2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Religion in Postchristendom Society

  Pierre Lebel
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Neo-Négritude and Neuroplasticity

  Tonya (Adejoke) Butler Truesdale
  Innovation Showcase

• From Inculturating the Faith to Kenotic Ministry

  Julian Paparella
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Omnipresence of Love

  Christal Omni
  Innovation Showcase

• Tracing the Genesis and Reflection of Heritage Temples in India

  Milan Das, Shyamsundar Bairagya
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• From Stars to Śāstra

  Tinni Goswami
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Arat Sabulungan as a Spiritual Commitment

  Halim Wiryadinata
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Reimagining Christian Ecotheology through Indigenous Spiritualities

  Nadja Furlan Stante
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Rhythms of Refusal, Rituals of Return

  Anthony Manuel Cruz Pantojas
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Indigenous Healing Practices and Mental Health

  Rebecca Vicente
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Indigenous Ecological Wisdom and Social Peace

  Emmanuel Ojeifo
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Of Sound Health

  Cara Schreffler
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Appropriating the Power of Misshepeshu

  Gary Rees
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Test

  Alex Pate
  Colloquium

• The Spirituality of Storytelling in Native American Lore and Literature

  June-Ann Greeley
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Rhythms of Veneration

  Dorcas Dennis
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Deliverance and Indigenous Cosmologies - Nigerian Pentecostalism, Child Witchcraft and the Global Digital Age

  Claire P. Ayelotan
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Methodology in Religious Field Research

  Agnieszka Podolecka
  Workshop Presentation

• Doors of Return - African Indigeneity, Rematriation, Cultural, Spiritual, and Environmental Repair

  Joyce Hope Scott
  Innovation Showcase

• Data Overcoming Dogma

  Ian Church
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Changing Indigenous Landscapes

  Jerome Teelucksingh
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• From Diwata to Devotion

  Lana Coomes
  Poster Session

• Sacred Wetlands

  Yael Leokumovich
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Joy and Exclusion in Arco Iris

  Lindsey Churchill
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Hopewell Culture

  Milenko Budimir
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Living Web of Health Paradigm Conceptualizes Well-being as Dynamic

  Maria Beldi Alcantara
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Rethinking Spiritualities in Türkiye

  Gulsah Gorucu
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Surviving Colonialism and its Effects

  Jean-Pierre Fortin
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Black before Columbus

  Guy Mount
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Hindu Work Orientation Scale

  Suhans Bansal
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Religion and Belief Systems among Orang Asli (Aboriginal People) of Peninsular Malaysia

  Mohd Roslan Rosnon, Muhammad Afiq Abdul Razak, Intan Sabrina
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Religious Commonalities and Differences

• Gypsy Religion

  Elena Marushiakova, Veselin Popov
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Balancing the Scales

  John Langan
  Innovation Showcase

• Christianity in the Holy Land - a Tapestry of Turmoil

  Stephen W. Need
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Encounter of the Third Kind

  Shay Rozen
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Leadership as Relational Awakening

  Robert Pruitt, II
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Renegotiating Worldview after a Near-death Experience

  Alex Fry
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Solat (Muslim Prayer) as a No-cost Technology to Improve Functional Outcomes after Stroke

  Intan Sabrina, Irma Ruslina Defi
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Sattva, Raja, Tama - a Vedic Subtle-Component Ontology of Intelligent Design Beyond Quantum Explanation

  Dejan Glescic
  Innovation Showcase

• Women’s Roles in Abrahamic Religions

  Amy Hotchkiss
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Religious Foundations

• Sacred Syntax

  Martin Adam
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Is Religion a Neurobiological Imperative?

  Ken A Baskin
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• A Good Philosophical Assist from Aquinas to Voltaire to Harris

  Franco Manni
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• To Boldly Go

  Luke Patrick O Connell
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Self-inflicted Pain

  Roni Naor Hofri
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Role of GodLight in Illuminating Nigeria’s Path to Hope, Growth, and Supernatural Faith Amidst Societal Challenges

  Emilia Aboekwe Aboekwe
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Climate Change, Eco-theology and the Role of Faith Leaders on Sustainable Futures in Nepal

  Sagar Poudel
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Bezalel and Hur

  Tim S. Pack
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Gregorian Calendar as a Weapon

