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Thursday, 1 November 2001
11.00-13.00	REGISTRATION The registration desk is located at main entrance at the Faculty of Humanities, Njalsgade 80, DK-2300 Copenhagen S.
13.15–13.30	Welcome address Religious Encounters in Digital Networks: Exploring Religion and Computer-Mediated Communication Margit Warburg, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Morten Thomsen Højsgaard, Ph.D. student, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
13.30-14.45	Keynote lecture The Mediation of Religious Experience in Cyberspace: A Preliminary Analysis Lorne L. Dawson, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada Chair: Hans Raun Iversen, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
14.45-15.05	Coffee & cake
15.05-16.45	PLENARY LECTURES Connecting to the Sacred Network: A Look at Spiritual Communities within the Online Context Heidi Campbell, Ph.D. student, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK The Syncretic Inducement of Online-Religion: Charting the Paths of Religious Participation on the Web Christopher Helland, Ph.D. student, University of Toronto, Canada Chair: Stephen D. O’Leary, Associate Professor, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California, USA





16.45-17.05	Coffee & fruit
17.05-17.55	Plenary lecture Wiring Islam: On-Line Fatwas and Computer-Mediated Religious Authority for Muslim Communities Gary Bunt, Lecturer, University of Wales, Wales, UK Chair: Michael J. Laney, Assistant Professor, Lee University, USA
18.15–19.30	Dinner
20.00-21.30	GET TOGETHER Hosted by and held at the Department of History of Religions, Artillerivej 86, 2300 Copenhagen S.

Friday, 2 November 2001
9.00-10.15	Keynote lecture Cults and Anti-Cults on the Internet: Conceptualising a Virtual Clash of Cultures Massimo Introvigne, Managing Director, CESNUR, Italy Chair: Eileen Barker, Professor, London School of Economics, UK
10.15–10.35	Coffee & cake
10.35–12.45	Parallel Sessions

	New Religions on the Internet
	Cyberreligions: On the Cutting Edge Between the Virtual and the Real Morten Thomsen Højsgaard, Ph.D. student, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Binary Satanism: Truth and Fiction About the Satanic Web Jesper Aagaard Petersen, MA, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Paganism at the Crossroad: Internet and the Expansion of Modern Paganism Laila Wiberg, Ph.D. student, Uppsala University, Sweden Chair: Massimo Introvigne, Managing Director, CESNUR, Italy
	Christian Web Usage
	Christian Web Usage: Motives and Desires Michael J. Laney, Assistant Professor, Lee University, USA Building Community in a Global Village Hjalmar Fryklind, Ph.D. student, University of Lund, Sweden A New Digital Generation: A New Postmodern Paradigm Carsten Riis Jensen, M.Div., University of Copenhagen, Denmark Chair: Jørgen Nielsen, Professor, University of Birmingham, UK
13.00–13.45	Lunch
14.00-15.25	PARALLEL SESSIONS

	RELIGIOUS NEWSGROUP COMMUNICATION
	Virtual as Contextual: A Newsgroup Theology Debbie Herring, Ph.D. student, University of Sheffield, UK Reluctant Prophets: Authority, Community and the Rapture on a Pre-Tribulationist Newsgroup David Julyk, Ph.D. student, University of Michigan, USA Chair: Alf G. Lindermann, Associate Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden
	THE DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES
	Digital Zion: The Emergent Wired Identity of the Mormon Church Nick Hales, Graduate student, Georgetown University, USA Communitas Digitalis Anastasia Karaflogka, Ph.D. student, University of London, UK Chair: Mark MacWilliams, Associate Professor, St. Lawrence University, USA
15.25–15.45	Coffee & cake
15.45-16.35	Plenary lecture Young People, Religious Identity and CMC: Where Do We Go From Here? Alf G. Lindermann, Associate Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden Mia Lövheim, Ph.D. student, Uppsala University, Sweden Chair: Kim Muncho, Professor, University of Korea, Korea
16.35-16.55	Coffee & fruit
16.55-18.35	Plenary lectureS Digital Waco: Competing Discourses on the Branch Davidians and the Waco Tragedy on the Internet Mark MacWilliams, Associate Professor, St. Lawrence University, USA
	NRMs dot org dot cult Eileen Barker, Professor, London School of Economics, UK Chair: Lorne L. Dawson, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada
19.00-22.00	Conference dinner

Saturday, 3 November 2001
9.00–10.15	Keynote lecture Religion in the Era of Electronic Words Stephen D. O’Leary, Associate Professor, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California, USA Chair: Gary R. Bunt, Lecturer, University of Wales, Wales, UK
10.15-10.25	SHORT BREAK
10.25-11.15	PLEnARY LECTURE Online Buddhist Club: An Alternative Religious Organization in the Information Age Kim Muncho, Professor, University of Korea, Korea Chair: Erik Reenberg Sand, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
11.15–11.40	Coffee & fruit
11.40-12.30	PLEnARY LECTURE Ethnic Love in Cyberspace: An Exploration of Social and Sexual Interaction in Ethnic Chat Rooms Mehmet Ü. Necef, Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Chair: Lissi Rasmussen, Director, Islamic-Christian Study Centre, Denmark
12.30-12.50	Summary of Conference Margit Warburg, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
13.00-14.00	Lunch

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