Conference Schedule

[This schedule is tentative.]

Location: SDSU Campus, Love Libary (LL), Room 430/431 (Leon Williams Room) and via Zoom

9 a.m. Opening Remarks

Risa Levitt, SDSU

     

9:30-11 a.m. Session 1

Session Chair - Brad Kirkegaard, SDSU

• Religious Diversity: Rebecca Moore, SDSU
• Archiving Religions: Anna Culbertson, SDSU
• Black Atheism: Roy Whitaker, SDSU

 

11-11:15 a.m. Break 

 

11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Session 2 

Session Chair - Rebecca Bartel, SDSU

• Unarius: Diane Tumminia, California State University, Sacramento
• Rosicrucianism Holly Folk, Western Washington University
• Jehovah’s Witnesses: Massimo Introvigne, CESNUR (Turin, Italy)

 

12:45- 2 p.m. Lunch Break

 

2-3:30 p.m. Session 3                                       

Session Chair: Walter Penrose, SDSU

• Hindus and Gurus: Sthaneshwar Timalsina, SDSU
• Tenrikyo: Kirk Sandvig, SDSU
• Yoga Communities: Drew Thomases, SDSU  

 

3:30-3:45 p.m. Break 

                                               

3:45-5:15 p.m. Session 4                                         

Session Chair: Sandra Wawrytko, SDSU

• Scientology: Donald Westbrook, University of Texas, Austin
• Theosophy: Mickael Ashcraft, Truman State University
• New Thought: Constance Jones, California Institute of Integral Studies

 

5:15 p.m. Closing Remarks              

Gordon Melton, Baylor University

 

Conference Contact

Dr. Roy Whitaker | [email protected]