  Ashley Wood
  Poster Session

• Wild Holism

  Jerome Scott Jordan
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

The Politics of Religion

• Secular Chaplaincy in Contemporary America

  Anthony Mazza
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Impact of Patriarchal and Religious Fundamentalism on Women and LGBTQ+ Individuals in the Americas

  Diana Aguinaga
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Digital Disciples

  Kama Wyatt
  Poster Session

• Catholic Faith as a Resource for Human Rights

  Nathanael Siljeur
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Faith, Culture, and Societal Transformation

  Chloe Gotes
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• In The Name of God

  SueRae O'Bleness
  Poster Session

• Jesus Take the Wheel

  Lyric Johnson
  Poster Session

• Liberation Humanism

  Christopher Cameron
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Fertility of a New World

  Sarah Wilson
  Poster Session

• Media Coverage, Political Context and Religion in Spain

  Óscar Luengo
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Defending the Sacred

  Saúl Barceló
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Outsiders on the Inside

  Clint Jones
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Incarceration as Native Land

  Mark Edwards
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Place and Importance of Cooperative Practices in the Search for Fair Order

  Ibrahim Guran Yumusak, Adil Guliyev
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Impact of War on Ukrainian University Students

  Alexander Reznik, Richard Isralowitz
  Poster Session

• What is the Role of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Modern-day Scotland?

  Hazel Mc Arthur
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Ayahuasca on Trial

  Henrique Fernandes Antunes
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Religious Muslims’ Views on Controversial Scientific-political Issues

  Mehmet Alper Yalçınkaya, Gülşen Seven
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Exploring British Muslim, Hindu and Sikh Community Relations

  Serena Hussain
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Social Reform Theory of Brazilian Liberation Theology in the 1970s and 1980s

  Ran Gao
  Poster Session

Religious Community and Socialization

• Conceptualising Islamic Banking and Financial Inclusion

  Cameron Iqbal
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Impacts and Contributions of African Traditional Rulers to the Growth and Development of Christianity

  George Olayeye Olatayo
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Lost Lutherans

  Christopher Suehr
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Bridging Science and Spirituality Through Biofield Research and Wellness Technology

  Nima Farshid
  Innovation Showcase

• Behind the Apron

  Emily Martinez
  Poster Session

• Becoming Devotional

  Leena Taneja
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Split Personas in the Cyber City's Panopticon

  Shihwa Hwang Meza
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Social Transformations - The Shifting Digital Identities of British Muslim Women

  Renasha Khan
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Relationship of Christian Principles and Dasbien Theory with the Well-being of Society

  Andy Kid Figueroa Cardenas
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Affective Piety and Divergent Theologies

  Babak Rahimi
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Relevance of Faith To Clerical Childhood Sexual Abuse

  Jonathan Abernethy Barkley
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Conflict, Culture and Empowerment

  Javed Kalhoro
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Folk Forms of Marian Devotion at Unofficial Places of Marian Apparition and Miracle Sites in Slovakia

  Tatiana Zachar Podolinská
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Embracing Global Spiritualities in Pedagogy and Practice - a Competency Framework

  Heather Boynton, Sarah Mc Greer
  Workshop Presentation

• African Pentecostalism and Reverse Mission in Southeast Asia

  Fred Adadey
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Eating Is Ugly

  Constance Kirker
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The History and Impact of Religious Tradition on Queer Musicians

  Parker Haller
  Poster Session

• Sanctified and Silenced

  Ebony Houston
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Religious Pilgrimage and the Hero’s Journey

  Joseph Pickard
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Spiritual Journey of Military Veterans

  Ehren Gruber
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Orthopraxy in Transition

  Muhammed Tajri
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Moving to the Center of the Earth

  Nurit Stadler
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• "Havruta" - An Ancient Indigenous Jewish Dyad Learning Methodology

  Rebecca Ranz, Merav Moshe Grodofsky
  Workshop Presentation

• Islam in Action

  Shafaat Saleem
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• North Peruvian Cosmovision and the use in Modern Societies

  Walther Vera
  Innovation Showcase

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Religion in Postchristendom Society

  Pierre Lebel
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Gypsy Religion

  Elena Marushiakova, Veselin Popov
  Religious Commonalities and Differences

• From Inculturating the Faith to Kenotic Ministry

  Julian Paparella
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Sacred Syntax

  Martin Adam
  Religious Foundations

• Secular Chaplaincy in Contemporary America

  Anthony Mazza
  The Politics of Religion

• Conceptualising Islamic Banking and Financial Inclusion

  Cameron Iqbal
  Religious Community and Socialization

• The Impact of Patriarchal and Religious Fundamentalism on Women and LGBTQ+ Individuals in the Americas

  Diana Aguinaga
  The Politics of Religion

• Impacts and Contributions of African Traditional Rulers to the Growth and Development of Christianity

  George Olayeye Olatayo
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Is Religion a Neurobiological Imperative?

