Theological Considerations about Rapid Religious Change with Martyn Percy

Tanya M. Luhrmann, Stanford University, presiding -Devaka Premawardhana, Emory University, Continuities of Change: ‘Traditional’ Religion and the Convertible Self -Jon Bialecki, Independent Scholar, An Eldritch Singularity: theorizing rapid [religious] change -Courtney Handman, University of Texas-…

Time is one of the central problems in both journalism and religion. For the study of religion, categorizing patterns of behavior and trends into neat epochs or eras is complicated the more we learn about a phenomenon and what makes it unique. In journalism, the time we have to capture an audience’…

Debra Mason, University of Missouri, presiding  • Maria Len Rios, University of Georgia • John Blake, journalist at CNN.com and former religion writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution   • Audrey Galex, Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasting

A lecture about how voices contribute to rapid religious change.