“Dharma: Interface of Secular and Sacred”
A Conference
Investigating the Interface of Religion
on Literature, Media,
Ethics, Law, Economics, Politics, Science and Philosophy
Dharmaram Vidya
Kshetram, Bangalore, India
3-7
January 2015
“I cannot help
seeing every problem from a religious point of view” Ludwig Wittgenstein
Programme
Sunday, 4 January 2015:
7.00 a.m.
Holy Qurbana, Syro-Malabar Rite, Catholic (Optional)
8.00 a.m.
Breakfast
9.00 a.m.
Fellowship in Religious Experience (FIRE) at Mahabodhi Society (Budhhist),
Gruduwara (Sikh), Vidyavanam (Christian), Art of Living Centre (Hindu),
Brahmakumari (Hindu), Fireflies (Interreligious and Environmental).
Monday, 5 January 2015:
08.00 a.m. Breakfast
08.45 a.m. Registration
09.15 a.m. Inaugural
Session
Inaugural Address: Prof Dr Saju Chackalackal CMI,
President DVK
Plenary Address 1: Peter Tyler – “Rabindranath Tagore and Ludwig
Wittgenstein: Two Sentinels on the
Borderlands of Modernity”
Plenary Address 2: Purushottama Bilimoria – “Grief and Dharma:
Secularization of a Sacred Emotion”
11.00 a.m. Tea Break
11.15 a.m. Parallel
Session I:
Paper 1: Etienne Rassendren – “Religion and Literature: Of
Cultural
Hegemonies
and Discursive Resistances”
Paper 2: Chae Young Kim – “Granville Stanley Hall and Carl Gustav
Jung on Religious Experience”
Paper 3: Anupama Nayar – “Joycean
Novels: A Broad Secularizing
Project”
Paper 4: Davis
Vithayathil – “Interface between Sacred and
Secular: A Call within Metaxological Mindfulness”
Parallel Session II:
Paper 5: Vincent
Kundukulam – “Two Identity Builders in Amity and
Enmity: Religion and Politics”
Paper 6: Ismath Ramzy – “Managing Domestic Violence:
Religious
Perspective
with Special Reference to Islam”
Paper 7: Lawrence Fernandes – "Mircea Eliade’s
Philosophy of
Religion: The Reality and its
Relevance Today"
Paper 8: Ajit Kumar Behura and Sarita Kar – “Dharma in Purva-Mimamsa: Secular and Sacred”
01.00 p.m. Lunch
02.00 p.m. Parallel
Session III
Paper 9: Liju
Porathur – “Ecology vis- à-vis Human Ecology after Pope Benedict XVI”
Paper
10: Leena Kaitharath – “Religious Significance of the Literary
Genre of
Autobiography: A Study based on Confessions of St
Augustine”
Paper 11: Biju K.
Chacko – “Kolam
Practice among Christians: an Art Cuts across Religious Boundaries”
Paper 12: Sushma V Murthy – “Littoral Drift: Intertidal Corporeal and Spiritual Selves in Akka Mahadevi”
Paper 12: Sushma V Murthy – “Littoral Drift: Intertidal Corporeal and Spiritual Selves in Akka Mahadevi”
Parallel Session IV:
Paper 13: Joshy
Paramthottu – "Evolution of
Secularism and Its Impact on the Conditions of Religion: A Taylorean
Perspective"
Paper 14: Robert Pen
– “Understanding the Role of Religion in a
Media-Centric Society”
Paper 15: Aparna
Vincent – “The Sacredness of Secular
Symbols: A Reading from the Indian Experience”
Paper 16: Davis
Panadan – “Constitutionality of
Personal Laws and Uniform Civil Code in India"
04.00 p.m. Tea Break
06.00 p.m. Plenary Address 3: Paul Poovathinkal –
Karnatic Music and Christianity: An Ethnomusicological Approach
06.30 p.m. Kacheri: Classical Religious Music
Performance by Paul Poovathinkal and Team
08.15 p.m. Dinner
Tuesday, 6 January 2015: Epiphany
08.00 a.m. Breakfast
09.15 a.m. Plenary
Session
Message: Dr Anil Pinto, Registrar, Christ University
Plenary
Address 4: Patrice
Haynes – “Religious Diversity and the Feminist Subject:
A Perspective from Feminist Philosophy of Religion”
Plenary
Address 5: Ashok
Sajjanhar – ''Peace and Development - The Indian
Experience''
11.00 a.m. Tea Break
11.15. a.m. Parallel
Session V:
Paper 17: George
Karuvelil – “Philosophy and Religious Diversity: Epistemological
Explorations”
Paper 18: Paul
Moyaert – “Praying with Icons Is
Touching God in His Image”
Paper 19: Edwin
George – “The Philosophical Challenges of Secularism: An Interpretation
with Panikkarian Vision and Dallmayrian Concerns”
Paper 20: Sebastian
Alackapally – “Harmony
of Theos and Cosmos in Tribal Life”
Parallel Session VI:
Paper 21: James Pampara – “Mercy as Hermeneutical Principle in
Catholic Canon Law: A Critical Analysis of Walter Casper's Thinking in the
Light of Aequitas Canonica, Epikeia and Oikonomia”
Paper 22: Wai Luen
Kwok – “Public Theology(ies) or Theologised by
Public”
Paper 23: Paul T Louis – “Digital Awakening: Notion of Religious
Communication in a Virtual
World”
Paper 24: Divya
Pradeep and Mamta Bhardwaj – “Economic
Underpinnings of Religious Giving”
Parallel
Session VII:
Paper 25: Thomas
Kollamparampil – “History, Religion and Human
Development in St. Ephrem the Syrian”
Paper 26: Shaji
Kochuthara – “The Meaning of Sexuality:
Can the Christian and Secular Approaches Meet?”