  Ken A Baskin
  Religious Foundations

• Tracing the Genesis and Reflection of Heritage Temples in India

  Milan Das, Shyamsundar Bairagya
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Christianity in the Holy Land - a Tapestry of Turmoil

  Stephen W. Need
  Religious Commonalities and Differences

• From Stars to Śāstra

  Tinni Goswami
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Encounter of the Third Kind

  Shay Rozen
  Religious Commonalities and Differences

• Leadership as Relational Awakening

  Robert Pruitt, II
  Religious Commonalities and Differences

• Catholic Faith as a Resource for Human Rights

  Nathanael Siljeur
  The Politics of Religion

• Renegotiating Worldview after a Near-death Experience

  Alex Fry
  Religious Commonalities and Differences

• Faith, Culture, and Societal Transformation

  Chloe Gotes
  The Politics of Religion

• Arat Sabulungan as a Spiritual Commitment

  Halim Wiryadinata
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Reimagining Christian Ecotheology through Indigenous Spiritualities

  Nadja Furlan Stante
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Solat (Muslim Prayer) as a No-cost Technology to Improve Functional Outcomes after Stroke

  Intan Sabrina, Irma Ruslina Defi
  Religious Commonalities and Differences

• Lost Lutherans

  Christopher Suehr
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Rhythms of Refusal, Rituals of Return

  Anthony Manuel Cruz Pantojas
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Indigenous Healing Practices and Mental Health

  Rebecca Vicente
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Liberation Humanism

  Christopher Cameron
  The Politics of Religion

• Media Coverage, Political Context and Religion in Spain

  Óscar Luengo
  The Politics of Religion

• Indigenous Ecological Wisdom and Social Peace

  Emmanuel Ojeifo
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• A Good Philosophical Assist from Aquinas to Voltaire to Harris

  Franco Manni
  Religious Foundations

• To Boldly Go

  Luke Patrick O Connell
  Religious Foundations

• Defending the Sacred

  Saúl Barceló
  The Politics of Religion

• Outsiders on the Inside

  Clint Jones
  The Politics of Religion

• Of Sound Health

  Cara Schreffler
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Self-inflicted Pain

  Roni Naor Hofri
  Religious Foundations

• Appropriating the Power of Misshepeshu

  Gary Rees
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Incarceration as Native Land

  Mark Edwards
  The Politics of Religion

• The Spirituality of Storytelling in Native American Lore and Literature

  June-Ann Greeley
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Becoming Devotional

  Leena Taneja
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Rhythms of Veneration

  Dorcas Dennis
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• The Place and Importance of Cooperative Practices in the Search for Fair Order

  Ibrahim Guran Yumusak, Adil Guliyev
  The Politics of Religion

• Deliverance and Indigenous Cosmologies - Nigerian Pentecostalism, Child Witchcraft and the Global Digital Age

  Claire P. Ayelotan
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Split Personas in the Cyber City's Panopticon

  Shihwa Hwang Meza
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Social Transformations - The Shifting Digital Identities of British Muslim Women

  Renasha Khan
  Religious Community and Socialization

• The Relationship of Christian Principles and Dasbien Theory with the Well-being of Society

  Andy Kid Figueroa Cardenas
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Affective Piety and Divergent Theologies

  Babak Rahimi
  Religious Community and Socialization

• The Role of GodLight in Illuminating Nigeria’s Path to Hope, Growth, and Supernatural Faith Amidst Societal Challenges

  Emilia Aboekwe Aboekwe
  Religious Foundations

• The Relevance of Faith To Clerical Childhood Sexual Abuse

  Jonathan Abernethy Barkley
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Conflict, Culture and Empowerment

  Javed Kalhoro
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Folk Forms of Marian Devotion at Unofficial Places of Marian Apparition and Miracle Sites in Slovakia

  Tatiana Zachar Podolinská
  Religious Community and Socialization

• African Pentecostalism and Reverse Mission in Southeast Asia

  Fred Adadey
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Eating Is Ugly

  Constance Kirker
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Climate Change, Eco-theology and the Role of Faith Leaders on Sustainable Futures in Nepal

  Sagar Poudel
  Religious Foundations

• Bezalel and Hur

  Tim S. Pack
  Religious Foundations

• Data Overcoming Dogma

  Ian Church
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Changing Indigenous Landscapes

  Jerome Teelucksingh
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Sacred Wetlands

  Yael Leokumovich
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Joy and Exclusion in Arco Iris

  Lindsey Churchill
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Women’s Roles in Abrahamic Religions

  Amy Hotchkiss
  Religious Commonalities and Differences

• What is the Role of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Modern-day Scotland?

