Session 3D (17,00-19,00) Room Santa

Brigida
The current generation of young adults, at least in the Western

world, has shown a marked tendency toward a preference for

ASR
Association for the Sociology of Religion Italian Sociological Association
describing themselves as “spiritual” as contrasted to “religious.” 
Chair: Franco Garelli (University of Torino) Section on the Sociology of Religion

The present conference seeks to examine the possible meanings and

Avital Laufer (Netanya Academic College,
Israel), Three types of religious orientations consequences associated with this contrast in terms of the
and their role in youth's PTSD similarities and differences that affect those who employ these
Annalisa Butticci (University of Padova), INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
The African Pentecostal Diaspora in Italy: terms with respect to the everyday practices that they themselves
Strategies of Creativity and Survival
employ or believe should follow from being self-defined as
F a t m a S u n d a l ( U n i v e r s i t y o f E s k i s e i r,
Turkie), Sufi Spirituality and the Code of
Islam in the Western Everyday Practices:
“religious” or “spiritual.” We seek papers that take up the religion- Religion,
Findings from a Qualitative Work on a Sufi spiritual contrast through investigations into practice: In what ways
Group in Milan
Lucio Meglio (University of Cassino),
do people who claim to be “religious” or “spiritual” define these Spirituality, and
Religion practice in the light of civilizational self-images as manifest in their own lives or how do people who
analysis
Alessandro Iovino (Federico II University,
make this contrast believe people who see themselves in these ways Everyday Practice
Napoli), The “spiritual phenomenon” in implement their convictions in practice (or should implement
Pentecostal spheres
them)? We also wish to explore whether there are institutions of

spiritual practice to which those who term themselves “spiritual”

Sunday, December 13
turn or whether the difference implied by the terms may be between Palazzo dei Priori
Session 4 (9:00 – 11,30) Sala Conciliazione institutionalized and de-institutionalized expressions of practice, Sala Conciliazione
Chair: Enzo Pace (University of Padova) including but not limited to self-spiritualities. How on a daily basis Piazza del Comune,10
L u i g i B e r z a n o ( U n i v e r s i t y o f To r i n o ) ,
Religious Lifestyles
does one who considers him/herself religious or spiritual live out Assisi
Anthony Blasi (Tennessee State University), that self-image in specific ways that she or he can describe to 11 - 1 3 D e c e m b e r 2 0 0 9
Everyday Research Implications of Catholic
others, even if not share with others? Are there ways that being
Theological Positions: An American
Perspective spiritual can involve religion or ways that being religious can
Isacco Turina (University of Bologna), From
Institution to Spirituality and Back. Or, Why involve spirituality, and if so, how do these differ from concepts in
We Should Be Cautious About the “Spiritual prior eras (e.g., Ignatian spirituality, Orthodox spirituality, Anglican
Turn” in the Sociology of Religion
David Yamane (Wake Forest University), spirituality, etc.)?
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Friday, December 11
Session 1(15:00 – 17:30) Sala Concilizione
Chair: Giuseppe Giordan (University of
Padova)
Linda Woodhead (Lancaster University),
Spirituality and the Changing Religious
Field
Enzo Pace (University of Padova), Out of
Order. Spirituality and System of Belief
W i l l i a m H . S w a t o s , J r. ( A u g u s t a n a
College), Religious Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage
Spirituality, and Everyday Life
Marco Marzano (University of Bergamo),
The “Sectarian” Church. Catholicism in
Italy after John Paul II
Saturday, December 12
Session 2 (9:00 – 11:30) Sala Concilizione
Chair: William H. Swatos, Jr. (Augustana
College)
Mary Jo Neitz (University of Missouri),
Lived Religion: Signposts of Where We
Have Been and Where We Can Go from
Here
Giuseppe Giordan (University of Padova),
Toward a Sociology of Prayer
Patricia Wittberg (Indiana University –
Purdue University Indianapolis), The
Concept of "Community" in Catholic
Parishes
Christopher D. Bader (Baylor
University), How American Conceptions of
God Impact Views of Moral, Social and
Political Attitudes
Religion, Spirituality, and Everyday Practice
Session 3:Casa Santa Brigida, via Moiano 1
Session 3A (14,30-16,30) Room San
Francesco
Chair: Anthony Blasi (Tennessee State
University)
Gustav Erik Karlsaune (Norwegian
University of Science and Technology,
Norway), The role of the “Prayer Houses”
in Norway in the development of the modern
democratic society
Anat Feldman (Achva Academic College),
Mysticism and Practice in Israel Daily
Susan Crawford Sullivan (College of the
Holy Cross), Spiritual or Religious?
Everyday Practices and Urban Mothers in
Poverty
Andrea Molle (University of Padova),
Spiritual life in modern Japan:
Understanding religion in everyday life
Daniel Whillis (University of Bristol),
Western Buddhism: toward a postsecular
spirituality?
Maria Chiara Giorda (University of
Torino), Religion Education in Italy: themes
and problems
Session 3B (14,30-16,30) Room Santa
Brigida
Chair: Roberto Cipriani (University of
Roma Tre)
Roberta Ricucci (University of Torino),
How do immigrants use faith in their daily
integration process? Filipinos and
Peruvians: the ‘positive’ prejudice of being
Catholic
Cathy Holtmann (University of New
Brunswick), “Workers in the Vineyard:
Engaged Catholic Women”
Elena Zapponi (University of Roma "La
S a p i e n z a " ) , S p i r i t u a l Wa l k i n g To w a rd s
Santiago De Compostela: Pilgrimage as a
Reinvention of Everiday Life
Davide Girardi (University of Padova), The
role of religious/spiritual self images in the
transition to adulthood of young immigrants
Elisabetta Di Giovanni (University
o f P a l e r m o ) , “ We a re a l l d e v o t e e s o f
Sant’Agata!” New ordeal and sense of
belonging in Catania
Session 3C (17,00-19,00) Room San
Francesco
Chair: Enzo Pace (University of Padova)
Ruth Illman (Abo Akademy University,
Finland), Incarnating Encounters.
Reflections on spirituality and art
Lluis Oviedo and Manuel Canteras
(Pontifical University Antonianum), Trying
to identify specific traits of spirituality
L i s e l o t t e F r i s k ( D a l a r n a U n i v e r s i t y,
Sweden), Religion and spirituality in
Sweden
Monica Chilese (Osservatorio socio-
religioso del Triveneto) and Emanuela
Contiero (University of Padova), Young
p e o p l e p r a y e r s b e t w e e n re l i g i o n a n d
spirituality in Venetian area
Roberto Fusco (Faculty of Theology of
Bari), Consacrated people and Prayer: what
kind of relationship? A Study Case
Davide Sterchele (University of Padova),
From the quasi-religion of institutionalized
sports to the spirituality of the new bodily
movement paradigms