * Law and Scripture * Law, religion and ritual * Power, the Sacred and legal utterances * Blasphemy * Heresy * Pilgrimage This list is not intended to be exhaustive, if you have an interest in this 'stream' send us your abstract. Section Organisers: Sharon Hanson Kathleen Moore Department of Law Department of Political Science Birkbeck College University of Connecticut University of London Box U-24 Malet Street 341 Mansfield Road, London WC1E 7HX Storrs, CT 06269-1024 United Kingdom United States of America Phone: 44-171-631-6619 Phone: 1-860-486-3747 Fax: 44-171-631-6688 Fax: 1-860-486-3347 email s.hanson-AT-cems.bbk.ac.uk email kmoore-AT-uconnvm.uconn.edu --- from list french-feminism-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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