Paper 27: P.
Krishnaswami – “Tamil Society’s Engagement with Secular and Sacred: An Overview
of Multiple Traditions”
Paper 28: Orla O’Reilly Hazra –
“Cosmogenesis: Healing our Disparity of Cult through Prophetic Speech”
01.00 p.m. Lunch
02.00 p.m. Parallel
Session VIII:
Paper 29: Francis Arackal – “Media
- the All Pervasive Being/Entity of
Our Times”
Paper 30: Vinoy Paikkattu – “Dismantling the Human Construct of Dichotomy between Secular and Sacred – A Wittgenstenian Way”
Paper 31: Davis Varayilan – “Theological Education in the Living Context: A Samanvaya Model”
Paper 32: Anto Amarnad – “Does God Have a Future? A Philosophico-theological Appraisal”
Paper 33: Jose
Nandhikkara – “Religion – Private vis- à-vis
Public Philosophical Investigations after Wittgenstein”
Parallel Session IX:
Paper 34: Renu Paul
– “Towards a Dharmic Vision for Religion and Ethics”
Paper 35: Peter
Vallabadoss – “Dharmartha Marga: Path of Management Gurus with
Success Mantras”
Paper 36: S. P. Vaghiswari – “Dharma as a Binary Identity”
Paper 36: S. P. Vaghiswari – “Dharma as a Binary Identity”
Paper 37: KC Adaina
and G. Rassendran – “Do Notions of the Sacred Guide the Ethic of
Reciprocity? A Case of Rongmei Indigenous
Environmental Practices and Economic Behaviour”
Paper 38: Paulachan
Kochappilly – “Celebration of the Holy Qurbana as a Comingling of
Earth and Heaven”
04.00 p.m. Tea Break
06.00 p.m. Plenary Address 6: C. F. John – “Body. Art. Spirituality - A Reflection
Rooted in Earth and Life"
06.30 p.m. Dance Recital: Artists from Christ ICSE
School, Christ Academy and Christ University at PU College Auditorium
08.15 p.m. Dinner
Wednesday, 7 January 2015:
08.00 a.m. Breakfast
Symposium: Philosophy of Religion in
a Global Context
09.00 a. m.
Paper 39: Sugathananda – “Buddhist Monastic
Education: The Living Legacy of Dhamma’
Paper 40:
Peter Tyler – “The Philosopher as Therapist: Learning from Wittgenstein?”
10.30 a. m.
Tea Break
10.45 a. m.
Paper 41: David Lewin – “Heidegger East and
West: Philosophy as Educative Contemplation”
Paper 42: Duane Williams – “The Why and What
of Philosophy of Religion: Towards a New Methodology for Pedagogical Practice”
12.15 p. m.
Workshop
Sharing reflections on teaching
comparative religion and/ or philosophy of religion led by Patrice Haynes
1.00 p. m.
Lunch
02.00 p. m.
Paper 43: Prof Dr
Augustine Thottakara – “The Process of Vidyā-dāna: The Discipline
Proposed by the Upanisads”
Paper 44: Patrice Haynes – “‘The Familiar
Witches’ Brew’: On the Possibility of African Philosophy of Religion”
3.15 p. m. Plenary Address 7: Erik Meganck – "Secularisation and Violence"
Concluding
Message: Prof Dr
Thomas Aykara, Rector, Dharmaram College
4.00 p. m. Departure