Religion and Society
Events and Publications
Publications
Rocha, C., Openshaw, K. and Vokes, R. (2021) ‘Middle-class’ Africans in Australia: choosing Hillsong as a global home. Culture and Religion 22 (1): 25–45.
Rocha, C., Vokes, R. & Openshaw, K. (2021) “Can the Holy Spirit Be Livestreamed?”, SAPIENS (opens in a new window)
Webinar series
2021 “Religion, Crisis and Disaster Webinar Series”
Convened by Richard Vokes and Cristina Rocha, February 24 – April 28. World-renowned academics invited to present on the role of religion during crises and disasters. Supported by the University of Western Australia & Western Sydney University. (Programme below)
Conferences
2022 Openshaw, K. & Rocha, C.
“Livestreaming church in ‘fortress Australia’: Why virtual worship is complicated for African Christians.” Paper presented at the European Association for Social Anthropologists (opens in a new window) (EASA), 26-29 July, online.
2022 Panel convenors: Openshaw, K. & Rocha, C.
“Faith in Times of Crisis: Religion, Spirituality and Faith-Based Organisations as Life Supports.” Australian Anthropological Society (opens in a new window), 23 -26 November, Deakin University.
2022 Openshaw, K. & Rocha, C.
“If you are here, it is because God wants you to be here”: How Brazilian and African Christian students use faith to negotiate their everyday lives in Australia.” The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) (opens in a new window), 24 November-2 December, Deakin University.
2021 Vokes, R., Rocha, C. & Openshaw, K.
“Becoming Burundian, African and Black in Australia: Pentecostalism, Disruption, and the Everyday Politics of Place.” Presented at the “Religion, Crisis and Disaster” Seminar Series convened by Vokes, R. & Rocha, C., University of Western Australia & Western Sydney University.
2021 Panel convenors: Openshaw, K., Rocha, C. & Vokes, R.
“African Christians in the Global North: Migration, Material Religion and Local-Global Spiritual Networks” Paper presented atInternational Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR) (opens in a new window), online.
2021 Rocha, C., Openshaw, K & Vokes, R.
“Middle-class Africans in Australia: Choosing Hillsong as a Global Home.” Paper presented at The International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR) (opens in a new window), online.
2021 Panel convenors: Openshaw, K. & Rocha, C.
“Religion, Materiality and (Im)mobilities.” Australian Anthropological Society (opens in a new window), 24 November-2 December, online.
2021 Rocha, C & Openshaw, K.
“Stuck in Fortress Australia: God, Waiting and the Homeland.”Paper presented at the Australian Anthropological Society (opens in a new window), 24 November-2 December, online.
2020 Vokes, R., Rocha, C. & Openshaw, K.
Growing up African in Australia: Pentecostalism and the Everyday Politics of Place (opens in a new window). Paper presented atThe European Association of Social Anthropologists (opens in a new window) (EASA). online.
Religion, Crisis and Disaster Seminar Series (Online)
February 24 – April 28, 2021
Convenors: Richard Vokes & Cristina Rocha
Prof Birgit Meyer (Utrecht, Philosophy and Religious Studies)
24 February 2021
‘Religion and the Pandemic’
Prof Simon Coleman (Toronto, Anthropology and Religious Studies)
3 March 2021
‘Pilgrimage Through the Pandemic: Crisis, Contagion and the Remaking of Presence’
Dr Ramon Sarro (Oxford University, Anthropology)
10 March 2021
‘1921-2021: One Hundred Years of Crisis and Prophecy’
Dr Richard Vokes (The University of Western Australia, Anthropology & Sociology), Prof Cristina Rocha, & Dr Kathleen Openshaw (Western Sydney, Anthropology)
17 March 2021
‘Growing up African in Australia: Christianity, Crisis and the Everyday Politics of Place’
Dr Katrien Pype (Leuven, Anthropology and African Studies
31 March 2021
‘Kinshasa’s Pastors and Sex Scandals: Reconsidering Exposure, Accountability, and Sacred Bodies’
Prof David Gellner (Oxford University, Anthropology)
7 April 2021
‘Religion and Crisis in Nepal’
Dr Sam Han (University of Western Australia, Anth & Sociology)
14 April 2021
‘Shincheonji and Covid-19: Observations on Biopolitical Mediatization in South Korea’
Dr Martijn Oosterbaan (Utrecht, Anthropology)
21 April 2021
‘Mystical in/security: Perpetual Crises, Religion and Urban Margins Across the Globe’
Prof Clara Saraiva (Nova Lisboa, Anthropology)
28 April 2021