  Hazel Mc Arthur
  The Politics of Religion

• Ayahuasca on Trial

  Henrique Fernandes Antunes
  The Politics of Religion

• Sanctified and Silenced

  Ebony Houston
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Religious Pilgrimage and the Hero’s Journey

  Joseph Pickard
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Hopewell Culture

  Milenko Budimir
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• The Spiritual Journey of Military Veterans

  Ehren Gruber
  Religious Community and Socialization

• The Living Web of Health Paradigm Conceptualizes Well-being as Dynamic

  Maria Beldi Alcantara
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Wild Holism

  Jerome Scott Jordan
  Religious Foundations

• Religious Muslims’ Views on Controversial Scientific-political Issues

  Mehmet Alper Yalçınkaya, Gülşen Seven
  The Politics of Religion

• Exploring British Muslim, Hindu and Sikh Community Relations

  Serena Hussain
  The Politics of Religion

• Orthopraxy in Transition

  Muhammed Tajri
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Rethinking Spiritualities in Türkiye

  Gulsah Gorucu
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Surviving Colonialism and its Effects

  Jean-Pierre Fortin
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Black before Columbus

  Guy Mount
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Moving to the Center of the Earth

  Nurit Stadler
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Hindu Work Orientation Scale

  Suhans Bansal
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Islam in Action

  Shafaat Saleem
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Religion and Belief Systems among Orang Asli (Aboriginal People) of Peninsular Malaysia

  Mohd Roslan Rosnon, Muhammad Afiq Abdul Razak, Intan Sabrina
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

Innovation Showcase

• Neo-Négritude and Neuroplasticity

  Tonya (Adejoke) Butler Truesdale
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Balancing the Scales

  John Langan
  Religious Commonalities and Differences

• The Omnipresence of Love

  Christal Omni
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Bridging Science and Spirituality Through Biofield Research and Wellness Technology

  Nima Farshid
  Religious Community and Socialization

• Sattva, Raja, Tama - a Vedic Subtle-Component Ontology of Intelligent Design Beyond Quantum Explanation

  Dejan Glescic
  Religious Commonalities and Differences

• Doors of Return - African Indigeneity, Rematriation, Cultural, Spiritual, and Environmental Repair

  Joyce Hope Scott
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• North Peruvian Cosmovision and the use in Modern Societies

  Walther Vera
  Religious Community and Socialization

Poster Session

• Digital Disciples

  Kama Wyatt
  The Politics of Religion

• In The Name of God

  SueRae O'Bleness
  The Politics of Religion

• Jesus Take the Wheel

  Lyric Johnson
  The Politics of Religion

• The Fertility of a New World

  Sarah Wilson
  The Politics of Religion

• Behind the Apron

  Emily Martinez
  Religious Community and Socialization

• The Gregorian Calendar as a Weapon

  Ashley Wood
  Religious Foundations

• From Diwata to Devotion

  Lana Coomes
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• The Impact of War on Ukrainian University Students

  Alexander Reznik, Richard Isralowitz
  The Politics of Religion

• The History and Impact of Religious Tradition on Queer Musicians

  Parker Haller
  Religious Community and Socialization

• The Social Reform Theory of Brazilian Liberation Theology in the 1970s and 1980s

  Ran Gao
  The Politics of Religion

Colloquium

• Test

  Alex Pate
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

Workshop Presentation

• Methodology in Religious Field Research

  Agnieszka Podolecka
  2026 Special Focus—Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective

• Embracing Global Spiritualities in Pedagogy and Practice - a Competency Framework

  Heather Boynton, Sarah Mc Greer
  Religious Community and Socialization

• "Havruta" - An Ancient Indigenous Jewish Dyad Learning Methodology

  Rebecca Ranz, Merav Moshe Grodofsky
  Religious Community and Socialization