Conference on Invented Religions

This is our program:

28th March 2015
Collegium Broscianum
Kraków, Grodzka 52, room 4

10:00-10:30 OPENING LECTURE
Piotr Czarnecki, PhD (Jagiellonian University, Kraków)

PANEL SESSION I 10:35-11:45
10:35-10:55 Filip Kinczyk (Jagiellonian University, Kraków),
Jediism – Origin Story and Theology
10:55-11:15 Katarzyna Bajka (Jagiellonian University, Kraków),
Jediism – History and Perspectives
11:15-11:35 Anna Marta Maćkowiak (Jagiellonian University, Kraków),
The Dawn and the Dusk of Two Religious Movements Invented in 21st Century
11:45-11:55 Break

PANEL SESSION II 11:55-13:25
11:55-12:15 Adam Anczyk, PhD (Jagiellonian University, Kraków),
From a Students’ Night Out to Fervent Worship: The Reformed Druids of North America
12:15-12:35 Anna Hojdeczko (Jagiellonian University, Kraków),
Jesus Malverde – How a Bandit Becomes a Saint
12:35-12:55 Maksymilian Woch (Jagiellonian University, Kraków),
‘Invented Religion’ or ‘Implemented Spirituality’: An influence of Buddhist and Hindu Philosophy on Beat Movement.
12:55-13:15 Krzysztof Wojtasik (Jagiellonian University), Kraków,
Churches of Cthulhu
13:25-14:20 Break

PANEL SESSION III 14:20-15:50
14:20-14:40 Amanda Wallentin (Lund University),
Kopimistsamfundet/The Missionary Church of Kopimism
14:40-15:00 Matouš Vencálek (Masaryk University in Brno),
“Blessings of the Nine Divines upon You!”: Religions Based on Video Games
15:00-15:20 Szymon Król (Jagiellonian University, Kraków),
Statement of Religion? The Problem with Classification of the Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster and Invisible Pink Unicorn
15:20-15:40 Marcin Chludziński (Jagiellonian University Kraków),
Haruhism and Madokism as Postpastafarian Internet Religions
15:50-16:00 Break

PANEL SESSION IV 16:00-17:10
16:00-16:20 Agnieszka Korowaj (Jagiellonian University, Kraków),
Serious Identities in Joke Religions: A Proposal For The Use of an Ethical Framework
16:20-16:40 Tomasz Niezgoda (Jagiellonian University, Kraków),
Phenomenological Critique of Invented Religions
16:40-17:00 Agnieszka Dąbal (Jagiellonian University, Kraków),
The Dionysus Church – the Short History of the Religious Movement's Rise and Fall
17:10-17:20 Break

PANEL SESSION V 17:20-18:30
17:20-17:40 Michał Spurgiasz (University of Silesia, Katowice),
K**a Wodyńska (Jagiellonian University, Kraków)
Religion as a Social Construct – The Enlightenment Critique of Religion
17:40-18:00 Anna Zaczkowska, PhD (University of Silesia, Katowice),
Phenomenon of 'Invented Religion' in the Light of B. Malinowski Functional Theory
18:00-18:20 Magdalena Kozioł (Jagiellonian University, Kraków)
Can Discordianism be Called a Religion?